Rumors that Apple will release a smaller size iPad next year
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[quote]Apple is reportedly scheduling a smaller 5- to 7-inch version of the iPad that is expected to launch as soon as the first quarter of 2011, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst Mingchi Kuo.
Kuo, citing talks with upstream component sources, said Apple's smaller-size iPad will be priced below US$400 and will target the highly-portable mobile device market and consumers that focus mainly on reading and do not have a high demand for text input.
As for the question of whether Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) HP Slate has a chance of impacting iPad sales, Kuo believes that the HP Slate is unlikely to provide a competitive portable experience to the iPad since it uses an Intel processor which consumes more power.
In additional news, the HP slate is scheduled to launch in the middle of 2010 and is manufactured by Inventec, according to sources from notebook players.[/quote]
[url]http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100407PD226.html[/url]
This is the most retarded thing I have ever seen.
Apple what are you doing
Where does it say they announced it? Misleading title. This isn't going to happen.
They're releasing the iPhone for a second time! BRILLIANT!
"The iPad, now the size of an Ipod Touch."
I bet its called an iPad nano.
hahaha
[QUOTE=Zeke129;21297761]Apple what are you doing[/QUOTE]
Being apple, ripping people off while terrible ideas while still being trendy.
I really don't know what to think of apple anymore.
[QUOTE=Kade;21297894]I bet its called an iPad nano.[/QUOTE]
iPod Touch Macro
Isn't that what the ipod touch is for?
v:geno:v
Also known as the Ipod touch
So, theyre releasing another ipod? :P
Man maybe they'll make an iPad shuffle too.
Maybe it's like how coca cola changed the recipe for cola that nobody liked and then brought out the classic version again to apparently make more money.
They might just be rebranding the ipod touch as the ipad "macro" or "mini" or "nano" or whatever they choose.
also:
pic coming soon
Apple didn't announce anything, this is more of a rumor.
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and is this thing is real, it will be about 2~3 inches bigger than the iPod Touch.
Anyone who even bought a regular i pad is a stupid apple fan boy who would like to suck Steve jobs dick.
[QUOTE=Pavarotti;21298105]Maybe it's like how coca cola changed the recipe for cola that nobody liked and then brought out the classic version again to apparently make more money.[/QUOTE]
That's an urban myth, New Coke was truly a flat out business disaster, it wasn't part of a bigger plan.
iTouchPadShufflePhone
Coming Q3 2010
[url]http://geeksmack.net/apple/1218-apple-announces-the-ipad-mini-in-aw[/url]
That was an april fools joke and now Apple retroactively makes that the first news break on the device. HAR HAR.
[quote]says Digitimes Research[/quote]
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Just made it.
Why don't other companies improve their design and marketing? Apple makes products that have far worse specs than competitors, overcharges for them, puts unnecessary restrictions on them (think iphone, lack of open source) and yet people still buy the products because of the design. If a product looking good can make it such a success, why to other companies continue to put out products that look bland in comparison to apples products?
the end is nigh for apple
you heard it here
Dear Apple,
Please stop existing.
[QUOTE=Black Milano;21298408]That's an urban myth, New Coke was truly a flat out business disaster, it wasn't part of a bigger plan.[/QUOTE]
That's why I said 'apparently'. I'm just saying I wouldn't put it past Apple to do something like that.
[img]http://hmelius.com/blog/files//2010/02/rs_4ipod_ipad.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=ThatDamnGrei;21298619]Dear Apple,
Please stop existing.[/QUOTE]
But...but...they make computers for illiterates and tiny .mp3 players and tablet computers and touchscreen phones!
Oh, Apple. This is why I love you. Trolling the electronic world and being successful since the first iPod.
[QUOTE=CivilProtection;21298553]Why don't other companies improve their design and marketing? Apple makes products that have far worse specs than competitors, overcharges for them, puts unnecessary restrictions on them (think iphone, lack of open source) and yet people still buy the products because of the design. If a product looking good can make it such a success, why to other companies continue to put out products that look bland in comparison to apples products?[/QUOTE]
There'll always be people who buy apple's overpriced stuff because they think more expensive means better. Also apple things are trendy, it's not necessarily the design itself, just the fact that it's the 'apple look' or so to speak.
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