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Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by mburns »

jrockway wrote: post #182
tedunangst wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Suing the balls off of someone requires that you have "cause".

The government allows Verizon and AT&T to use the wireless spectrum with many caveats. One caveat is that they can't royally fuck their customers. This is royally fucking their customers. Hence, cause for a lawsuit is established.

"One caveat is that they can't royally fuck their customers. This is royally fucking their customers."

You can't objectively define what constitutes "royally fuck[ing]" their customers.

Just saying "this cost more than I think is reasonable as a wireless customer" means absolutely nothing in court.

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Post by berntb »

wmf wrote: post #80
guelo wrote: post #60

The world of LCD panels baffles me. For some reason Apple can sell an iPad with a 2048x1536 IPS screen for $500 but your average $1,000 laptop comes with a crappy 1366x768 TFT screen or maybe 1920x1080 if you're lucky.

Screen area costs money. Also, economy of scale; the iPad outsells any laptop model by a wide margin.

Apple could release a 9.7" Air and use the same IPS screen as the iPad. (Even better would be a 13" Air/13" iPad with the same screen. I'd buy both.)

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by kyleslattery »

jiggy2011 wrote: post #163

I wonder what the implications of this will be for web design? A website built with a fixed with 1000 pixel design is suddenly going to look pretty silly on a new ipad. Of course if you design around large resolutions you will marginalize those with standard displays.

It will work exactly like it does on the iPhone—if you specify 1000 pixels, it will be 1000 pixels wide on the non-retina iPads, and 2000 pixels on the new iPad.

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by hinathan »

philwelch wrote: post #178
guelo wrote: post #60

The world of LCD panels baffles me. For some reason Apple can sell an iPad with a 2048x1536 IPS screen for $500 but your average $1,000 laptop comes with a crappy 1366x768 TFT screen or maybe 1920x1080 if you're lucky.

Apple can commit to shipping millions of iPads and makes procurement decisions based on that fact. You're talking about the company that buys a significant proportion of the world's NAND flash production preordered a year ahead of time. iPad has enough economy of scale that as soon as Apple found a display manufacturer able and willing to manufacture the screen they wanted, they immediately promised a large enough pr…

Apple has effectively paid for some of its suppliers factories to ensure parts availability. Good position to be in. http://www.asymco.com/2011/01/23/the-bank-of-apple-using-cap...

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Post by megablast »

philwelch wrote: post #178
guelo wrote: post #60

The world of LCD panels baffles me. For some reason Apple can sell an iPad with a 2048x1536 IPS screen for $500 but your average $1,000 laptop comes with a crappy 1366x768 TFT screen or maybe 1920x1080 if you're lucky.

Apple can commit to shipping millions of iPads and makes procurement decisions based on that fact. You're talking about the company that buys a significant proportion of the world's NAND flash production preordered a year ahead of time. iPad has enough economy of scale that as soon as Apple found a display manufacturer able and willing to manufacture the screen they wanted, they immediately promised a large enough pr…

Not anymore, they seem to be selling the new iPads and the old iPads, which will mean two display sizes. Still, your point holds.

The other issue is that Apple has enough money to invest in factories, not that it owns them, but it can put money up front to encourage building them. I would not be surprised if they had a 1 year hold on screens of this size, just as they did for the iphone 4 (although even today noone is using the same screens as the 4).

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by rdl »

mark_l_watson wrote: post #161
Aloisius wrote: post #10

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…

Don't most people, really, use iPads over wifi? Or am I just one of the cheapskates who bought one without 3G or 4G support? I bought an iPad 2 last year and I didn't even consider buying one with a data plan. I am near wifi about 99% of the time, discounting driving, hiking, and airplane time. In a pinch, I can check email on my Droid. Eventually 4G will become inexpensive, but it isn't right now.

I sometimes trust 3G (and now 4G) more than I trust the available wifi, even over a VPN. Admittedly it's not that hard to put up a fake base station, but it's basically unlikely. Sometimes wifi at events is just badly run or overloaded, too.

There are also sites with rules about what's allowed to be on the network or not. Often a consultant or guest can't put his device on the network, at least without a lot of work (BYOD isn't done on many networks), but having network access is useful. There are also sometimes IP considerations (using an iPad or 4G hotspot during a break from a day job is less likely to be "using employer resources" to manage your startup if you're moonlighting than if you use their wifi...).

For +$130, it's worth it to me to have the capability. It also makes GPS more accurate, and maps is a really cool thing. I only replace my iPad every second generation, though.

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by incongruity »

tedunangst wrote: post #76
samstave wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Someone needs to do exactly this, then sue the balls off these carriers for such draconian plans and rates.

Suing the balls off of someone requires that you have "cause".

Indeed – but it might well go far in the court of public opinion... that's gotta count for something...

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Post by benwerd »

I'm pretty psyched about the 1080p video. We just released our iPad app, which compresses video and shares it with people / teams, and my hope is that this will drive further adoption. Also, I want one, and I want to be able to share the video I take with it.

I do resent how poorly my iPad 1 performs now though. I only bought it 18 months ago!

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Post by megablast »

jiggy2011 wrote: post #188
schiffern wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The farther away from this Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch nonsense, the happier I'll be. I think the reason people misattribute Apple's success to marketing is because everyone else's marketing is just godawful. And no, I didn't make that name up.

I can believe it , most laptops have names that are pretty much impossible to remember which in turn makes it very difficult to recommend a specific model to anybody not to mention uninspiring.

Not only that, looking at the HP order page, there doesn't seem to be much difference between them all.

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Post by noonespecial »

tedunangst wrote: post #76
samstave wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Someone needs to do exactly this, then sue the balls off these carriers for such draconian plans and rates.

Suing the balls off of someone requires that you have "cause".

You need a cause to get to trial and then even more so to win. You don't need one to file the suit, get the attention, and cost them big time to address it. In America you can sue anyone at any time for anything. You don't have to win to win.
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