Comments on: Report: Smaller iPad coming later this year http://gigaom.com/2012/07/03/report-smaller-ipad-coming-later-this-year/ Fri, 24 May 2013 04:46:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: rajesh http://gigaom.com/2012/07/03/report-smaller-ipad-coming-later-this-year/#comment-875764 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 09:40:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=539468#comment-875764 its voice Calling &Insert Simcard

]]> By: ANDI http://gigaom.com/2012/07/03/report-smaller-ipad-coming-later-this-year/#comment-862036 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 06:20:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=539468#comment-862036 Apple has the potential to really hit the market in education. As an educator of K-8 students I already see schools moving to using tablets in class. For those of you who aren’t aware, interactive white boards such as Smart Board are already being used in many classrooms and lessons are much more interactive than the past. Apple would do well to make a smaller iPad that could be used with interactive white boards, maybe even marketing a smaller iPad with their own brand of interactive white board. Schools can’t afford expensive full size iPads but they could afford a smaller version. Even $100 per tablet less makes a big difference budget-wise when buying technology in school districts.

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/2012/07/03/report-smaller-ipad-coming-later-this-year/#comment-861886 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 18:57:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=539468#comment-861886 Have to disagree with you… there was nothing dull or unclear about early generation of iPhones or iPads… even before the Retina Displays.

But, if there is an issue, it’s easily solved… a basic iPad mini for $250 and a Retina Display one the next year for the same price! Apple will clean Amazon and Google’s clocks!

]]> By: HDBoy http://gigaom.com/2012/07/03/report-smaller-ipad-coming-later-this-year/#comment-861747 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 08:22:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=539468#comment-861747 I still don’t believe this will be positioned as a “smaller iPad”. I think it will be a far more versatile, 7-inch (180mm x100mm) device — an iPod+ with a 16:9 aspect ratio — NOT a smaller iPad with a 4:3 aspect ratio. This mid-sized device would be a pocketable e-reader that still could be held with one hand, used for gaming and also fit in standard, Double-DIN automobile dashboard openings for a new generation of automotive head unit Apps that undoubtedly are coming. Best of all, it would breath new life into the flagging iPod product line.

]]> By: Mansion House http://gigaom.com/2012/07/03/report-smaller-ipad-coming-later-this-year/#comment-861082 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:12:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=539468#comment-861082 Whether its a rumor or not, Apples fighting for survival. Steve Jobs must be turning in his grave at what Apple has become. Log onto: http://www.abhirdayaram.com/technology/apples-fight-dominance-tablet-market-sign-concern/ and http://www.abhirdayaram.com/technology/apple-losing-samsung/ to see the true state of the company.

]]> By: nearenough http://gigaom.com/2012/07/03/report-smaller-ipad-coming-later-this-year/#comment-860976 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:59:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=539468#comment-860976 The current iPad is too darn large to carry around. A version that would fit in one’s pocket is needed. How hard could that be to make with all the nanotechology and retina this or that available?

]]> By: Harry Minhas http://gigaom.com/2012/07/03/report-smaller-ipad-coming-later-this-year/#comment-860679 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 07:31:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=539468#comment-860679 iPad Mini will face serious competition this time from Google Nexus 7 http://harryminhas.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/google-nexus-7/ & BlackBerry PlayBook 4G http://harryminhas.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/blackberry-playbook-4g/

]]> By: Glenn http://gigaom.com/2012/07/03/report-smaller-ipad-coming-later-this-year/#comment-860573 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 22:25:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=539468#comment-860573 What ever it will be, in my personal opinion I think it could make sense because it will give people more choice to stay within the apple eco system. A 7″ device is much more suited to kids and at a lower price more parents will be happy or rather afford to be able to buy one. On the flip side, stemming off interest in Nexus 7 would be an added bonus.

Apple can get to use parts of the existing portfolio and supply chain too.

Calling it a iPod touch 7″ as opposed to an iPad 7″ could avoid criticism but then what product name would have the best association?

It will be interesting to see but so long as it doesn’t pull resources and focus from the larger iPad then it shouldn’t hurt apple.

]]> By: Mohammed Masrahi http://gigaom.com/2012/07/03/report-smaller-ipad-coming-later-this-year/#comment-860399 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:45:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=539468#comment-860399 So while in the iPhone case they managed to compete with older models, they can’t do the same with iPad 2s at $249-$299 and iPad 3s at $399?

I don’t understand where does this strange insistence, that Apple can only compete by making a 7″ device, comes from. A cheaper iPad would make much more sense for Apple, with existing ecosystems of optimized apps, than introduce a new form factor and adding more division in it’s App store.

Would the customers opt for the Fire or Nexus 7 at $200 than going for iPad 2 at $249-$299? I highly doubt that.

]]> By: scottph http://gigaom.com/2012/07/03/report-smaller-ipad-coming-later-this-year/#comment-860357 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:04:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=539468#comment-860357 I call bs.
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