new ipad - retina display!

highballs · Mar 15, 2012

Critics are raving!

http://www.pcworld.com/article/251913/new_ipad_reviews_critics_are_raving.html#tk.hp_new

http://www.slashgear.com/new-ipad-review-3rd-gen-14218465/

Apple doesnât need another revolution, it has already started one, and the new iPad brings a fresh degree of refinement to a segment in which it is undoubtedly the king.â

twofacedjoker · Mar 15, 2012

Apple doesnât need another revolution, it has already started one, and the new iPad brings a fresh degree of refinement to a segment in which it is undoubtedly the king.

southall · Mar 16, 2012

About time the tech industry upped screen resolutions.

I been first used a 1024x768 color display in 1990.

Processor speeds and RAM and hard disk size have increased 100 fold since then but screen resolution have only doubled each way.

We should be using 30 inch retina displays today.

atticus · Mar 16, 2012

Wait until they load a intel chip and remove the bezel. iPad will be 75% of tablet sales by end of June 2012.

highballs · Mar 16, 2012

Quote from atticus:

Wait until they load a intel chip and remove the bezel. iPad will be 75% of tablet sales by end of June 2012.

Think you're right that's next logical step. An intel chip and thinner bezel would be another huge improvement.

twofacedjoker · Mar 16, 2012

Quote from atticus:

Wait until they load a intel chip and remove the bezel. iPad will be 75% of tablet sales by end of June 2012.

Bezel will not be removed. It has not been touched for 3 generations for the specific purpose it holds: appearence of size and screen real estate.

Frankly, I believe iPad 3 is undersized for the features it boasts. If they had to increase it by mere 0.7mm, it should be at least twice that. A month or two is needed until real user reviews start coming in.

Tablets are doing so well that RIM's $200 PlayBook came out with extendable keyboard, BlackBerry Mini Keyboard, for $120. From its pricing alone, one can distinguish the necessity of the keyboard.

highballs · Mar 16, 2012

Quote from twofacedjoker:

Bezel will not be removed. It has not been touched for 3 generations for the specific purpose it holds: appearence of size and screen real estate.

a smaller bezel would make the screen look larger not smaller as you suggest.

DirkDigler · Mar 16, 2012

Plus the bezel is part of the "handle". A tablet with a complete edge-to-edge touch screen is not something I would want. Perhaps others may?

highballs · Mar 16, 2012

Quote from DirkDigler:

Plus the bezel is part of the "handle". A tablet with a complete edge-to-edge touch screen is not something I would want. Perhaps others may?

that's right. edge to edge screen is no good..need some sort of bezel to hold on to with a device of that size