Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by craigbellot » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 7:43 PM UTC

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Post by tvon » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:06 PM UTC

I'm still somewhat amazed they haven't found a better way to handle updating the store. I understand that there is a marketing aspect to taking it offline, but it should be back online and updated immediately after the event is over.

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Post by Xuzz » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:07 PM UTC

Although the HN title (currently) says "Ipad 3", Apple seems to actually be calling it the new "iPad" (edit: "new iPad", not "New iPad"). It's a bit confusing: next year, is it then the "old iPad"?

But, we don't really have that issue with many other Apple products (iPod nano, all Macs, etc) that use the same naming scheme. So we'll see how bad it actually ends up.

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Post by Steko » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:07 PM UTC

Apparently it's just "iPad". Not 3, not HD. Maybe people will always call it the iPad 3 or maybe we'll end up calling it the 2012 iPad or the 3rd gen or something.

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Post by _djo_ » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:12 PM UTC

It's 'the new iPad', not the iPad 3. Apple is evidently going to follow the same pattern as it does with its computers and is doing away with a sequential numbering system.

So the next iPad will also just be 'the new iPad' the same way that every year we see 'the new MacBook Pro'. The iPhone will probably follow suit.

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Post by high5ths » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:12 PM UTC

Steko wrote: post #4

Apparently it's just "iPad". Not 3, not HD. Maybe people will always call it the iPad 3 or maybe we'll end up calling it the 2012 iPad or the 3rd gen or something.

In one of the videos they mentioned it as the "third generation." Seems like they're just asking for confusion though.

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Post by jaems33 » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:12 PM UTC

Steko wrote: post #4

Apparently it's just "iPad". Not 3, not HD. Maybe people will always call it the iPad 3 or maybe we'll end up calling it the 2012 iPad or the 3rd gen or something.

Makes sense. It's not like we call the Macbook, Macbook Pro, or iPod by version numbers. Instead, at least browsing on Craiglist, it's usually by years (for laptops) and generations (for iPods)

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Post by dabeeeenster » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:13 PM UTC

tvon wrote: post #2

I'm still somewhat amazed they haven't found a better way to handle updating the store. I understand that there is a marketing aspect to taking it offline, but it should be back online and updated immediately after the event is over.

I think it IS all just marketing...Im sure a company that size can update a product on a website without going offline if they really wanted to

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Post by MatthewPhillips » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:14 PM UTC

Does this not include an update to iOS?

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Post by Aloisius » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:14 PM UTC

It should be noted that the limited data plans for both AT&T and Verizon mean that at the max 4G speed of 73 Mbps, you could use all your bandwidth for the entire month in less than three and a half minutes (2 GB plan).

The overages of $10/GB per month on both services mean once you go over your plan, you'll be looking at a little over $5/minute in new charges.

It is possible (though highly unlikely) to rack up over $200K/month in bandwidth charges if you managed to find an empty 4G cell for a month.

Sadly Sprint, which has unlimited 4G last i checked, was absent from the release of the new iPad.