New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

'For the fourth time, Tim Cook calls Phil Schiller on stage, telling him each time he gets halfway out to go back to the wings. "Sit down, Schiller."'

not a single person mentioned this thing in my presence all day

mightily impressed

disappointed with the scale of your meltdown tbh

meltdown mini.

pricing does seem odd when it's all laid out
http://informalprotocol.com/2012/10/ipad-mini/

software is getting better faster than hardware is getting better more

this thread be too huge

condense it don't shrink it

ilx mini

New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 to 2012

every tech news article I've read makes no mention of the ipad 4

it's like: mini ipad, imacs, did they mention anything else? prolly not

i've seen several articles that mention the iPad 4, but even more about iPad 3 buyers whining that their tablet isn't the latest and greatest anymore

like there's an implicit guarantee from Apple that the next upgrade can't arrive in less than a year since the last one

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57538470-37/to-apple-thanks-for-making-my-new-ipad-obsolete/

^ my favourite butthurt so far

Haa so butthurt. Only halfway reasonable objection i can think of is that they shanked people on the used value (the 3 took a tumble yesterday); not the oh so many feels

my concern was (and is) that art/drawing/sketching/writing apps weren't fast enough on the 3, and that devs who were optimising their apps will suddenly go 'oh good no fine we don't have to fix our apps anymore'

that said, I've already had 7–8 months out of my 3 and am still happy with it

real apple fans only buy even-numbered releases anyway

I don't get why they're still selling the two-generations-old iPad 2 which looks antiquated next to the less-expensive Mini - it's almost as big and same resolution, weighs half as much, has vastly better cameras, LTE rather than 3G, Bluetooth 4, and Siri. Much better deal IMO.

trying to thread the market-segmentation needle

xp to lee: it sells. also, the mini has reduced utility. it just does. typing will be even more cramped than it is on a maxipad, and art apps will be less accurate (i.e. fingers won't be shrinking).

As always it depends on what you use it for. As a gamer, I find that many games are harder to play on the iPad because the increased size makes it harder to do things as quickly as I could on the iPhone do to the greater distance between objects.

due to, rather

yeah, the minipad will appeal to a whole separate (but not exclusive) range of customers, especially those who read books, those who play certain types of games, those who are 7yo and go to school &c.

i just think the relatively small cost increment to the ipad 4 is so easily worth it for anyone who wants a full-sizer.

actually, ipad 3 refurbs from the apple online site are really going to be the best deal in the coming months

grandparents will still want the bigger one.

the funny thing is that I really want a minipad, even though the tech is decidedly old, the screen is not up to my requirements and I haven't a single reason to own one. fuck you apple.

that article is awesomely entitled.

so this is what the new Lightning connector is really all about?

ok while we're talking of the joys of upgrading - quick semi-tech question: having been scarred by seeing my iPhone 3G fall into obsolescence after updating iOSes and apps, I'm now a bit paranoid about updating anything on my iP4 - should I worry about apps updates or are new iOSes the memory drains?

yeah, for the most part it's a oneway street when upgrading so you want to tread lightly. I've been running ios6 on my ip4 for a couple weeks now. battery life is weird, some days I end up having to charge halfway through the day, other times it lasts all day, and I'm kind of a hawk about killing apps I'm not using.

haven't noticed any issues with apps, maps is obv the problem but I've been using mapquest (which has free turn-by-turn voice features) or google maps thru safari if I have to look up an address. the biggest pain is not being able to hit maps straight from my contacts, but it's a minor one. I've only traveled in well mapped out areas so I haven't had any issues with apple's maps getting me lost, however its GPS integration stinks - it will suddenly put me on some other road and recalculate the route, have me slowly drift off the map, or not update my location at all.

being automatically able to text back a person whose call you can't take is pretty sweet tho.

plus I haven't upgraded an app and had it stop working, and I update things whenever ones available

this may change when apple launches the iphone 5s in january

or maybe they'll launch it in december, take advantage of that holiday rush

message sent from my obsolete ipad 3

yeah basically I've decided there was nothing to win much to lose from bringing myiP4 up to iOS6 - but now I'm wondering if I shoudl just stop updating apps altogether - I mean, the phone works fine as it is, so maybe I should just keep it like that and not touch anything?

well there's also some risk in not updating, if the app developers have made updates specifically for ios6 and you don't apply them. there was a flurry of app updates once ios6 was released and I've applied them all with no deleterious effect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL0UlqpfuQc

have we spoken about how unhomely jonathan 'stepford' ive is

also cunts referring to apple products without an article

allow me to look for pictures of mr. ive on mac

if I can't find it there, I will look it up on iphone

there are hints of stewart from the thick of it in his metre and phrasing (i hoped the accent might be leeds but it seems to be london via northumbria via palo alto)

Stepford Ive http://yfrog.com/mnwx9buj

all colour is slowly being bled from him

also cunts referring to apple products without an article

― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Saturday, 27 October 2012 04:07 (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

punishable by death imo

all this exciting talk about ipad minis has convinced me to buy a 32 gb nexus 7

(i mean that earnestly; i played with a 16 gb nexus 7 last night and loved it)

http://rlv.zcache.com/this_will_all_end_in_tears_card-p137633775043346256en8bb_210.jpg

it'll supplement my other things, i won't be trading in my maxipad for it or anything

http://www.marco.org/2012/10/26/an-alternate-universe

cold

Even when I like something Microsoft does, they have to present it in the most awkward, worst way imaginable. Sales dudes practically yelling over the customer makes me think they're channeling Steve Ballmer :/

im using nexus 7 right now it's pretty cool but has a lot of problems. If money is not tight I would recommend getting the iPad.

but I'm using one right now so