Purported parts for Apple's 'iPad 3' suggest 30-pin dock connector will remain - Page 2

Originally Posted by SpamSandwich

Using both would be good, but for those of us with recent iMac or Mac hardware purchases, Thunderbolt-only would be a dealbreaker.

Originally Posted by SolipsismX

He point is clear. As in making the resolution double in each direction so that there are 4x as many pixels. This makes it easy for the system to scale a single pixel into 4 pixels thereby not suffering any user interface interface issues for apps that haven't yet been updated to take advantage of Retina Display in the iPad.

Originally Posted by Aizmov

And what hardware will be able to push this many pixels while maintaining 10hr battery?

Originally Posted by AppleInsider

New components claimed to be from Apple's third-generation iPad show continued use of the 30-pin dock connector, potentially dispelling rumors that it would be replaced with a smaller form factor.

Japan's Macotakara ordered a handful of components claimed to be from prototype builds of Apple's anticipated third-generation iPad. The so-called "replacement parts" purport to be a microphone flex cable ribbon, power on/off flex cable, and dock connector charging port.

The dock connector is the most significant of the trio of components, because the 30-pin port still fits with Apple's existing iPod cable used on current iPhone, iPad and iPod models. The hands-on look at the part found that the cable sticks slightly shallower into the port, and the connector is shorter than before.

An earlier rumor about the next iPad's dock connector surfaced in October from the same website, suggesting Apple's third-generation iPad would feature a new, smaller dock connector. It was then claimed that the port would include the same 30-pin input and electricity specification internally, but it would be redesigned and smaller on the outside.

The current 30-pin dock connector was first introduced in Apple's iPod lineup back in April of 2003. It has been largely unchanged ever since, and Apple has even managed to squeeze the port onto its diminutive touchscreen iPod nano.



As for the other alleged third-generation iPad components, the power on/off flex cable includes a power button, rotation lock button, and volume button, suggesting all of those hardware features will be retained in the next iPad. The microphone flex cable is also said to be redesigned from the iPad 2.



The parts were obtained from reseller TVC-Mall.com, which gained attention earlier this month when it was found to be selling the microphone flex cable ribbon replacement. Because the part shows a different arrangement in internal circuitry than with the iPad 2, it led to speculation that the internal components of a so-called "iPad 3" may feature a significant redesign.



The first purported iPad 3 part surfaced in July, and it too hinted at material design changes with the next-generation tablet, at least internally, due to different part numbers on a hardware component.

Originally Posted by Oflife

Please see the whole Samsung Galaxy Note ecosystem of peripherals available at Clove.co.uk. Much better thought out than Apple's iOS device system, as is the superb inductive dock offered with the sadly defunct Palm/HP WebOS TouchPad.

Apple should add a stylus, proper iOS Bluetooth etc on/off controls on demand, without delving through menu options, make the iPad controls VISIBLE from the front of the device so you don't have to guess where they are - as per the iPad 1.

And add arrow keys to the on screen keyboard so one doesn't have to faff around with a finger to position the cursor.

These issues drove me nuts so I sold my iPad 2 and am getting the Galaxy Note - closest to the Apple Newton than anything else - to date.

Come on Apple, remember your soul.

Night night!

Originally Posted by Tallest Skil

You've completely misunderstood. Apple would be adding Thunderbolt pins to the Dock Connector, not replacing it with a Thunderbolt port.

Speaking of pins, whatever became of the old FireWire pins? Were they ever repurposed or do they remain unused? Because if the latter, hello, Thunderbolt opportunity!

Originally Posted by ChristophB

I might use one of the things you mentioned on an iPad.

Originally Posted by mcarling

1. iOS device backups that now take a few minutes would be just about instantaneous. iOS device backups which now take an hour or more would complete in less than a minute.
2. It would help drive the adoption of Thunderbolt, which is a strategic technology for Apple.
3. It would give owners of iOS device another reason to choose Mac rather than PeeCee when they replace their computer.

Originally Posted by Andysol

Who doesn't backup to iTunes wirelessly? You still plug it in? Wow....

Originally Posted by Aizmov

And what hardware will be able to push this many pixels while maintaining 10hr battery?

Originally Posted by SolipsismX

As I've stated many times before we don't yet know if that's possible. We also don't know if Apple will use more advanced, denser battery tech to make up for the difference or if they produce enough of these displays for their customers.

Originally Posted by Orlando

Indeed. I think the last time I connected my iPad to my Mac was to install iOS5. Since then everything has been wireless. As far as I'm concerned they can get rid of the 30 pin connector entirely and just have a power connector.

Originally Posted by SpamSandwich

I'm hoping one day an iPad will accept both finger and stylus input, but I'd like the stylus to be much more accurate than a finger. I'm not talking about those fat styli that can be used now, something more elegant, that would act like a fine Cross pen or a mechanical pencil.

Originally Posted by stelligent

If you really want, you can buy 3rd party styluses (styli?) for the iPad.

Originally Posted by SolipsismX

They work pretty well but the touchscreen sensitivity isn't close to what Wacom offers.

Originally Posted by Aizmov

2048x1536 is highly unlikely. 1600x1200 is more likely but I won't be surprised if it only had 1400x1050. You need to think for a moment what GPU can push that many pixels and still power efficient to get +10hr battery life. Even an increase to 1280x960 is substantial, people hold the iPad at a further distance than the iPhone.

Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody

and even the old firewire iPods can still be plugged into most of today's Mac's.

Originally Posted by darrynlowe

I see no reason whatsoever for Apple to incorporate Thunderbolt when there is no real valid technical reason to do so.

Originally Posted by Oflife

And add arrow keys to the on screen keyboard so one doesn't have to faff around with a finger to position the cursor.

Come on Apple, remember your soul.

Originally Posted by Andysol

Who doesn't backup to iTunes wirelessly? You still plug it in? Wow....

Originally Posted by PhilBoogie

Everybody still plugs it in, just not into their Macs but into their adapters. How is the expression, 'same difference?'

Originally Posted by Andysol

Not really. People are saying thunderbolt should be added. But why if there is no data to be transferred?

Originally Posted by Tallest Skil

Because there is

Wireless syncing isn't fast enough to supplant physical syncing yet, and there's no point in NOT having the fastest wired syncing possible when you HAVE to be wired to charge anyway.