Predictions and wishlist for iPad 3

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I would guess it'll get the same camera's as are in the 4S. While the size makes it a bit awkward for taking video/photos, I would imagine it'll still rate the better cameras. (Economies of scale and all that.)
I wouldn't imagine the shape will change much.
I see no reason to NOT include Siri... In fact, I'd expect it to be available on the iPad2 via software revision before much longer.
iOS is perfect for the iPad... OSX would suck by comparison (imo) ... though finding a way to do a "Finder" system would be nice... With something like a "Preview" app for viewing generic pdf's and jpg's and such (from the "Finder".)
Obviously, a better CPU (A6?) is all but guaranteed.
I also think a higher res screen (but same size) is VERY likely.

Except there is.


Blatant trolling.


Because you'd hate it if they did that.

This wouldn't work as well as you'd like to think. You'd just end up with more segmentation and fewer things available for both iphone and ipad. Having IOS on both is great for small developers with limited resources, which is what you should want as they're often the most creative.

I haven't done that for years. Four finger swipe between apps. Try it. It's the way multitasking is supposed to be done. So beautiful.

I never ever touch my Home Button. Ever. You don't need to anymore. Five finger pinch to go to the Springboard, four finger swipe up to get to the multitasker, four finger swipe between open applications.

None of this 'half-screen' silliness. You can't work in more than one at once, anyway.

I'm kinda puzzled by some of your complaints,but I see later in the thread you are unaware of some of iOS 5's functionality. Even then there are things each and everyone of us would like to see in an iPad. Even then iPad really doesn't have any competition so it isn't likely to change anytime soon.


Well yeah everybody had their own expectations as rumors and news built up around iPad. The thing is you can't expect any thing developed by a third party to fit your needs perfectly. Further ones imagination allows for unlimited functionality where as real products have constraints.

IOS has multitasked since day one. It runs the same UNIX lke kernel that is at the center of Mac OS. It doesn't allow multiple user apps running at the same time simply to save on battery and RAM.

Apple is doing better. Everytime a major iOS update comes out it is improved both internally and externally.

I'm not sure if you are trolling or just suffering from personal ignorance. IOS basically puts the meat of UNIX in a handheld device. Sure the UI is different but that is the whole point of iOS, that is to provide a touch interface for small tablets.

Being old with sub optimal hearing I'd like to see significant effort put into iPads speakers, so in this regard we are on the same page.

In any event I'm not sure what you are wishing for in the next iPad, most of what you posted are operating system related issues. IPad 3 is a hardware release. Me I'm hoping for an SD slot and a USB port. We aren't likely to get those though. On the other hand I could see Apple adding a Thunderbolt port. Beyond those I don't see major external changes, instead we will likely get a major internal overhaul.

I don't think he's trolling at all. The tablet area really wasn't really talked about as much until the ipad. He was simply expecting it to be closer to a desktop OS, but as I said the current design is better for encouraging small developers to release on both iphone and ipad.

... and a CPU capable of "true" multitasking (say an unlimited number of activities going on in non-active apps) and running an OS more like the desktop OSX would not have the all-day battery performance that is (arguably) critical to the iPads overwhelming success.
The current ARM variants just aren't capable of doing that much stuff yet (at low pawer consumption rates)... and Intel "i" type chips just use way too much power (for a tablet.)

So what we have currently... while not exactly what we DESIRE, is pretty much all the CURRENT technology can do. (and still maintain Apple's level of polish and usability.)

You and I are pretty much in agreement here. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw something similar to the macbook air eventually adopt tablet like elements. One of the prime advantages of a tablet is that you really don't have to set it down. I can think of a few ways they could adopt these kinds of principles in an air like design, but it's the kind of thing where the hardware isn't completely there yet. For example (I'm not suggesting this is a good idea, it's an oversimplified example) if laptops moved to a virtual keyboard where physical one currently resides, and they came up with a kind of fold back concept which would unfortunately require a weird hinge design, it could be opened to operate like a tablet at times. I think Marvin commented on the potential of something like OLED and dual sided display.

I'd be skeptical of the concept of ipad like forms fully displacing traditional laptops as it's hard to sit there and type on one for an extended period of time assuming you want to maintain the speed of a traditional keyboard. A virtual keyboard when set on a desk would help, but that brings us back to the pencil and paper thing of always looking down. I'm not a fan of it, but that doesn't mean much.