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[PCCoder]

"Check our handy chart below..."
What chart below?

[PCCoder]

"...offer competitive prices competitive, let undercut the iPad -- ..."
It should be "let alone undercut the iPad"
Are you drunk?

[PCCoder]

And finally might want to add a link here:
"...pluses in the iPad’s favor [[link to first analysis piece]]... "

[crosswordbob]

Wholly agree with PCCoder here. Also slightly surprised at the reaction to the size and weight - I mean sure, thinner, lighter == better, but is 58 grams really a "serious concern"? Bear in mind that that more or less splits the difference between the iPad 2 and the (not new)* iPad, which I've been using happily for a couple of years. [[insert lude joke about wrist strength]]

* Yep, the (lack of) naming strategy really is daft - smacks of indecision. Sounds like the board were 50/50 split between iPad 3 and iPad HD, so they decided just to forget the whole thing to keep everyone (un)happy.

[iPadRulezthe39netaghx]

Cheapskates don't care that much about quality or specs. If it's even close to iPad specs for a cheaper price, they'll be all over it like white on rice. There has to be something for those that absolutely cannot stand Apple products. It's just that the $199 Kindle Fire set the bar so low that other Android tablets will have to be in that price range to sell to most consumers. The Android tablet vendor's cry will be to make a tablet as cheaply as possible to undercut the iPad and the masses will buy it. That's the best way for Android tablets to gain market share against Apple and that way they can succeed.

[bbuilt]

Agreed on weight, it's such a miniscule difference, especially given the battery. I'd be happy if it was as heavy as the original iPad but had an extra 2 hrs actually.

Regarding the naming though– I think it was calculated and elegant. It fits with their current naming strategy, actually. If they used the iOS strategy for macs, I'd be using the iMac 12. That gets old fast.

[crosswordbob]

It's mainly the fact that they're continuing to make and sell the iPad 2 alongside what they're now calling just iPad. Still, that which we call a rose, and all that.

[mperenson]

[quote name='crosswordbob' timestamp='1331167397' post='590575']
Wholly agree with PCCoder here. Also slightly surprised at the reaction to the size and weight - I mean sure, thinner, lighter == better, but is 58 grams really a "serious concern"? Bear in mind that that more or less splits the difference between the iPad 2 and the (not new)* iPad, which I've been using happily for a couple of years. [[insert lude joke about wrist strength]]

Well, I'm thinking about this based on my expectations of evolution over time. The original iPad is now nearly two years old, and just as one expects things to get faster, and things to get cheaper (or, to get more features at the same price), one expects that if anything, size will diminish, not increase. Reality check one is that the latest Android tablets are coming in at lower weights than the new iPad. And as I note, when using the tablet one-handed, weight becomes an issue. Say you want to hold the tablet free-form with one hand, and navigate it with the other, either because you don't have a desk in front of you or because you're sharing what's on-screen with someone else; 1.4 pounds will get heavy for more than a quick few minutes of use. Same thing if you want to use the tablet for reading--and that high-res display makes it all the more likely you'll use the iPad for that very purpose. I know I will. So yes, it's true that the weight isn't that much more than before, but every little bit matters, and can impact overall usability.

Melissa

[crosswordbob]

mperenson, on 07 March 2012 - 05:40 PM, said:

crosswordbob, on 07 March 2012 - 04:43 PM, said:

Wholly agree with PCCoder here. Also slightly surprised at the reaction to the size and weight - I mean sure, thinner, lighter == better, but is 58 grams really a "serious concern"? Bear in mind that that more or less splits the difference between the iPad 2 and the (not new)* iPad, which I've been using happily for a couple of years. [[insert lude joke about wrist strength]]

Well, I'm thinking about this based on my expectations of evolution over time. The original iPad is now nearly two years old, and just as one expects things to get faster, and things to get cheaper (or, to get more features at the same price), one expects that if anything, size will diminish, not increase. Reality check one is that the latest Android tablets are coming in at lower weights than the new iPad. And as I note, when using the tablet one-handed, weight becomes an issue. Say you want to hold the tablet free-form with one hand, and navigate it with the other, either because you don't have a desk in front of you or because you're sharing what's on-screen with someone else; 1.4 pounds will get heavy for more than a quick few minutes of use. Same thing if you want to use the tablet for reading--and that high-res display makes it all the more likely you'll use the iPad for that very purpose. I know I will. So yes, it's true that the weight isn't that much more than before, but every little bit matters, and can impact overall usability.

Melissa

Aye, I know where you're coming from—especially with respect to its competitors I just thought the way it was phrased was a bit of an exaggeration, particularly since I've never really found the first-gen that much of a struggle, and from the few times I tried the iPad 2, I didn't feel the weight difference was much to write home about. But of course everyone's personal experience will vary. What'll be interesting is seeing how the competition dimensions vary once they start to add high-res and look to compete with 9 hours LTE—which I'm guessing are the main culprits for the reversal in the trends.

Another thing I'd forgotten from my wish list was a landscape docking port. Shame they left that off again—maybe their space constraints were simply too tight even for that.

[bignumone]

I have been an Apple fan for years, decades even. I think it is time for me to stop waiting for them to make a tablet to compete with the Transformer. I think I will just go get a Transformer and hope I am not disappointed in quality and ease of use.

[bignumone]

Can you tell I am bitterly disappointed in todays "big announcement"?
Hey, if I want a camera, I will buy one. If I want a TV, I will buy one. Give me a cool, connectable, innovative product. Not just last year's ideas warmed over.

[JulianThibeault]

Well as far as the neame goes, its more likely that the next iPad wont be an iPad at all.

[SankakuAtama]

only has 512 mb ram XD

[MilindRao5v2d]

i'll have to see how they display looks on the new iPad, but my Transformer Prime creams iPad3 and I expect that the 700 series out this summer will widen the gap even further.

[crosswordbob]

SankakuAtama, on 07 March 2012 - 09:28 PM, said:

only has 512 mb ram XD

• Source?
• So what (if true)?

[MarcHutton]

Wow, you do understand you are dumping on the new IPad for less than a 100 grams right? That without a doubt is the silliest excuse to for a "serious concern" than I have ever heard in my life. 100 grams. LOL dude get a clue that's just dumb.

[belinotebookbekascom]

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[osplovvsy]

I am afraid that this comparison is not very useful.

Battery power is useless, battery duration is everything. The iPad has an amazing battery duration that more than justifies its weight.

But iOS and the apps (Garage Band, for instance) are AMAZING.

Your chart looks like choosing a wife from different girls showing their size, weight, etc. So technology centered.

It's not about that anymore, remember?

[GOOglePlex]

Just in case anyone (like me) was wondering... the new iPad has 1 GB of memory

http://news.cnet.com...am-report-says/