Comments on: Is Apple Working on a 7-Inch Screen iPad?

By: Could Success of Galaxy Tab Drive a 7-Inch iPad 2?: Mobile «

Could Success of Galaxy Tab Drive a 7-Inch iPad 2?: Mobile « — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:01:27 +0000

[...] To be fair, Apple typically doesn’t react to market competition. Instead, it evaluates current products in existing markets and then attempts to perfect the design and performance of such devices. That’s what Apple has done with the iPod, the iPhone and, most recently, the iPad. I suspect, however, that Rodman & Renshaw analyst, Ashok Kumar is correct, however, when he said in September that Apple is working on a 7-inch version of its iPad. [...]

By: conrad

conrad — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:03:38 +0000

I don’t give a f**k who releases 7 inch model better…But I want in 7 inch model my apps , front and back 5Mp camera, phone, and for sure the ability to jailbreak so I don’t loose money on stupid apps that’s it.

By: v

Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:27:11 +0000

^ apple fanboy

By: Justin N.

Justin N. — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:26:26 +0000

Personally I would like to see a 12″, 9.7″, and a 7″ to give a lot of different choices for consumers. Maybe the 12″ for more home or office use and 7″ for more on-the-go use. I would lean more towards a 12″ personally. As for the camera, I like to see 2 cameras, one for facetime and other on the back plus the addtion on a microphone. Also I would like to see a more light weight model. A great additon to the ipad would be a stylus or pen to use to take notes in a “note taking app” and for drawing or art apps. It would be nice for Apple to allow other carriers to have ipad plans and to support 4g. One of the most important features missing is flash support. Most websites use flash, add this would make web surfing 10 times better! These are my hopes for future ipads. I’m sure a few of these will be a the ipad 2 such as the cameras, mic, lighter weight, and possibly size change and 4g. I don’t think flash will come around because Apple has never added flash to hand helds all these years. why would they start now?

By: Marc

Marc — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:43:57 +0000

I would say because competition is coming with this format on Android…

Mobile operators seem to have some in their Roadmap… may be the end of the year…
And Mobile operators can sell these Android tablets with Data plan and subsidize them… and they can have access to their customers.
With the iPad, they can’t sell it directly (until the recent move with ATT and Verizon). So they have to see other “Pad” format.

And I guess, Apple is well aware of that and have to fill the gap between the two form factors (iPhone and iPad).

By: pk de cville

pk de cville — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:32:10 +0000

By mobile apps, I presume you mean apps that could run on a touch or an iPhone.

If that’s a major consideration, I expect they’ll produce a 7″ screen with the same total number of screen pixels as the current 9″ model. Images and fonts will default to smaller overall dimensions, but those images and fonts will be clearer and more saturated.

I’d be interested in it because I’d prefer the lighter weight and smaller form factor.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:34:39 +0000

Anyone else worried that a 7 inch screen will make mobile apps look better which will cause less interest in making iPad apps just mobile apps?

By: Bliss

Bliss — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:45:03 +0000

Those who are dismissing the idea of a 7 inch iPad don’t realize that there is a real niche that needs to be filled here. That size is way better for use in the car (as a GPS navigation device, media player etc); way better as an ereader (lighter); way more portable (fits in purse, coat pockets etc).

By: Jman

Jman — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:12:37 +0000

my friend has an ipad and i love the size now but i want to wait for the 2nd gen, but now its going to be smaller? yeah a camera would be fantastic but making it smaller makes it like the ipod gen 4. the size splits the ipod from the ipad so its like enlarging an ipod more than shrinking an ipad.

By: Ronald Stepp

Ronald Stepp — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:58:52 +0000

Funny how we keep hearing about all the competition before we even have any actual tablets on the market. Much less before we even see sales figures.

Apple!!!! Look out!!!! Somebody is going to market a kick ass tablet-phone in 2016!!! Oh well, might as well give up now.