Posts by TimmyDax

Quote:Originally Posted by TheOtherGeoff So... I guess... you're wrong. that was a waste of my time. Agreed. The original Fire has only just been released over here in the UK, and I think I probably got confused - for some reason I...

Quote:Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Those would be only a megabyte or so each, wouldn't they? Yes! What else could they shovel in? Textures? Loads and loads of markup? Giant images optimised for a full-screen retina display?...

Quote:Originally Posted by TheOtherGeoff Crap not withstanding, if Apple builds an 8" device, it will be at the price point of the current market 7" devices. ...I see a ~$50 price premium ($249) over the current competition, but...

Quote:Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Just exported that Pages document to an ePub. 655 KB. That's amazing. What on earth are Apple doing!?! Embedded fonts? I'm voting ePub and describing my diagrams! Quote:Originally Posted by...

Quote:Originally Posted by drewys808 Thanks for listing the iPod & iPad prices along with your iPad Mini predictions. However, I just can't see Apple trying to break into this new "genre" of devices at such a high price point.  If...

Quote:Originally Posted by Tallest Skil I think the former. You can download the free chapter of E.O. Wilson's Biology yourself and see. Even still, I don't think there's much excuse for that size. But the latter is also quite...

Quote:Originally Posted by mstone I still like the full sized iPad for education. K through maybe 3rd children's motor skills are not sufficiently developed to use small compact UI which is why all preschool learning apps have...

Quote:Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Both, I guess, if you're implying the Adobe ones are also huge. A single chapter of an iBook textbook is over a gigabyte. WTF!?! That's either incredibly graphically and media-rich or...

Quote:Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Not when books are as large as they are. I actually just see 16 and 32GB models. Depends: iBooks or just-huge-image-files Adobe-esque "books"? iBooks for reading assignments could be very...

Quote:Originally Posted by BrianCPA Now, if only I were an analyst, I could make front-page news with this. I can't see a mini-iPad coming in cheaper than an iPod Touch. I get the whole Retina display and all but I just don't think...