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What the iPad 3 Looks Like
redletterdave writes "If you were expecting a radically different-looking tablet from the iPad 2, prepare for a minor letdown. In the same way Apple upgraded the iPhone 4 into the iPhone 4S, the exterior of the iPad 3 mirrors that of the iPad 2, despite completely renovated and upgraded innards. iLab Factory reportedly provided Sharp with the necessary parts to build the high-resolution iPad 3 display, and in a company blog post, various iPad 3 components are displayed alongside those of the iPad 2 for quick comparison. In addition to a new camera mount that will reportedly match or improve upon the 8-megapixel camera system in the iPhone 4S, the post also revealed that the iPad 3 will be approximately 1 mm thicker than its predecessor to house Apple's upgraded components, including a bigger battery, an improved camera, and a dual-LED lit system to make the 2048 x 1536 display even brighter."
Even though I have no need for it, I feel a strange compulsion to throw money at it.
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Why have we grown so accustomed to the style changing radically every new release? Not just apple, but any phone, or gadget, or car... Why do we feel this need to see a new fancy box?
Seems like once we arrive at the thinnest tablets, it will be the ultimate "form follows function": a flat panel. Will we then no longer expect a radical new shape? (circular tablets?)
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Very quick to post. But than you *ARE* a paid shill, so you've got canned content all lined up.
Maybe they could sue themselves over it.
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I seriously doubt they will shoot so low. At best I expect a price drop to $350 (but most likely $399) for the iPad 2 (and only available Wi-Fi 16 GB without cell data options.)
As for the PC market vs. Tablets... I got to ponder... Many people are defensive saying that tablets can't or should never take over and that PCs must live for us to keep our computing freedom... but what if we are looking at it wrong? What if we look at tablets not as downgraded computers but as the next evolutionary step for consoles and handheld entertainment units?
Will it be 4G or 3G?
3G = who cares.
4G = needs a nuclear reactor for 5 hours of battery life.
There is no clear win.
Normally I don't pay much heed to comments like this, but that shit was so canned it still has the ring marks. Cranberry anyone?
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Apple is carefully leaking information to dilute the new tablets that are going to be presented in the Mobile World Congress 2012 just in a few days. Samsung is rumored to present there a tablet with high resolution like the iPad3 and Apple might not catch up in time, and it seems that they are leaking this and announcing a bit afterwards...
...did you even read my post?
"Sufferin' succotash."
I bought an ipad 1 right when it came out, because it was exactly what I had been waiting for, a large screen web surfing/media consumption device. The question is, how is apple going to get me to upgrade it? Sure the ipad 3 will load web pages faster, but I doubt itll be 500$ faster. It may run some applications better, but I just want to consume media. By designing a device that (at least for me) is just about media consumption, the only way I can be driven to upgrade is by some form of media coming out that my ipad cant handle.
Yes, that's literally the only thing that separates the iPhone/iPad's design from everyone else's, the fact that it's a rounded rectangle with a flat surface and glossy paint. It's certainly not the radius of the corners, the 1-inch black border with chrome backing that peeks over just enough to frame it, the grid of icons, the thievery of artwork, the touchscreen gestures that originated with iOS, etc.
Tablets didn't start looking like the iPad until the iPad came out. That really should clue you into the idea that the design comes from Jonathan Ive's design studio and isn't some obvious thing that has been around forever. Of course it seems obvious now, because the iPad is so successful. There's a cognitive bias going on where the thing that succeeded now seems obvious in retrospect even though it didn't before it came into existence.
"Sufferin' succotash."
Not always, LCD screens are only just catching up to higher end CRT displays...
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assuming it still even works 5 years from now, the battery life will have decayed to the point where it will be barely usable
You mean like a laptop? And before you say something about, "You can work with the laptop plugged in!", remember you can do the exact same with a tablet.
and if you think you will have the newest version of the OS available on it, excuse me while I laugh my ass of at your naiveté.
And how is that different than the 90s, when desktop computing really started to take off?
a regular PC is just straight up better in so many ways.
Depends on your use cases.
Anyone who has ever written iOS software knows that the UI scaling is done by float, and can easily take a value of 1.5.
It can technically be done, but results will look like crap, because scaling of bitmaps does not look well if you don't use an integer factor - either you get some pixels larger than other, or you need to use interpolation, resulting in an altogether blurry picture. There's a reason why Apple did 2x upscale with iPhone 4, rather than going for the then industry-standard-already 480x800.
Besides, from TFA, it looks like they have already identified the specific LCD screen that looks like it's tailor made for iPad 3 in dimensional terms - and it's 2048x1536.
Notice that the time-stamp of the response is the same as the time-stamp of when the story came live. Notice the lack of an asterisk, meaning he isn't a subscriber. Notice how quickly it went to +5, and the jabs at Google (much less pronounced than normal, however).
He (and bonch, and a few others) are either shills or fanboys who are waaay too invested.
Of actually knowing (or predicting) what and when the notoriously secretive Apple will release its next product. Swallow any claims not coming from 1 Infinite Loop with a Large Dose of skepticism.
Actually, my iPad 1 battery life is just fine. And it runs pretty much all the apps that my iPad 2 does. Same goes for my iPhone 2G - battery life is still good, and it still runs a surprisingly large number of apps, even at iOS 3.1.3.
Quite frankly, you should do some research before you speculate
Like it or not, Apple basically defined the tablet market, and their hardware + iOS ecosystem is incredibly profitable. Like it or not, Samsung is perceived as a major clone maker -- the 21st century equivalent of Compaq in the late 1980s.
That was once true, but desktop and laptop screens have regressed over the past few years towards 1080p (high-def TV) resolutions. There are only a few 2560x1600 desktop displays now - Apple for example no longer sells one. 1600x1200 screens were available on laptops for some time, too, but no longer.
With that resolution and dual backlights, I bet the new iPad screen will look fantastic. Now give me a 'retinal' 30" display for my desktop, please.
If it happens, its about fucking time they get a decent resolution on it.
Seriously ppi took a big step back when everything went from CRT to LCD.
If someone is passing you on the right, you are an asshole for driving in the wrong lane.
Everyone knows that the 3rd party accessories market for iDevices are HUGE, and one reason is because Apple sells MILLIONs of devices out of very few form factors. If you've ever been shopping for any iPhone accessory (cases, car holder/radio kits) vs. a typical android phone, you'll see what I mean. Apple knows that being 'different' isn't the same as being 'good', and that changing the design and button placement of their iOS devices just to be 'new' isn't a good enough reason.
I'm guessing the iPad 3 looks kind of like a rectangle with rounded corners and a screen on one face?
You're missing the point. Tablets are popular in several niches, the biggest one (probably, pulling out of my netherregions but hold on for a sec) is the demographic that can't keep a PC, either Windows or OS X or whatever, running for 5 years if their lives depended on it. The concept of 'upgrading' anything is foreign. They just want their GBs and Angry Birds and whatnot. Thinking is not part of the experience.
Yes, the battery is going to go south in 5 years (2 years, 3 years) but buying a new Shiny every couple of years is what these folks are designed to do. It beats actually learning about the computer or car or TV or $InsertHiTechItemHere.
This is a totally different 'computing' paradigm. It's not the computer you grew up with. It's probably not something you're much interested in.
But YOU are not THEM. You're a rumor, recognizable only as deja vu and dismissed just as quickly. You don't exist; you were never even born. Anonymous is your name. C++ your native tongue. You're no longer part of the System. You're above the System. Over it. Beyond it. We're "them." We're "they."
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
...did you even read my post?
And why would he want to do that? Just to be different?
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
2048 x 1536 display even brighter
Now, when can I get this resolution on a mainstream laptop (or atleast on one that costs less than $1200-1300
YES PLEASE! Finally high res screens on consumer electronics! I hope the rumor that Apple's computers will get updated with high res screens is also true. Laptop manufacturers need a kick in the butt to get them out of the 1366x768 doldrums.
your thin skin doesn't make me a troll
We don't expect change. Media is complaining because change == news. A redesign would of resulted in more page views than a spec bump.
That device (and I notice you had to look VERY hard pre-iPad to find something even sort of close) doesn't even have SYMMETRIC borders! They vary from 1-2".
Also it had all kinds of features along the front plate like speaker grills. Basically you were a mile away from anything like the iPad we have now.
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They haven't reached person's physical viewing limit yet. Although they are finally at least within an order of magnitude.
The iPhone4 boasts a resolution of just over 300dpi, which makes each pixel roughly 80 microns in size. This is still more than four times as large as what a healthy human eye is capable of resolving. Of course, even at 20 microns, it isn't really going to be sufficient, because to be completely undetectable it has to pass the Nyquist limit for our resolution, which means that the detail would have to be 10 microns in size or smaller. This requires a resolution of 2400 or more dpi, and on the ipad would require that the screen have a horizontal resolution of 16384, and vertical resolution of 12288.
So we aren't there yet.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
My 2+ year old, 15" Sager has 1920 x 1080.
If someone is passing you on the right, you are an asshole for driving in the wrong lane.
In an increasingly narcissitic society, we look to the gadgets we wield to say something about our social status.
Perhaps you do. Apple users just want something that works. That's why Apple doesn't need to change designs between cycles and people still buy them anyway- because they are actually useful and people buy them for that more than for something they display for looks only.
What you say is true of cars and clothes, to give people some reason they might want a new car or new clothes.
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Fanboys. Anti-fanboys. Two sides of the same irrational coin if you ask me.
Okay, you people are retarded. What jabs at Google? And of course it quickly went to +5 (or whatever it's rated now), it was the first post that moderators saw.
Normally, I don't respond to comments like this, but the goofy paranoia on Slashdot whenever anyone dares to--gasp--say positive things about a really popular tech gadget is really nutty.
"Sufferin' succotash."
Tablets look like they will have more of a cell phone buying mentality. I think people will look at tablets as more of a renew every 2 (3?) years where desktops are at the point where with good maintenance will be good for many many years.
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Unfortunately Microsoft is likely to make UEFI a requirement for Windows 8 machines. This means a 5 year old PC won't run Windows 8 at all.
Shilling is bad but blind hating for free is preferred.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
Erm, most 5 year old PCs will run Windows 7 just fine, unless you purchased one that was sub-par and already on its way out when you bought it. I have Windows 7 running on an old emachines I purchased for $550 back in 2006 for my child sister and the thing runs fine. No it wont play modern games but that was never even part of the equation when it was purchased with Windows XP.
First off, I am most assuredly not an Apple shill. I work for a company called DiSTI (www.disti.com). I would be happy if anyone at Apple even knew who the hell we are and what we do, let alone actually PAY me to post on slashdot.
But let me rebut your answer to the question: "Are they [tablets] more useful than a desktop or laptop?"
They most assuredly ARE more useful in a very large number of specific niche markets. Sure for _generic everyday use_ a laptop is better, but when your purpose is to make someone more productive at a specific job, then tablets can be not only better, they are also often much cheaper and more capable.
For instance, laptop computers have been around for a decade and yet not one has been approved for use by pilots in the cockpit as a job performance aid. You've doubtless seen the numerous stories about pilots using tablets as Electronic Flight Bags, replacing pounds of paper? And for $500. And it weighs hardly anything. And it has a 10 hour battery life, enough to have it on the entire time while crossing the Atlantic, though they usually only use them before takeoff and their approach for landing.
There are numerous other niche markets where the iPad is a totally disruptive technology. In the military training field, soldiers are now carrying training with them on an iPad instead of going to a dedicated training center.
I will also personally rebut "Are they as easy to read on as a dedicated e-reader?". I have friends who have Kindles, Nooks, etc. I have an iPad2 and a GalaxyTab 10.1 (my company's products support both). I've read dozens of books on my iPad and see no reason whatsoever to spend extra money or add extra weight to my bag for a dedicated reading appliance.
As for the PC market vs. Tablets... I got to ponder... Many people are defensive saying that tablets can't or should never take over and that PCs must live for us to keep our computing freedom...
Tablets aren't a threat to computing freedom. iPads are. Most (all?) non-iPad tablet can run your own code for free just fine. And you can develop your code on your platform of choice (Windows/Linux/Mac). I guess someone could even port an IDE and compiler so that they run on the tablet itself.
I'm still wondering why it's 'flamebait" now. It's relevant to the article, it articulates what he or she likes or dislikes about the topic at hand. The bit about market share is not really relevant, but hardly flamebait. It is what it is.
I used to come to slashdot for tech news, but the nerd rage her is becoming too much of a turn off.
Exactly! All Apple does is market to know-nothing hipsters with more money than sense and if all these people would just pay attention to what the smart people on Slashdot have to say they wouldn't be waisting all this money on useless tablet computers that can't even compile a basic python script or run a 3D CAD/CAM controller app.
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The OP said Apple defined the tablet not that they had the first ones. MS had Windows tablets long before Apple and Android. But MS' vision of a tablet was a more expensive version of laptop with a touchscreen and a stylus. Little was done to define a tablet as anything different. And these tablets failed to sell in any significant numbers. To this day, MS still declares tablets to be PCs whereas everyone else sees them in a separate category. According to that logic, that would give Apple the largest marketshare of PCs.
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The iPhone 3GS still sells for $350 in Canada. I mean the real price, without a contract. $550 for the iPhone 4.
If there was a relation between production cost and retail price, I wouldn't see any possibility for the iPad2 to sell for $200 next month.
No, you're talking about bitmap scaling which is not what is happening. When you create an iPhone 4 app you provide separate graphics at the new resolution. The same would be done here. UI elements are also native images for the resolution.
When you create a new app, or update one, sure. But it won't happen overnight; in the meantime, existing apps should be usable. iPhone 4 can still run apps created for iPhone 3 and below. And the reason why it can do that without them looking like crap is because it scales them up using an integer factor.
I'll tell you why. Because troll moderators have taken over the site and are trying to subvert it. Because the IT readership that used to visit Slashdot has been bleeding from the site in the last few years, leaving behind the more extremist posters. Because if you say something that those posters don't like, they abuse the moderation system to drive you off the site rather than reply and explain why you're wrong.
The latest thing is to accuse absolutely everyone of being a "shill" so that others will follow along and do their dirty work. My post didn't go down to -1 Flamebait until someone else accused me of being a shill and got modded +5 Insightful (!). Because of the default filters, +5 comments are automatically expanded while less than +2 is collapsed, so now every moderator reading the comments for the first time will see that post first and likely not even read what I wrote.
CmdrTaco promised a new moderation system for years, and it never arrived before he left the site. This limited moderation pool concept is terrible. It makes it so that a single point in either direction has a drastic effect on karma and effectively restricts people from posting something that's unpopular, even if it's legitimately true.
This is off-topic, and so I'd be justified in getting downmodded for this, but since my karma is getting completely destroyed right now anyway, I may as well post it before I'm limited to two posts a day. Thanks, Slashdot. Thanks, troll moderators.
"Sufferin' succotash."
Lithium-ion cells stored at around room-temperature and at full charge degrade at ~20% capacity per year (less if you store it at half-charge, but most people won't), which means after 2-3 years you are looking at about half capacity. After 5 years that will be much less than half. The first iPad came out less than 2 years ago, so they would still have 70% capacity at least. Recharge cycles also degrade performance, so if you charge it every two days or so that will be even worse. Talk to me again in 2 years and see if you are still happy with the battery life of the (unreplaceable) battery.
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The thing is that 19" CRT (and possibly even 17") could do 1024 lines resolution. With 4:3 aspect ratio latops with 15" 1280x1024 displays were common. Then with the initial wide screen displays (16:10 I assume) you could still get 900 lines resolution. Now anything < $1K seems to be 768 lines.
Sure for your average consumer who is just consuming media it's fine. For someone doing software dev or similar it can be painful. At my last employer I found some reasonably priced Dell's (within the budget I was given) that I could upgrade to 1080P for $100 (which I did). It was a lot better than the "720P" option, but almost a little fine for that screen size (which meant playing with font sizes for the older team members.. totally acceptable). At my new job I'm looking for a laptop for one of our contractors and it's painful. Basically in order to do his work he'll require an external monitor as I can't find anything reasonably priced in a small form factor (13 or 14" screen). It needs to be small for portability (riding coach etc). I can't even find the 15" 1080P laptops I ordered before. Now it looks as though I'd have to jump up to a 17" laptop to get anything above 768 lines.
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I have both an iPad and a Galaxy Tab. I also have an HP Touchpad. I have on a couple of occasions grabbed the Tab thinking I was going for the iPad, and vice-versa. They actually are strikingly similar. I have never mistaken the Touchpad for either of the other two.
You can look at jpegs of the devices in question until you're blue in the face, but when you actually have your hands on them it's embarrassingly clear that Samsung copied the iPad down to tiny little details. That's why the 'rounded corners' bit of the case is only one of twenty five details Apple took issue with.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
The true tablet market right now is composed of iPads, Kindle Fires and Nooks. All have similar lockins. Microsoft's ARM Win8 has already been stated will be similar. True Android Tables (non branched like the Nook or Kindle) are the exception but to be honest, they are not selling well relatively speaking.
People in this site have also vocally criticized those two tablets for the same points.
That's why I don't single out Apple's iPad.
So, just because you refuse to even take the time to google for "ipad battery replacement" that means that it's not possible? Suuuure....
Apple is one of the only companies to have increased production over the past few years, Macs have steadily been gaining market share yet compared to the runaway success of the iPad, it Mac market share seems almost to be standing still & Apple now sells more iPads than they do Macs.
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I have to disagree. My iPad 1 is really feeling old after a couple consecutive software updates. After the multitasking update, I experienced many app crashes. Games like Infinity blade won't even load unless I start it after a fresh reboot. The newest iBooks 2 update is exceptionally slow to open even regular ebooks. Safari crashes regulary and especially on longer pages. Were my desktop computer doing these things I would simply upgrade the RAM for $30. Instead I have to buy a new iPad 2 for at least $499 or never update my software.
To be fair, Apple has slashed the price of iPhones by $100 every time they retain a previous generation in the market. That is why I say $399. It's not blind faith or a gut feeling. It's just being based off Apple year to year habits.
Besides, a $100 reduction may be enough to bring the iPad2 into "budget" range. At the same time it's not so much that anyone that bought an iPad2 a month earlier would be annoyed at the insanely lower price.
Slash the price to $200 and even the most rabid Apple fan will knock at Apple's door with torches and pitchforks if they bought a full price iPad 2 one month earlier.
I've gotta say, someone has to be completely OCD about his Apple/Google position to run multiple accounts over the long term, just so that he can post some nice, long, properly linked post the instant that a story becomes publicly available.
What else is there to do when you're in jail?
NO it doesnt because the devil is in the details. The DETAILS of the samsung design patent case CERTAINLY show they are culpable. Anymore reductio ad absurdum and im gonna puke.
Good-bye
"Cranberry" I'm sure refers to the way canned cranberry retains the exact shape of the can even after it is removed from the can, to the point where the rings (another reference) that provide subtle structural integrity to the can are still visible.
Unfortunately Microsoft is likely to make UEFI a requirement for Windows 8 machines. This means a 5 year old PC won't run Windows 8 at all.
You have got it totally backwards. The hardware is the one that enforces secure boot, not the software. So if you buy a Windows 8 x86/64 certified PC, you can't install other OSes without turning off secure boot.
But Windows 8 will boot without secure boot enabled or even supported by the system because it supports legacy BIOS.
It makes sense really, use the hardware if it exists, skip it if it doesn't. Don't know why it is so confusing to folks though.
It can technically be done, but results will look like crap, because scaling of bitmaps does not look well if you don't use an integer factor
Why do you assume they are using bitmaps? In this day and age everything from icons to fonts should be vector.
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The original Galaxy Tab was significantly different in many ways, and honestly, people hated it. It barely sold. Hundreds of thousands were returned to Samsung by retailers.
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 (which I assume is what you have?) was an intentional redesign (this is not a secret to anyone in the industry) to make it look as much like the iPad as possible. It's selling a lot better...
Personally, unless it's specifically patented or trademarked, I think Apple should just stop whining, imitation is not a crime (they should know, that's how the Mac came to being, of course). But you are clearly right, there's no question it is imitation...
the most interesting rumor is that the iPad 2 will continue to be sold at $200 to compete with the Kindle Fire. While the iPad is still the most dominant tablet, the Kindle Fire had a decent run over the holidays.
You should stop thinking rumor somehow equals reality. $200 is less than the iPad2 costs to build.
iPad 2 will drop $100, and continue until stocks run out, then it will be officially discontinued. Exactly the same thing that happened with iPad 1.
Maybe they'd change it so that your head would spontaneously combust the moment you saw it. But oh well, not even Jobs was that good.
It's specifically trademarked and, in some cases, patented.
And yes, designing your product to look too much like another is a crime. Thus why Apple hasn't gotten thrown out of court and buying a Versacci bag in Venice will net you a $10,000 fine.
I have the same. It's OK, but still fewer pixels than the 15" 1600x1200 laptop I had, what, 8 years ago? 4 years ago it was 1400x1050 in a 14" screen, which was a great compromise between resolution and size for a laptop.
Like it or not Tablets running Android were out before the iPad.
Samsung released a little 7" tablet running Android 2.2 about five months after the iPad. The first commercial hardware running a Tablet version of Android was the Motorola Xoom, released 10 months after the iPad. Prior to that, there were a few utterly forgettable Android tablets from Archos, Dell and MSI. Apple's brand recognition, marketing clout, industrial design and the App Store helped to build a market segment that no one else had been able to crack. I'm not an Apple fanboi, but the products released by Steve and his minions forced other companies to play catch-up. Without the iPad, my non-Apple tablet and non-Apple smartphone would not exist in the form they do now.
If it weren't for the labels on the pictures, i wouldn't be able to tell which is 2 and which is 3, or hell, if one of them was even an iPad 1.
What do I know, I'm just an idiot, right?
It's just amazing, though, how you and bonch manage to get such a nicely written, spelling and grammar checked, hyperlinked and structured post out so fast (read: exact same time stamp as publish of story) every single time there's a thread about Google and/or Apple.
A dedicated blogger - I could see top 5 posts on a regular basis.
But it defies the laws of probability that you guys are whipping this stuff up off the top of your head on every single thread and getting first post in, even before the inevitable troll who's lost his way from /B/ gets his two cents in...
Check your premises.
Abusing a trademark and/or trying to pass off a product is a crime, sure - but Samsung is not selling an "Appel ePad". Rounded corners and black bezels can't be (and weren't) trademarked or patented. Just because their outer case looks similar (even intentionally) does not make it illegal.
If they used copyrighted Apple software, violated patents on the software or hardware, etc, inside the device, that's another story. But that's not what we were talking about here.
The metamods rated your post interesting. It really was though. Enjoyed it. But one thing in particular is wonderful but at the same time terrible all in one:
I had a Toshiba Thrive a while back. I've delivered a thorough critique on tablets in general before, but suffice it to say, for anything more than watching a simple movie or reading an e-book, they're terrible. Attempt to actually do anything or use it more than this, it just isn't comfortable, flexible, or featureful enough.
However:
Games. This is it for the consoles. After watching Dead Space and an MMO and Rainbow Six on iOS/Android, the writing is on the wall. I was amazed at playing this on a phone. Granted, a console offers a stable config for developers, a platform for better sales, etc. But when featureful games keep on being released, after a while one will ask themself why bother buying another unit. And it's kind of amazing to have quick aiming in FPS's after being so hampered by a controller (Call of Duty on consoles versus Modern Combat on iOS/Android).
And as a side note, as much as I refuse to ever purchase another Apple product (for a myriad of reasons they're an awful and evil company), the Android situation for games (not the rest--app fragmentation is only a problem games--nothing else) is terrible. iOS gives a stable environment for developers and its app store forces devs to release the full version for download. Gameloft won't let you run it's games on half of android devices, or won't carry them in store, and makes one download them directly thus negating any benefits of the Android Market (auto updates, re-downloading games, etc.). Do they even provide updates? It's a mess.
Though I am curious with the higher res screen how games will perform. Hell my 8800 GTS 512, while old, can't even handle games at that resolution. Though kudos for pushing the resolution forward. Two things are the biggest factors in how good a games graphics are--the texture detail and a higher resolution.
Wouldn't it be hard to make exact change with an irrational coin?
Just my sqrt(2) cents.
I suppose you could use it to buy some pi.
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