via newmaconline.com
Techcrunch's MC Siegler has an article up that states that Apple may be developing a larger iPad variant, about 15 inch in size and possibly announced on the (developer!) conference WWDC 2010.
John Gruber thinks this is total bullshit.
I do agree with John that at first this is way too early to even consider a larger variant, but if the iPad will be a success, the idea isn't too bad at all.
As a photographer I love the idea of taking the iPad with me to clients to check out and select the photos, present my work and even write an invoice on the spot. I'm already sold to the 9.7" version.
However, for serious editing work, I would love to see a larger version. And with larger, I mean LARGER, like 20-24 inch. Yes it wouldn't be portable, but look at it as a Wacom Cintiq with the added multitouch function and full computer possibility (the Cintiq is just a "screen"). Ideal for studio work. I can totally see myself working in Bibble 5 using a large iPad like that. And for on the road work, a version that is mentioned in the Techcrunch article of about 15.4" would be pretty nice as well. So the iPad becomes it's own product range, with an iPad (10"), iPad Pro (15") and iPad Studio (20") version. But since the iPad is running the iPhone OS, what would the larger variants run, it can't be iPhone OS with its limitations?
I guess "standard" OS X to make full use of their size and functionality. And thus this idea is almost immediately killed. Why would Apple support different OS-es in one product range? It would make support and development much harder.
It's much more plausible that the iPad will be extended with functionality, remaining similar sized (maybe grow a bit larger to max 12"). Still, I like the idea of editing photos/movies on a large iPad :-)
Deze keer een extra lange aflevering, vanwege de aankondiging van de Apple iPad. Maar liefst 2x zo lang geworden :-)
Onderwerpen o.a.:
- heel veel iPad
- Google Nexus One review door Luc van Braekel
- Facebook
- Internet in België en de ideeën van Groen
En ons gast panellid (maar ondertussen ook al bijna lid van de familie) Jan Seurinck was er ook bij, naast de vaste pannelleden Maarten Hendrikx, Stefaan Lesage, Cindy de Smet, Jojanneke van den Bosch en mijzelf.
Meer info en download op de Tech45 site en iTunes
Veel plezier met deze extra lange aflevering! Commentaar graag via de website, twitter (tech45cast) of email reactie@tech45.eu - NB: bij reacties op twitter graag de hashtag #tech45_09 gebruiken voor deze aflevering!
I just tried opening my mobileme webmail, and noticed that the Calendar icon has a "beta" label on top of it! (see image) The site doesn't load properly, so I bet Apple is doing *something*
update False alarm? after 10 minutes I checked again and no beta label anymore and the site loads fine.. hmm.. glitch?
Yesterday the iMovie 8.0.5 update introduced the new "iFrame" (knowledgebase) format which is 960x540 pixels (quarter of a full-HD resolution).However, iMovie has been exporting to this resolution since the introduction its new architecture in iMovie 08. It is actually the maximum size which you can use to export for sharing, unfortunately (see screenshot from mobileMe gallery).
However, it will probably mean that:
- the iPod nano will be updated to record in iFrame mode (firmware!)
- the same will apply to the iPhone 3GS (firmware!)
- the to be introduced (I guess) iPod Touch will record in iFrame natively
Still, I'd prefer a real 720p resolution option instead of this halfbaked approach. But Apple probably has something up it's sleeve we don't know about :-)
Here is my downloaded iPhone apps list. Current for Monday, October 5th 2009 :-)
about 304 apps downloaded.. Usually about 70 installed on the iPhone.
What's your list?
edit: okay Numbers pdf export screwed up big time. Too many pages. The pages with 3 columns are the right ones. The single column pages are duplicates. Sigh, I thought Excel was sucky.