If you are going to take the question seriously, I would like...
- an air-conditioner
- ultrasonic insect repellent
- laser cannon for self-defense
- and the teleportation idea is also nice.
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If you are going to take the question seriously, I would like...
- an air-conditioner
- ultrasonic insect repellent
- laser cannon for self-defense
- and the teleportation idea is also nice.
The iPad of 2020 will have an actual retina display surgically attached to your retina, a holographic keyboard with tactile feedback, advertisements will download directly into cochlear implants and turn by turn navigation will be performed by iRobot. I can hardly wait.
Hmmmm...
I was going to make a mom's basement comment, but with the exception of the retina display, this has merit.
I have always used the nanos (since day one release of 1st gen) cause I dislike the hard drives in portable devices.
I doubt you will see 128 in the Pad for a while, but The nano and touch killing off the classic, that is a possibility. One that I would be interested in. I have yet to replace my nano with my Pad, and I don't think I ever will. So a 128 gig nano or touch (both, no camera on the touch please) would be a definite purchase.
Won't see retina for a long time on the iPad.
Now where are the cursor control keys??????
I was going to make a mom's basement comment, but with the exception of the retina display, this has merit.
I have always used the nanos (since day one release of 1st gen) cause I dislike the hard drives in portable devices.
I doubt you will see 128 in the Pad for a while, but The nano and touch killing off the classic, that is a possibility. One that I would be interested in. I have yet to replace my nano with my Pad, and I don't think I ever will. So a 128 gig nano or touch (both, no camera on the touch please) would be a definite purchase.
Won't see retina for a long time on the iPad.
Now where are the cursor control keys??????
For an iPad sized screen to have the same dpi as an iPhone retina display, the resolution would be 2526x1897 (by my calculations at least), more than the resolution of the 30" cinema display. Seeing that it takes dual-link DVI to drive the 30", I hardly think you're going to see that kind of resolution in a portable device any time soon.
Did you miss the part during the keynote when Steve Jobs pretty much said _OLED sucks, IPS panels are the future_ ?
I don't think dual link DVI is really the issue (think displayport), the computing power required to smoothly drive the display at that resolution is substantially higher than the iPad would be able to deliver. But what do you think the chances are on having an intermediate resolution iPad, like 1600x1200? I'm thinking also pretty slim to none, as it would screw up the UI resolution thing- requiring rewrites/updates of apps.
Yeah,. the horsepower required to drive that resolution simply isn't available in a portable device (to my knowledge). I'm not even sure the 1600x1200 would be feasible, but I could be wrong. In the end, really how much resolution do you need on a portable device? I can only imagine the firestorm of people with opinions on that!
Apple needs to find a way to make ipad display just on par with iphone 4, or ipad is going to outsold by his little brother called iphone 4 for forever. First thing apple will do is change the price for the holiday season. And next year, they will offer more memory for same or less price. Also, they might stop charge 130 dollars extra for 3G support because no one is really looking forward to pay 130 dollars to get AT&T network with 2gB tiered data.
Either Next ipad gets new display (Doesn't have to retina) or people will keep think this thing is not as good as phone!
Either Next ipad gets new display (Doesn't have to retina) or people will keep think this thing is not as good as phone!
To get similar ppi to the iPhone needs about 2560 x 1920 and that's a entirely standard high end desktop configuration right now so the CPU and GPU power exists. Throw in a comparable CPU and GPU to those used in such a desktop machine and you have the power to do it.samiwas said:
Ah, power? Those desktop parts probably draw about 160W for the GPU and 90W for the CPU when running hard such as when gaming. So the supposed 25Wh capacity of the iPad battery isn't quite going to manage to maintain the 10 hour battery life, it'll hold up for about 6 minutes of serious gaming and that's ignoring power drain for the display and other electronics.
So you're most definitely not wrong, what we need is orders of magnitude improvement in CPU/GPU performance per watt in order to be able to create a realistic product.
- Julian
I have a 1920x1200 display on my Mac pro and find the iPad 1024x768 great as when I used that same resolution on a desktop or even the iBook I had, it felt seriously cramped and claustrophobic! iPad display is fine and the retina display on iPhone will help iPhone apps on iPads even better 
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Sent from my iPad
The entire Sony Vaio-UX series of micro PCs have a 4.5" display at 1024x600which is 264 PPI or double the iPad's PPI. But that's half the physical size.
A closer screen size to the iPad is the Vaio P series, with an 8" display at 1600x768 which is 222 PPI. That makes it "retinal" according to Apple's criteria at 16", only five inches further away than the iPhone 4 distance.
(Grabbing tape measure to see how far 16" is... hmm... yeah I hold the iPad about that distance.)
A closer screen size to the iPad is the Vaio P series, with an 8" display at 1600x768 which is 222 PPI. That makes it "retinal" according to Apple's criteria at 16", only five inches further away than the iPhone 4 distance.
(Grabbing tape measure to see how far 16" is... hmm... yeah I hold the iPad about that distance.)
My early 2009 2.26Ghz Mac mini with 4GB DDR3 has no problem with two monitors , a 26" Samsung T260HD and 24" Samsung both in 1920x1200 with the 9400m Nvidia graphic chip and could push 2560x1600 with a 30" Dell using a mini displayport - displayport cable. So 1920x1200 & 2560x1600 from the 9400m chip shows that 2526x1897 should be possible in the iPad 2 with retina display in 2011 IMHO. Intel Sandy Bridge microarchitecture and AMD Fusion coming out soon will put the CPU and GPU on the same chip.
You mean the part that said that retina couldn't be applied on OLED and that IPS retina resolution will set a standard for several years?
That's all fine and dandy but remember that that Mac mini has a desktop processor to help it and is running on 120v power constantly, not a limited battery source.
What Steve says is what we get. Since he considers IPS a better option than OLED, I don't see OLED coming anytime soon.
I'm sorry but you seem a tad confused.
The iPad uses mobile parts, not desktop / laptop chips. You're dreaming if you think you're going to be able to power a 2526 x 1897 display with mobile parts any time soon, at least not while preserving both battery life and performance. Not to mention such a display would be hard to make, probably have poor yields and most likely be very very expensive. Bear in mind you're talking about basically taking a 30" Cinema Display and shrinking it down to 10"... that ain't going to be a cheap process.
Look, I don't wish to be rude but this has all been covered in many many other threads beforehand. While there's always a slim chance Apple may surprise us all and figure out a way to do a retina display in the next iPad it's 99.9% certain that won't be the case. The tech simply isn't there yet (again, from what we know) to do it while preserving the battery life, performance and form factor of the iPad.
Will iPad get 512 ram this Autumn/Fall?
To fully accommodate iOS4?
I'm thinking the way the iphone got spec bumped 6 months after launch to get 3G?
I'm guessing not so likely tho?
To fully accommodate iOS4?
I'm thinking the way the iphone got spec bumped 6 months after launch to get 3G?
I'm guessing not so likely tho?
