Ever try listening to something on a netbook? Worthless. I wonder how loud the speaker would be able to get in the iPad. I venture to guess not very as the vibrations could be bad for the device and the power will be bad for battery life. Any guesses out there? Will it be better then netbook speakers? Or will we be looking for speaker docks soon?
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I bet the speaker sucks
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If you are expecting surround sound, you will likely be disappointed
It will be like anything else... it will meet the needs of many as a personal device,
but others will complain as always
It will be like anything else... it will meet the needs of many as a personal device,
but others will complain as always
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but I've got no problem with the speaker on my iPod Touch. It's obviously not going to fill a room with sound but for my uses (listening to games and videos without bothering with headphones) it works fine.
I seem to remember that one of the guys who got hands-on with an iPad at the event was pretty impressed with the speaker, unfortunately I can't remember where I read that.
Not expecting the speaker to be very good, but there are times when it would be useful to have a decent speaker. Why not two speakers with stereo output? Place them kittie-corner (catty-corner if you prefer) from each other and they would produce a reasonable stereo sound no matter which way the iPad was rotated.
I bet there will be one speaker, and at least two grilles, and there will be at least fifty threads on MacRumors asking why the second speaker isn't working.
The rumor from those who demoed the iPad on announcement day was that the speaker sucked
Probably intentional so we are forced to buy newer model down the line
Typical apple business model
Probably intentional so we are forced to buy newer model down the line
Typical apple business model
what makes u think a newer model will have an excellent speaker? the 2g touch speaker is lousy. the Apple Hi-Fi speaker sucked. apple isn't all that great at making good sounding products. Some other mp3 player brands make better sounding units than ANY Apple iPod. High sound quality is not one of Apple's fortes. http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/apple-hi-fi-rip-2006-2007/
there is three little grills with one speaker behind there. Most the hands on reviews from the launch said it was loud enough to hear over the croud.
Isn't there a thread somewhere on this iPad forum wherein we receive reports about the 4th gen models by time travelers from about 2013? I think they were using an iPad function to do that, so maybe it does violate some of the known laws of causality.
Photos of the iPad show 3 grills just to the right of the 30pin dock connector, the specs mention 'Built-in speakers', so i'm sure you won't be dancing about the level of stereo. I'm sure it'll be adequate for casual use. Question is will Apple bundle earbuds. Answer, NO.
