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[Blablurn]

okay, im slowly getting ready for this conference. i hope apple has one or two surprises up in their sleeves.

 

[Tron 2.0]

How long will the conference be?

Hoping it will have flash support and 4g lte.

Oh brother.

 

[Zeth]

When I wake up in the morning there will be only 2 sleeps left. Some lucky bastard is getting a killer deal on my 32GB 3G iPad 2. Still almost double what Gazelle is offerring though, so I'm ok.

Since different sites have had their hands on the alleged new display, do we know anything interesting about it? Like is it IPS or what?

 

[Deleted member 22576]

So this is a plug, but this thread has lots of traffic right now.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=465452

I made a thread for a great apple focused mobile tech podcast called critical path. You should definitely check it out if mobile computing interests you.

 

[Pagusas]

When I wake up in the morning there will be only 2 sleeps left. Some lucky bastard is getting a killer deal on my 32GB 3G iPad 2. Still almost double what Gazelle is offerring though, so I'm ok.

Since different sites have had their hands on the alleged new display, do we know anything interesting about it? Like is it IPS or what?

its for sure IPS.

 

[Slurpy2k20]

It should only be Magical with a 300PPI, glass laminated display. Color calibrated and, dare to dream, 500 nits combined with a >1,400:1 contrast ratio. Otherwise appliances. Perhaps next to a refrigerator?

Cook better not disappoint.

I'm going to make an easy prediction- which is that you will be disappointed. Not only that, you will make sure to unceasingly post how disappointed you are, again and again and again, just to drive home how catastrophically disappointing the conference was. You'll make sure to make clear to everyone over and over how Steve Jobs would be rolling in his grave, how he never would have approved what was shown, and how the company is now in a rapid downward spiral.

I'll be impressed if I'm wrong, but going by your post history it's an easy prediction. You've fucking compared Cook to Gil Amelio, so please spare us dishonest charade of pretending you're still undecided about the guy.

 

[bodyofanamerican]

So this is a plug, but this thread has lots of traffic right now.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=465452

I made a thread for a great apple focused mobile tech podcast called critical path. You should definitely check it out if mobile computing interests you.

Everything I've listened to from 5by5 has been fantastic. I always try to catch Gruber and Siracusa's shows as well as the Incomparable. I'll give this one a shot too.

 

[badcrumble]

I'm way late to the party on this, but holy shit IntelliScreen X looks fantastic. I may have to jailbreak for that once iOS 6 is out and has an untethered 4S/iPad 3 jailbreak. I'll be curious to see if Apple does the RetinaPad thing themselves for the iPad 3; I kinda doubt it, as it'll discourage people from developing full iPad apps regardless, but it'd be nice if they would.

 

[railGUN]

I'm going to make an easy prediction- which is that you will be disappointed. Not only that, you will make sure to unceasingly post how disappointed you are, again and again and again, just to drive home how catastrophically disappointing the conference was. You'll make sure to make clear to everyone over and over how Steve Jobs would be rolling in his grave, how he never would have approved what was shown, and how the company is now in a rapid downward spiral.

I'll be impressed if I'm wrong, but going by your post history it's an easy prediction. You've fucking compared Cook to Gil Amelio, so please spare us dishonest charade of pretending you're still undecided about the guy.

Jerry, just remember. Its not trolling... If you believe it.

 

[mrkgoo]

I just realised all this time I've been confusing Paradoxal_Utopia with Pristine_Condition. Must be the capital P and underscore combo.

 

[MercuryLS]

I'm going to make an easy prediction- which is that you will be disappointed. Not only that, you will make sure to unceasingly post how disappointed you are, again and again and again (until you are banned), just to drive home how catastrophically disappointing the conference was. You'll make sure to make clear to everyone over and over how Steve Jobs would be rolling in his grave, how he never would have approved what was shown, and how the company is now in a rapid downward spiral.

I'll be impressed if I'm wrong, but going by your post history it's an easy prediction. You've fucking compared Cook to Gil Amelio, so please spare us dishonest charade of pretending you're still undecided about the guy.

Fixed.

 

[Zeth]

I'm way late to the party on this, but holy shit IntelliScreen X looks fantastic. I may have to jailbreak for that once iOS 6 is out and has an untethered 4S/iPad 3 jailbreak. I'll be curious to see if Apple does the RetinaPad thing themselves for the iPad 3; I kinda doubt it, as it'll discourage people from developing full iPad apps regardless, but it'd be nice if they would.

Hell yes. It is $10, but you get a short trial period during which the full feature set is unlocked, I believe. To me it's worth every penny. This thing easily ranks among the very best jailbreak software in terms of value and features. I'd post a video but it might be a little off-topic. With that said, I'll be hoping for a speedy iPad 3 jailbreak and ISX update. (Anything will be faster than the iPad 2 jb)

 

[Slurpy2k20]

Hell yes. It is $10, but you get a short trial period during which the full feature set is unlocked, I believe. To me it's worth every penny. This thing easily ranks among the very best jailbreak software in terms of value and features. I'd post a video but it might be a little off-topic. With that said, I'll be hoping for a speedy iPad 3 jailbreak and ISX update. (Anything will be faster than the iPad 2 jb)

I don't know, I just can't justify paying for software that requires a jailbreak. Just feels like I don't permanently own it and with every update it may become defunct. Also, for the past few months I've been jailbreak free. Finding I'm not missing it as much as I thought it would.

 

[shantyman]

OT: There was a comparison pic of smartphone designs before and after iPhone posted a few days ago, dunno if here or in another thread. Somebody got that pic at hand? Thanks in advance.

I assume you mean what was posted here: http://www.marco.org/2010/08/19/a-smartphone-retrospective

 

[Keylime]

Kind of odd...is anyone seeing any links to liveblogs for the event up yet? I've checked the usual suspects and I'm not seeing any obvious links to see where they'll be.

Want to get the OP updated with some goodies but it's like the industry doesn't want to help

 

[upandaway]

Kind of odd...is anyone seeing any links to liveblogs for the event up yet? I've checked the usual suspects and I'm not seeing any obvious links to see where they'll be.

Want to get the OP updated with some goodies but it's like the industry doesn't want to help

Wait what, there's no live stream? Didn't they do a live stream for the iPhone 4S, or am I just confused?

 

[Betta Lines]

How long will the conference be?

Hoping it will have flash support and 4g lte.

 

[LCfiner]

Wait what, there's no live stream? Didn't they do a live stream for the iPhone 4S, or am I just confused?

no live stream (unless they surprise us). Rub is looking for the live blog links.

 

[D4Danger]

How long will the conference be?

Hoping it will have flash support and 4g lte.

this was only an issue when the web sucked and everyone used Flash for video

 

[brotkasten]

Kind of odd...is anyone seeing any links to liveblogs for the event up yet? I've checked the usual suspects and I'm not seeing any obvious links to see where they'll be.

Want to get the OP updated with some goodies but it's like the industry doesn't want to help

Links for live blogs are usually up 24h before the event starts, no?

 

[Keylime]

Links for live blogs are usually up 24h before the event starts, no?

Typically sites will put a "and bookmark this page for the event where we'll be blogging live!" link in the Apple invite article. This time around there's been nothing!

 

[brotkasten]

Typically sites will put a "and bookmark this page for the event where we'll be blogging live!" link in the Apple invite article. This time around there's been nothing!

Live event canceled! Apple.com launch only! Everyone panic!

Seriously, the links will be up tomorrow. Nobody reads OPs anyway.

 

[mescalineeyes]

Links for live blogs are usually up 24h before the event starts, no?

more like 3-4 hours.

 

[Seraphinianus]

I don't know if I should buy this, as iPad 4 is just around the corner.

I have never bought anything in my life after super mario bros 1. If they're gonna make 2, then they'd just make 3, and so on. Seems like i've been proven right too.

 

[LCfiner]

man, I just got invited to a relatively important work meeting on Wednesday from 1 till 3 PM so I'll be missing the whole reveal and all the live-Gaf biting commentary.

bummed. I'll have to catch up once I get out.

 

[mrklaw]

Whats gonna happen to the mags on newsstand? Its already 300 megs for some mags already. Will that balloon to a GB when the RetinaPad launches?

Apple needs to encourage e-mags to move to a format that encodes text as text, and not just massive scanned pages. That way you could keep photos roughly as they are, increase the quality of the displayed text, and files wouldn't need to get much bigger. (they are already too big IMO)

 

[mrklaw]

In the UK, I know www.krcs.co.uk are taking pre-orders, and I'm sure Currys/Dixons will be too, although there was confusion at Currys last year when people who'd pre-ordered went to pick theirs up only to find they'd sold them to the ones who queued. Whoops.

I'll be in the Apple Store Meadowhall queue like an idiot.

if I time it right, I'm going for Bristol Cribbs Causeway, hoping that most people will head to the other store in town. Or the official reseller near the station.

 

[mrklaw]

Just one final note about 'retina'. Just as the PPI effects viewing distance ( that is, the optimal viewing distance is decided by the Resolution and screen size), I do believe there will be a noticeable difference between the iPhone 4 retina and iPad retina. Why? Because I DO view the iPad less than a foot away. Right this moment, I'm sitting at my dini room table, iPad on it, and I'm leaning over it typing. Must be about 8 inches away. I like to view the whole neogaf page (non-web app), so I look at it closer.

Would I like 300dpi? Sure. But there's no doubt the improvement over the current screen will be much more vast than the difference between the new screen and 300dpi+. I will love it regardless. (point is moot, seeing as I can't afford a new iPad anyway)

think how much the scale of the ipad impacted you - much more than 'just a large ipod touch' right? So apply that non-linear scaling of experience to the 'almost retina' display and its possible it'll impress you *more* than iphone 4, simply by having just so many lovely pixels to gaze upon.

 

[Betta Lines]

Apple needs to encourage e-mags to move to a format that encodes text as text, and not just massive scanned pages. That way you could keep photos roughly as they are, increase the quality of the displayed text, and files wouldn't need to get much bigger. (they are already too big IMO)

This already happens with the Zinio app. You can hit 'Text' much like you can with Safari's 'Reader' to separate the text, and the text is clearly all in vector format (you can zoom in loads with no quality loss), apart from awkward parts of mags that use extra graphics near/behind text... then it's horribly rasterized. Not sure about Newsstand stuff.

 

[LCfiner]

This already happens with the Zinio app. You can hit 'Text' much like you can with Safari's 'Reader' to separate the text, and the text is clearly all in vector format (you can zoom in loads with no quality loss), apart from awkward parts of mags that use extra graphics near/behind text... then it's horribly rasterized. Not sure about Newsstand stuff.

there is no one technical solution imposed by Apple for Newsstand. some use pdf style images ripped straight from the print edition like EDGE or PC Gamer. others use Adobe's iPad publishing platform (WIRED, New Yorker)

The way the Adobe stuff works will not scale well with retina resolution. it's not ideal now but its limitations will be even more apparent with issues (likely) nearing 1 GB unless they change the way they render pages.

 

[amrihua]

Are you complaining about the authenticity of a photoshop?

No, only the historic accuracy.

 

[brotkasten]

Engadget got their hands on the iPad 3 parts.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/05/ipad-3-prototype-parts-hands-on/

 

[Spacebar]

So it begins.

 

[Gamecocks625]

How long will the conference be?

Hoping it will have flash support and 4g lte.

You mean the same program that keeps crashing on my computer? Last thing I want is flash to ruin a perfectly good experience on iPad. Just roll with some Android tab if those two features are what you really want.

Engadget got their hands on the iPad 3 parts.


http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/05/ipad-3-prototype-parts-hands-on/

iPad 3 is a brick. Maybe it's made of styrofoam to decrease weight.

 

[Betta Lines]

I was pretty confident they'd still support the Smart Cover, but now I'm wondering if my rear cover is gonna fit too... there's really very little in it... but my rear case is really precise, so I imagine not.

 

[shira]

Engadget got their hands on the iPad 3 parts.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/05/ipad-3-prototype-parts-hands-on/

No stereo speakers : (

 

[Gamecocks625]

Ready for iPad 4. There haven't been any leaks of that one just yet.

 

[Zeth]

A lot of sites have switched to calling it next-gen iPad. Looks like no one's confident about the name yet. I personally can't imagine they'd use the term HD at all.

So close people. Day after tomorrow.

 

[Technosteve]

Industry sources tell me that the next iPad will be called iPad 2x, x is for xtreme

 

[numble]

iPhone 4 Steve
iPad 2 Steve

 

[Gamecocks625]

A lot of sites have switched to calling it next-gen iPad. Looks like no one's confident about the name yet. I personally can't imagine they'd use the term HD at all.

So close people. Day after tomorrow.

Even with iPad 2, you don't see "iPad 2" on any packaging or on the device itself. Just iPad. Only in marketing pieces. I'd imagine the same will be for iPad 3.

I honestly wouldn't mind if they went the way of iPods and Macs. No numbers. Just "the new" whatever. Hard to convey in marketing though.

 

[Zeth]

Even with iPad 2, you don't see "iPad 2" on any packaging or on the device itself. Just iPad. Only in marketing pieces. I'd imagine the same will be for iPad 3.

I honestly wouldn't mind if they went the way of iPods and Macs. No numbers. Just "the new" whatever. Hard to convey in marketing though.

You're right about that. That actually makes iPad 3 seem more plausible. Since, though it's a silly name, it's not stamped on the box or anything. Just an official way for people to differentiate.

 

[Pachimari]

I'm sad there's no talk of a better front camera. I imagine an iPad is used more for video calling than taking photos. =(

Maybe I'll use my iPad 2 for Skype, iPad 3 for general consuming and Kindle Touch for reading books.

 

[Technosteve]

I'm sad there's no talk of a better front camera. I imagine an iPad is used more for video calling than taking photos. =(

Maybe I'll use my iPad 2 for Skype, iPad 3 for general consuming and Kindle Touch for reading books.

iPad 3 will be your only tablet, search your heart you know this to be true

 

[Pachimari]

iPad 3 will be your only tablet, search your heart you know this to be true

Lol, but really. I'll get the Twelve South HoverBar for the iPad 2, so that we can video chat, while I can actually surf the Internet at the same time on iPad 3. If I surf the Internet while using Skype at the same time, then the camera footage will freeze. Sucks.

 

[MilesWebber]

Engadget got BLACKLISTED FROM ALL FUTURE APPLE EVENTS.


http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/05/ipad-3-prototype-parts-hands-on/

...

 

[Jill Sandwich]

Aren't those the same MiC shots we saw yesterday?

 

[jts]

The parts have been around on other blogs since god knows when.

 

[brotkasten]

Lol, but really. I'll get the Twelve South HoverBar for the iPad 2, so that we can video chat, while I can actually surf the Internet at the same time on iPad 3. If I surf the Internet while using Skype at the same time, then the camera footage will freeze. Sucks.

Spoiler

Sorry

 

[Joel Was Right]

I'm sad there's no talk of a better front camera. I imagine an iPad is used more for video calling than taking photos. =(

Maybe I'll use my iPad 2 for Skype, iPad 3 for general consuming and Kindle Touch for reading books.

Me too. Rear camera seems redundant. Keep costs limited to providing a better front facing camera for FaceTime