So I suppose using these A6's mean it will definitely be called the iPad Air?
Well I can't comment on that, but it's more appropriate than calling them iPad Intruders or iPad Prowlers. Nobody would feel safe with those kinds of names. Although with the dumb names Android OEMs like to tack onto their products, I may have just given them 2 new ones to chew on.
What if it is still called iPad, just like MacBook Pro/MacBook Air but with different screen size prefixes? ie. 8-inch iPad, 10-inch iPad, 12-inch iPad, etc.
Also, someone mentioned earlier that the component costs will not be much less. That is an interesting point, and leads me to think that this product is really all about margins and driving holiday sales. You release a product with 8 month old specs every year right before the holiday, and sell a ton of product at high margin before unveiling the new iPad a few months later, driving another round of crazy sales right after. This seems like a good strategy that will avoid cannibalization, and still pander to the confused, pedantic crowd that seem to think having less screen real estate will somehow be an improvement.
Also, someone mentioned earlier that the component costs will not be much less. That is an interesting point, and leads me to think that this product is really all about margins and driving holiday sales. You release a product with 8 month old specs every year right before the holiday, and sell a ton of product at high margin before unveiling the new iPad a few months later, driving another round of crazy sales right after. This seems like a good strategy that will avoid cannibalization, and still pander to the confused, pedantic crowd that seem to think having less screen real estate will somehow be an improvement.
I don't know what people are thinking when they say that the component costs won't be much less. The display, the processor, the RAM, the size of the battery to run it all. You save a huge chunk right there.
Confirmed by people who don't work for Apple. Great "confirmation. I will believe it when App,e announces. I hate it when this is considered confirmee.
It won't be called the "iPad Air" because that's a dumbass name that doesn't describe the product very well.
Slow down. Look at the pictures. It was a joke. One picture was the A-6 Intruder (EA-6A) which has two seats, the other was the A-6 Prowler (EA-6B) which has four seats. The original poster related this to similarly numbered chips and the number of cores each had, I was only trying to acknowledge and expand on his joke. I was not trying to show any preference for naming a resized iPad. I don't have a preference but perhaps I should - I hate having to say out loud the names of oddly named products. If you need an example of this, try ordering anything at the local IHOP restaurant.
Your story is misleading. It says Apple confirmed the iPad Mini event, yet Apple has done nothing of the kind. It only says your sources have confirmed the event.
The only way Apple confirms an event is when they announce it themselves and post it on Apple.com.
So anyone who is getting excited about this, calm down because nothing has been confirmed as of yet.
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This is like when Brian White & Gene Munster 'confirmed' that there was an Iphone mini coming.
I wouldn't put to much relability into any of these statements.
Only time we'll know that theres something on the way is when Apple sends out invitations for an event.
get sued by amazon?
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I can't wait for Apple to put these in their new generation of products.
These dual-core models can then be replaced later by the quad-core model below:
Remember when SJ used to say in Stevenotes that something was so fast that it "screamed"? He wasn't kidding.
So I suppose using these A6's mean it will definitely be called the iPad Air?
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Originally Posted by BUSHMAN4
This is like when Brian White & Gene Munster 'confirmed' that there was an Iphone mini coming.
I wouldn't put to much relability into any of these statements.
Only time we'll know that theres something on the way is when Apple sends out invitations for an event.
Except those guys are just Wall Street analysts where the guys confirming the mini are some of the most well connected Apple insiders in the industry.
The Mini Pad and the Maxi Pad?
More like
iPod Touch Maxi
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Originally Posted by diplication
So I suppose using these A6's mean it will definitely be called the iPad Air?
Well I can't comment on that, but it's more appropriate than calling them iPad Intruders or iPad Prowlers. Nobody would feel safe with those kinds of names. Although with the dumb names Android OEMs like to tack onto their products, I may have just given them 2 new ones to chew on.
I guess iPad mini is probably more descriptive than iPad Nano
Originally Posted by Big Brother 84
I guess iPad mini is probably more descriptive than iPad Nano
"Smaller version of the iPad". I don't get how either is less descriptive than the other. Whether one is more suitable is a different story.
What if it is still called iPad, just like MacBook Pro/MacBook Air but with different screen size prefixes? ie. 8-inch iPad, 10-inch iPad, 12-inch iPad, etc.
Also, someone mentioned earlier that the component costs will not be much less. That is an interesting point, and leads me to think that this product is really all about margins and driving holiday sales. You release a product with 8 month old specs every year right before the holiday, and sell a ton of product at high margin before unveiling the new iPad a few months later, driving another round of crazy sales right after. This seems like a good strategy that will avoid cannibalization, and still pander to the confused, pedantic crowd that seem to think having less screen real estate will somehow be an improvement.
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Originally Posted by diplication
So I suppose using these A6's mean it will definitely be called the iPad Air?
It won't be called the "iPad Air" because that's a dumbass name that doesn't describe the product very well.
I don't know what people are thinking when they say that the component costs won't be much less. The display, the processor, the RAM, the size of the battery to run it all. You save a huge chunk right there.
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
I wonder if they think it's iPhone+iPods and iPad or iPhone and iPad+iPods…
Maybe the iPods should have a third event in November.
Or each iPod can get its own event.
September: iPhone
October: iPad mini
November: iPod touch
December: iPod nano
January: iPod shuffle
February: real iPad
March: real iPad ships
April: iPod nano mini
May: iPod shuffle mini
June: iPhone nano (WE WERE ALWAYS RIGHT)
July: iPad mini mini
August: iPad mini (not iPad mini, but regular iPad mini, iPad mini)
September: iPhone 4 again, because numbers.
But what about the iMac and Mac Mini? What about the alleged 13in MBP Retina?
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Originally Posted by Big Brother 84
I guess iPad mini is probably more descriptive than iPad Nano
Maybe they can get MiniMe to make the announcement presentation.
Originally Posted by drblank
But what about the iMac and Mac Mini? What about the alleged 13in MBP Retina?
The former two should have been out months ago. The latter, who knows. We hear October.
It's Apple Inc, not Apple Computer Inc, remember. Those don't matter anymore.
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Why, in the name of Zeus, are they doing this ....
Why?
Why?!?
NOBODY WANTS/NEEDS A FRACKING "iPAD MINI"
Jesus ....
I want more than one.
Will likely end up with 3
Assuming they are real
That's reassuring.
That's reassuring.
Then where's the iMicrowave and the iRefrigerator?
Your story is misleading. It says Apple confirmed the iPad Mini event, yet Apple has done nothing of the kind. It only says your sources have confirmed the event.
The only way Apple confirms an event is when they announce it themselves and post it on Apple.com.
So anyone who is getting excited about this, calm down because nothing has been confirmed as of yet.