Apple releases Ipad 3 • Hacker News Board

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by AntiRush » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:51 PM UTC

kacy wrote: post #27

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…

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.

Apple doesn't let you download anything (apps, movies) bigger than 50mb over a cellular connection.

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by nextparadigms » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:51 PM UTC

huggyface wrote: post #62

I have four Android smartphones and two tablets, but this is the first Apple product that has really opened my wallet. Literally, my wallet is sitting open. But their store keeps crashing and going back to the offline state. Called their phone sales and they couldn't help me because they use the online system to enter orders. :-) Ah well, I'll get one soon enough.

What is it about it that made you want it so much? There will be Android tablets with just as high or higher resolution very soon, and with stronger CPU's than the still dual core Cortex A9 chip in the iPad 3.

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:51 PM UTC

tomkinstinch wrote: post #29

WiseWeasel wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple sells their Keynote presentation software for the iPad.

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/

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Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by wmf » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:51 PM UTC

"Quad-core graphics" seems like misleading marketing to trick people into thinking A5X is equivalent to Tegra 3; this seems like a shame since Apple could presumably win without it.

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by cwe » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:53 PM UTC

samstave wrote: post #70

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…

This is exactly what happened to me after I bought a MyTouch 4G which allowed wifi hotspotting for my laptop. While I was not charged overage fees, my data rate was crippled to 57Kbps. The thing sits in the drawer and I NEVER use it because its useless. I am paying $100 a month for it. They want $400!!! to cancel it. Fuck these carriers.

If you have more than 4 months left on your contract, it will be cheaper to cancel it now.

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by dangrossman » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:53 PM UTC

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.

It's mindblowing. When my last laptop broke, I had to turn to eBay to get a PC laptop with a decent screen... HP briefly sold a 1600x900 14" screen in the Envy line then discontinued it, so I found a used one and paid a premium for it. Everything in every retail store was 1366x768, washed out and dim.

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by Osiris » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:53 PM UTC

jonnycowboy wrote: post #77

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).

That's interesting to know. Still, considering the hundreds of models of laptops available, it's a very very small percentage that offer anything other than 1366x768. The Macbook's minimum resolutions is 1440x900 and they offer 1680x1050 as an option.

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by tikhonj » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:53 PM UTC

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…

I think the opposite is true--Apple's laptops actually have much lower resolutions than some other options. The 13" laptop I'm currently using (which is even lighter than an Air) has a 1600x900 resolution; if I had been willing to order online they would have upgraded it to 1920x1080 for free (but I am not a patient man and at 13" that's a bit of overkill).

If Apple releases a retina screen Air, I would seriously consider getting it. If they make one about as heavy with a high resolution and a 15" screen, I'm definitely getting one unless it has a slow SSD or is really incompatible with Linux.

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by nextparadigms » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:53 PM UTC

Since the pixels are multiplied by 4, and the GPU only by 2, does this means the real world performance (in games) of the iPad 3 GPU should be half the performance of iPad 2?

Re: Apple releases Ipad 3

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Post by kenrikm » Wed, Mar 07, 2012, 8:53 PM UTC

Ouch, Just ordered 32gb 4g (AT&T) $780 with tax. If I were not using it for development it would hurt a lot more however it still is about double what I would be comfortable with for my own use.