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Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by philiphodgen »

gte910h wrote: post #34
tomkinstinch wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Keynote is great, but it's still slideware. People need to think about the iPad as a printer for dynamic content. It's smart paper. Edit: Thanks to gte910h for pointing out iBooks Author. I wasn't aware of it! http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/

You're thinking of the iBooks app (seriously, check out the free apple iBook creator). It's very dynamic content.

For publications you will use locally on the iPad, maybe.

If you're intending to publish via Apple, I'd say wait. After two weeks of waiting for Apple to approve a book I yanked it and am having the manuscript converted for Kindle sale as we speak. The conversion from the .ibooks file to anything usable in the real world was a giant pain. All of which was predictable and I knew that going in.

But as a book-writing tool it is great. I wrote an entire book on a direct flight from Los Angeles to Dubai. Edited it on the way back. Way, way better than Word.

Now I'm using Scrivener.

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Post by ugh »

Xuzz wrote: post #3

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.

I bet they were pissed after people were disappointed that they only got an iPhone 4S and no iPhone 5. Plus at some point you have to stop numbering. iPhone 23 doesn’t sound very appealing.

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by jiggy2011 »

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…

I wonder if the next step for Apple is to use their cash reserves to buy a carrier then of course all of their devices will be restricted to it.

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by wmf »

Xuzz wrote: post #3

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.

I wonder if this will reduce complaints about "planned obsolescence".

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Post by ryanpetrich »

kenrikm wrote: post #49
jevinskie wrote: post #18

No mention of bumping the RAM from 512 MB to 1 GB. Even my TF101 Tegra 2 tablet has 1 GB of RAM. I wonder how much the 4x larger retina display assets will increase RAM usage. Edit: I guess it does have 1 GB of RAM. http://chronicwire.com/the-ipad-3-has-1gb-of-ram

I did a test a 1024x768 PNG vs the Same PNG at 2048x1536. 299k vs 664k. So for raster images it more than doubles the footprint, however if you use vector assets there should be little impact.

After decompression into memory, that 2048x1536 image will take exactly four times the memory as a 1024x768 image.

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Post by tedunangst »

samstave wrote: post #68
kacy wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, you could legitimately use 2GB by simply purchasing a movie that they discussed in the presentation. A 720p version of "Drive" on iTunes is 3.17GB. Soon it will be upgraded to 1080p, which would be at /least/ 5GB. That's at least $50 in data for one movie, assuming the data plans stay the same.

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".

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by jonnycowboy »

Osiris wrote: post #63

I think Apple is doing a great thing by pushing up display resolutions. I can't believe that PC manufacturers still REFUSE to produce laptops (at least consumer grade) with any resolutions higher than 1366x768. I've been watching consumer laptop sales for a year and the only one I've seen with a higher resolutions is a 17" beast. Luckily I got a 15" Macbook Pro from work with a 1680x1050. Everyone's known since the i…

My year-old Dell XPS-15 has a 1920x1080 display (15") and is fairly "consumer grade". Granted it was an option, but still. Actually I have a problem with this screen - the font is too small (windows doesn't rescale automatically).

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by jonhendry »

afterburner wrote: post #24

It's 10% heavier: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/07/new-ipad-vs-ipad-2/ Yes, I know why, but I was hoping against hope it would get a little lighter. But I didn't think it would. Maybe next year, when there's no reason to up the resolution.

I think I would have been satisfied with a 4.5 hour battery life claim, if it was lighter than the iPad 2.

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by funkah »

afterburner wrote: post #24

It's 10% heavier: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/07/new-ipad-vs-ipad-2/ Yes, I know why, but I was hoping against hope it would get a little lighter. But I didn't think it would. Maybe next year, when there's no reason to up the resolution.

That's too bad. I held off on the original iPad because it felt too bulky and heavy. The second one was significantly thinner and lighter, so I bought one and have been using the hell out of it for the past year.

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Post by wmf »

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.
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