Is this most recent iTouch/iPhone Apple's first retina display?
I think so.
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tommyrot - Mar 10, 2011 4:41:27 am PST #16255 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
§ ita § - Mar 10, 2011 4:49:48 am PST #16256 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do we know what they're going to use it on next? Is there a schedule for it hitting the laptops?
I mean, I think it's a nifty idea, but it's kinda wasted on that tiny screen.
Loving the shit out of my iTouch. Apple really knows how to make something I like to hold in my hand. I prefer the Android OS, but the thing is beautiful.
I can't wait until my sister gets hers and can Skype with it. I don't know if she'll care about most things, but Skype is her main form of communication.
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2011 4:51:40 am PST #16257 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Do we know what they're going to use it on next?
Rumor has it, the iPad 3. Which is why I'm waiting to buy one.
Tom Scola - Mar 10, 2011 4:55:50 am PST #16258 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Using Moore's Law to project when retina displays are coming.
TL;DR:
- iPhone-sized displays: right now
- iPad-sized displays: Christmas 2013
- Desktop monitors: Christmas 2015
§ ita § - Mar 10, 2011 4:57:10 am PST #16259 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The longer they stretch out it hitting laptops the better. Mine doesn't remotely need replacing. And I hate that feeling of envy.
I'm still not sure I have an iPad-shaped hole in my life, nor what it would look like. The transitions from iTouch to Android phone to Nook to laptop seem to fill all my tech gaps. But it is really pretty.
eta: Interesting, Tom. Thanks.
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2011 5:02:27 am PST #16260 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
iPad-sized displays: Christmas 2013
OH NOES!
I've heard rumors the iPad 3 will come out this fall.
Also, I'll probably buy a new MacBook Pro as soon as it has a retina display. My current one is almost two years old. Or maybe I'll buy one next year, as the new ones are so much faster with the Sandy Bridge processor.
amych - Mar 10, 2011 5:06:16 am PST #16261 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I've heard rumors the iPad 3 will come out this fall.
Oh hell no. They won't do a 6-month cycle -- the iPad 2 will still be in full swing for school year + holidays at that point, and anyway the 1-year refresh is very very established for all of their device product lines by now. (But I do continue to love the Apple rumor mill, which more or less seems to run on nothing more substantial than unicorn farts and mashable saying "I wanna pony! HEY GUYS! STEVE IS GONNA RELEASE A PONY!!")
Tom Scola - Mar 10, 2011 5:07:13 am PST #16262 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
As the article notes, the December 2013 date is for a display with the same 326 DPI as an iPhone display. When they come out with a higher resolution iPad, it won't be at 326 DPI, it will be double the current resolution, which would be more like 260 DPI. Which would probably be possible in 2012. Later this year would be pushing it.
Jessica - Mar 10, 2011 5:14:12 am PST #16263 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The rumor I heard was that they would release some kind of "iPad Pro" in the fall, but I honestly have no idea what the hell that would even mean.
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2011 5:17:22 am PST #16264 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
(But I do continue to love the Apple rumor mill, which more or less seems to run on nothing more substantial than unicorn farts and mashable saying "I wanna pony! HEY GUYS! STEVE IS GONNA RELEASE A PONY!!")
I WANT A PONY!
</inner 6-year-old girl>