What Apple hopes you didn't notice about iPad2
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Re: What Apple hopes you didn't notice about iPad2
#2Future presidential candidates would also do well to note that the GarageBand presentation was overlong and tedious, just like the iPhoto presentation was when they unveiled the new MacBook Airs.
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#3"we are selling overpriced products for rich people". apple hopes you didnt notice that.
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#4Actually, reports suggest it now has 512MB RAM just like the iPhone 4.
Apple doesn't like talking hardware specs, they feel it distracts from the overall package that is both the hardware and software. They give vague numbers like 2x better CPU performance due to dual core CPU but they didn't mention how fast each core runs. They didn't mention the RAM for the iPad1 and they didn't now either. I'm not sure why people are surprised by this.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/03/03/apples_a5_cpu_...
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#5Does anyone care about any of these points?
Wires? Yea, we still need wires for some things. Apple doesn't do stuff that's not going to be a good experience.
Memory? ...don't know, don't care how much memory is in my original iPad - I only care that it performs well - and it does.
Screen resolution? Don't know what rumors they were following, but it's completely impractical today to put a retina display on an iPad-sized screen. Wait for it.
Megapixels? ...pointless fluff marketing numbers.
Storage space? I bought a 32gb and wish I had saved the 100 bucks. All my content is on my Mac which has many hundreds of GB of storage.
These all seem deep in nitpick territory. This is a consumer device - like your TV or your microwave. Post-PC, remember?
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#6Does anyone care about any of these points? Wires? Yea, we still need wires for some things. Apple doesn't do stuff that's not going to be a good experience. Memory? ...don't know, don't care how much memory is in my original iPad - I only care that it performs well - and it does. Screen resolution? Don't know what rumors they were following, but it's completely impractical today to put a retina display on an iPad-si…
Are you saying that connecting a device to a computer to sync is a better experience than automatically syncing OTA? And you like tabs reloading if you leave the page?
Nitpicks are important. Good enough is the enemy of excellence.
Re: What Apple hopes you didn't notice about iPad2
#7Apple never mention how much RAM is in their iOS devices. If I had to guess why I'd say it forces more consumers to compare based on things other than specification. The tech savvy know what they're reading and where to get the data, most other consumers don't care, but there is a group who know where to get the data and don't know how to interpret it, who may be fooled by numbers which don't actually affect their use of the device.
As for having features missing in the first version, that's also been the Apple way. Release early, release often. See what the consumer actually wants and complains about and include that in the next version.
I do think that the sync cable still isn't very Apple though. I've been hoping that will vanish ever since iOS devices first had wifi capability across the board.
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#9"we are selling overpriced products for rich people". apple hopes you didnt notice that.
Apple showcased something in that context yesterday. Namely, that 5 out of six models in iPad matrix were cheeper than Xoom.
Re: What Apple hopes you didn't notice about iPad2
#10Does anyone care about any of these points? Wires? Yea, we still need wires for some things. Apple doesn't do stuff that's not going to be a good experience. Memory? ...don't know, don't care how much memory is in my original iPad - I only care that it performs well - and it does. Screen resolution? Don't know what rumors they were following, but it's completely impractical today to put a retina display on an iPad-si…
Are you saying that connecting a device to a computer to sync is a better experience than automatically syncing OTA? And you like tabs reloading if you leave the page? Nitpicks are important. Good enough is the enemy of excellence.
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