Tablet rumors: TV subscription talks stall, Verizon preps for 'big day' - Page 3

That isn't really true. Yes, the chip isn't available yet but Verizon has "World Phones" that have both CDMA and GSM chips in them. It is entirely possible that Apple will do something like this, especially if they want the phone on Verizon sooner rather than later.

And do you really think Apple cares about the ads? Its business. Apple does it all the time with Microsoft and yet we now hear than they are discussing moving Bing to the default search engine on the iPhone. I like to sit secure in my knoledge that these people are adults who don't take these things personally.

And I still say that the Verizon iPhone will be tagged with something like "An app for what you need and a map for where you need it." I am serious, they will do that. Verizon positioned themselves carefully here, probably during the course of negotiations. If they went south and Verizon didn't get an iPhone, they could go back to ribbing on it.

I'm always late to the party here because of the time-zone differences.....
...but I would like to +1 to this opinion.

Is it so hard to visualize having a multi-tasking device where you have windows at different sizes, according to the developers wishes... or possibly your own preference? Or what about the possibility of even "Drag and Drop"?!

Any of you making stupid comments to the contrary, resize all the windows on your Mac to be full-screen? Ya sure you're not on a WinBox... because I do know that that is the preferred way of using a PC for most people?

to DaHarder: I think you're spot on as well (without quoting/repeating the post).

History in the making tomorrow!

Verizon plays website for morons.

I love the source: "Boy Genius Report cited an anonymous source" - well hell - that's worth dumping AT&T for isn't it.

Actually - no - no it's not. Go away Verizon - go play with your Droids. The nerd market is HOT didn't you hear?

yeah, they've gotta learn to court the thief market.

[CENTER]I think the iPad will be great![/CENTER]

[CENTER]I was wondering what the fuss was all about?[/CENTER]

[CENTER]Question:

Since when has a laptop featuring a 2.13GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 1066MHz frontside bus, 2GB Memory, 13.3 inch LED backlit display, a 128GB solid-state, and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics underpowered, especially when compared to the average Intel Atom-based netbook.

You might not appreciate it, but the MacBook Air is still a very capable laptop.[/CENTER]

I call bogus. Nobody working with Apple goes head-to-head with a Steve Jobs product intro.

way to go, solipsism. Now you're gonna have ArticulatedArm rushing to call his vet.

[right]nothing really just some stupid center align crap, nothing worth reading anyway[/right] That felt creative! I get it now. HA

[CENTER]Just the nonsensical rant of someone making a big deal about absolutely nothing, but that Apple IPAD... Now That Looks To Be Quite Something![/CENTER]

re:"Actually, there will be a near 6-month period between the iPAD's introduction and actual 'on sale' date, so there will be plenty of time to get many essential apps up and running."

Oh thank god an official source from Apple to show us the way. Please DaHarder - what else do you know about Apple that we're missing out on? Pretty please with sugar on top?

"DaHarder - your official source for all things Apple - because DaHarder is a name you can trust"
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I swear the internet makes you stupid. I can feel the stupid from here.

[CENTER]I Agree!
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[CENTER]Yes... But that's because it's (the stupid that is) right there in the room with you.

As far as the iPAD - we'll find out the details tomorrow, until then, it's all mere speculation, and none said otherwise.
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This is most certainly the case in general. For me personally though I could see myself dropping 3G on the iPhone before going without on a tablet. For many users though mandatory 3G will result in no sales.

Here I have to agree again. App store is one if the best features of the iPhone/Touch economy. It makes management of the device so simply it is silly.

Dave

It will be....eventually. But I read somewhere that Qualcomm screwed up and will not have their dual band chips ready in time for the tablet or the 4th gen iphone launch. So Jobs is forced to order his troops to design seperate devices for the carriers.
It sucks I know.

I'm not sure why you think that games wouldn't look ridiculous on a 10" screen. 2d games will not scale gracefully and 3d games aren't coded with enough detail to look decent on a larger screen even if they were coded to scale. At best, they'll look a little like playing quake 1 at 640x480 on a 22" monitor. In reality, they won't even do that, since even the 3d games use 2d tricks and assets to goose up performance.

And no-one is going to care about using any app in a 320x480 window on the tablet. Tons of every type of app will be ported to or designed for the thing and ready on Day 1 and more with pour in by the bucketful.

You're right, I don't like it. The wrong reasons are that centered text is hard to read. From a web usability pov it is a big no-no. Anyone with even mild dyslexia will really struggle. By formatting your posts to 'stand out' like that you are clearly craving attention - a little like using all upper case, or ridiculously large font, or fancy colors, which really only serves to undermine your point and distract the reader.

It's not just the TV companies. There is also a huge advertising industry -- running into tens of billions of dollars annually in revenues -- that will be in tatters if pricing/subscription alongthese lines takes off.

I think that the two are in cahoots.

Hopefully in both Mini and Maxi versions. The Maxi for your more demanding computing days.

Actually I think your flash allotments are way to low at each price point and you are to stiff at each price point. Flash storage will be very important on this device, hopefully this will be something Apple understands at release. Any reliance upon cloud storage would be fairly stupid.

Rename it? I thought it was Mobile IS for some time now. It is common for people to call it iPhone OS but I'm not sure that is the official name.

Not to mention higher resolution iPhones in the future. I suspect though that E-Reading will just be another app. Oh the scaling of existing iPhone apps will not be universal. That will depend upon how the app uses the UI.

It sounds nice but I wouldn't get all that excited over tethering. Also I'd rather the tablet comes in a universal model when 3G is added. The reality is that a CDMA model would be worthless for people that travel. Which brings us to the most important issue the device can not be carrier locked.

Yep! If people don't grasp that by now they never will. However I see the next version of Mobile OS gaining many features seen in Snow Leopard. These will be low level things like OpenCL and GCD to more fully leverage the hardware for the UI.

Yeah I can't wait. I was really hoping it was today that the debut would take place. As it is I have to work tomorrow. Bummmmmmmmmmer.



Dave

I play Snes (emulator) on my 92" screen. Although blocky, no pixilation, it's AWESOME. Sometimes it's more about the game than the graphics. Think Nintendo, it's their philosophy. If you think about it, they are indirectly competing against Nintendo DSi's.

I know it's not just you doing it, butI'm getting so tired of the juvenile maxi-pad jokes.

It doesn't even make sense.

"ePaper" doesn't suffer from the fact that other kinds of icky paper like toilet paper exist, why should "iPad" be any different?

"Pad" is a generic term, there are paper pads, message pads, and yes ... maxi-pads. So what?

The only reason people are making fun of it is because it's a female product that makes men nervous, so they turn into twelve year olds for no apparent reason.

I don't need 99 cent TV episode purchases. Now, 99 cent TV episode rentals would be nice. I have no interest in owning TV shows. And for $1.99, I'll live with the poor Hulu quality.

you'd rather pay $0.99 for something not to own it. When you could own it for the same amount? Can you elaborate on that?

Roll up A4-sized intelligent plastic display. iNews.

I can't wait for the iPhone to show up on Verizon. Four reasons:

1) It will free up my ATT bandwidth, and increases the possibility that ATT will bring iPhone tethering right away.

2) It will increase the value of my Apple shares.

3) It will kick sand in Droid's/Google's faces. I kinda like that.

4) It will choke up Verizon's network, and they'll have to do a major mea culpa.

[QUOTE=MacTripper;1556830If the Tablet requires a (another) cell phone contract, it's going to be very painful for a lot of folks to accept. Also locking it to the App Store will put off a lot of traditional computer users used to having control over their machines.

This would hurt any device out of the shoot. I wouldn't pay for another device on my bill.

Hope it has WiFi.

Dan

Yeah, I hope it comes with a screen too. And some way to input data.

and a battery. That would be sweet!

It had best be a wireless removable module, or at least a module that does BOTH UMTS & CDMA. I am TIRED of being locked to providers.

Only if it's removable.

They sound like very good reasons to me!!!

That would probably be the stupidest business decision Apple could make.
1) Sure Verizon might cover redneckville but AT&T covers something like 99% of the populaton.
What buys iPhones? People in cities or people who live in redneckville?

2) 99% of the world is GSM not CDMA.

the quality of tv at the moment warrants no more than .10c per episode. I am proud to say I get all my shows from torrents. Some that I want to support the creators financially I buy in dvd's too. These bozos should have already implemented a system with included ads and sold them free as in tv, it's not as if no one is scrolling ahead while watching a show anyway and the ads come on or going for crap in the toilet. And I refuse to accept that a show that I missed an hour ago on the tele to which I subscribe (with virtually no ads) I can't download it and view it at my home.
If they don't like me they can arrest me.

I don't get that argument. It takes 5 mins to change an iPhone battery with an Xacto knife. Pop back off, change battery, pop back on. battery good for 2+ years. Now use a simple math equation to figure power consumption to battery size and I'm sure They'll get it right AGAIN. Disposable batteries go against Apples greenness. They are bad for you, they are bad for everybody. Because although we can recycle them, most people don't. I'm either at work, in the car, or at home. Usually somewhere where there's a power source. I'm sure in my attempt to save the planet I can suffer some.

Now I'm guessing you want interchangeable batteries. That makes the product larger and introduces structural weaknesses.

Pretty much spot on especially if it can tether to the iPhone. I have a Nokia that uses JoikuSpot which connects via 3G and creates a wifi hotspot so either way I am set.

Those are feelings to a T. I also think that an iPhone on Verizon will boost Apple's profit and stock price more than a tablet could.


I was just following the comments of silly things to expect. Apple has never had an iDevice with a removable battery and their notebooks are now integrated, so even if for some reason you'd think it's a good idea it would be foolish to expect it. But the fact is that everything you stated are valid reasons that there shouldn't be a removable battery.

Sorry solipsi,
my fault.

I am the one who failed to use and emoticon to indicate my sarcasm.