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Re: iPad mini

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Post by cma »

erichocean wrote: post #179
MartinCron wrote: post #115

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Same here. The fact that I can slide the Nexus into an inside jacket pocket makes it so much more practical than the iPad, which you have to explicitly carry.

I bought a Nexus 7 for dev purposes, and I also use it more now than my iPad (3rd gen), mostly due to the size. It's a lot easier to hold for long periods of time. But truthfully, all the Nexus 7 really did was make me want an iPad mini, because the device itself is very frustrating. Reading a PDF? Half the screen is a garbly mess since only one page gets rendered nicely. Drives me nuts. Even Chrome (which runs plent…

I was disappointed in PDFs at first too; install an alternate app, they don't have the same issue.

Re: iPad mini

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Post by nicholassmith »

jpxxx wrote: post #138

There is no obvious reason this product isn't going to sell in huge quantities. Less conceptually fragile, less expensive, more portable, same software stack, same media stack, same OS, same UX, same premium experience, same monstrous manufacturing and distribution reach, same monstrous advertising and product awareness engine. Every single one of the children you see in restaurants working an iPad so mommy and daddy…

"It's going to suck the oxygen out of the $300-$500 price range for anything with a screen."

Which is very clever, they know their competitors are going for price, but now they've forced them to commit to seriously low margins. Always helpful to keep your competition struggling to make meaningful profit.

Re: iPad mini

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Post by guelo »

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #157
siglesias wrote: post #12

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Apple competes on user experience. Not price, and certainly not specs.

They're the Nintendo of the personal device market. Ignoring everyone else and doing their own thing since XXXX.

Ignoring everyone else? Weird then that they compared it to a Nexus 7 on stage. And that they came out with a 7" tablet after they said they wouldn't when they saw the user appeal of the Kindle and others.

Re: iPad mini

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Post by [deleted] »

MatthewPhillips wrote: post #184
tharris0101 wrote: post #167

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I couldn't have said it better myself. I'd never use this product but I'm sure it will do great. I've been really critical of Apple lately, but I can't find any reason to get upset over this announcement. I find it funny how people are railing against this announcement just because its not useful to them. There are a million different needs and uses out there for different people.

A. A person thinks a product is underwhelming. B. That same product sells very well. A and B do not contradict. B does not invalidate A.

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Re: iPad mini

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Post by eco »

simonh wrote: post #171
quux wrote: post #57

Steve Jobs must be rolling in his grave ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFAjfUT8wZI

7" Android tablets Steve was talking about are 16x9, which means even a 7" iPad with it's 4x3 ratio would have a bigger screen area. But the Mini is 7.85". It turns out it's about 40% bigger than the Nexus 7 screen. That's not a small difference.

I wish manufacturer would just stop using diagonals as a measure of screen size and just write the display area. Diagonals are a terrible way to describe screen size.

Re: iPad mini

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Post by jpxxx »

enraged_camel wrote: post #201
jpxxx wrote: post #148

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Because Apple's mentioning their product in the same breath as iPad. It strongly argues that Apple is financially/strategically concerned enough with that form factor to risk mentioning the existence of competition. I'm not sure why, given the sales of the "mini" form factor. I kind of suspect they're more concerned with positioning themselves against jumbo phones, which -are- selling in volume and have already invit…

>>Because Apple's mentioning their product in the same breath as iPad. It strongly argues that Apple is financially/strategically concerned enough with that form factor to risk mentioning the existence of competition. I don't know if this is necessarily the right conclusion.

I'm pretty good at being wrong. :) What do you think?

Re: iPad mini

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Post by TillE »

Lockyy wrote: post #203
larsberg wrote: post #73

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Get the Paperwhite. It's wonderful to read on, in any light. I've had a Kindle Keyboard, Kindle DX, iPad, Nexus 7, and Kindle Fire (original and HD), and the Paperwhite is far and away the best device. It also fixes a ton of the refresh-related issues with the recent Touch generation. The only downside is PDF viewing, which you should still leave to device with more serious CPU and some auto-crop and fancy scrolling…

So I've only ever had the keyboard version and was wondering about the page turn buttons. Are they gone in paper-white? Do I have to reach across with a second hand and swipe to turn the page? Because if that's the case I won't be getting one. Part of the good thing about the kindle is that I can just hold it still and keep reading, especially useful in bed.

You can just tap the screen to turn the page on a touchscreen Kindle. Very easy to do with your thumb.

Re: iPad mini

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Post by GuiA »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #177
GuiA wrote: post #162

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I feel the same, and was excited when the Nexus 7 was released. But no LTE on a portable device is just ridiculous. I'm going to jump on the iPad mini as soon as it releases. I'm not sure how representative of any market I am, but Google could have had me as a customer from day 1 if they had had LTE on the Nexus; instead, I'll be giving more money to Apple.

There are rumours that one of the devices to be released on October 29th will include a 3G Nexus 7.

Yeah but by October 29th I'll have an iPad mini pre-ordered :)

Re: iPad mini

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Post by [deleted] »

sixothree wrote: post #83
AlexMuir wrote: post #19

How underwhelming. At 7.9 inches, it’s perfectly sized to deliver an experience every bit as big as iPad What does that even mean? Either it's perfectly sized, and the iPad is the wrong size. Or it's not. There can surely only be one perfect size to deliver an iPad experience??? Either it's 10" or it's 7.9". I think Apple's marketing has always been the same - it's just that for a while they were ahead of the curve a…

I have a Nexus 7 and an iPad. I find myself using the Nexus almost exclusively. This is probably because it's easier to carry around and if I'm going to carry something as big as the iPad I may as well just carry laptop.

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Re: iPad mini

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Post by guelo »

blinkingled wrote: post #36

The app situation they highlighted vs Nexus 7 was pretty damning for Google although I have a feeling Apple cherry picked apps that make the N7 look especially bad. On the plus side for the N7, they screwed up on price though - for the ecosystem and build quality advantage may be a $50 premium would have been attractive esp for lesser screen resolution and older CPU/GPU. The N7 also feels like it should be more singl…

The comparison where they showed that webpages are bigger on the iPad mini was awfully disingenuous considering how big a deal Apple has been making of "retina" displays, which the Nexus 7 is in the ppi range of.
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