[monospaced]

wardoggie, on 17 April 2012 - 05:31 PM, said:

monospaced, on 17 April 2012 - 09:44 AM, said:

wardoggie, on 17 April 2012 - 09:30 AM, said:

When the tech press said, "Apple needs to make a netbook," Apple responded with the iPad.

They also pointed to the MacBook Air and said, "we've been making one for years already."

True, but it was at least double the cost of a netbook.

Not only did it precede the netbook, it practically created the niche itself. While it might have been more expensive, it is a much better computer than a netbook, twice as much one might say.

[lhudd]

I would LOVE an iPad that is smaller... the iPhone/ipod Touch is too small, and the iPad is too big to carry around (i don't carry a man purse). I understand the beef about apps sucking on a smaller screen, but isn't that precisely what we have with the iPhone? Perhaps something between the two sizes, it can even run scaled-up iPhone apps (or scaled down iPad), i don't really care. But i can tell you that i own a lot of tablets (they're cheap) and my favorite for the house is absolutely the iPad, but when i travel, i carry my kindle fire because of the size (and not because of the OS).

[rocketmouse]

Jasonmwa, on 17 April 2012 - 01:53 PM, said:

Honestly, people with an iPad aren't saying they wanted a smaller product...

A friend of mine, who got the first iPad, was OFTEN saying he wanted a smaller product--until he got a Kindle Fire. He likes it.

[wardoggie]

monospaced, on 18 April 2012 - 09:08 AM, said:

Not only did it precede the netbook, it practically created the niche itself. While it might have been more expensive, it is a much better computer than a netbook, twice as much one might say.

Wikipedia disagrees, but it's pretty close.

http://en.wikipedia....#Eee_700_series

http://en.wikipedia....iki/Macbook_air

[ekchew]

No no no, not smaller, bigger! I will not buy an iPad until I can get one that can display a page of sheet music without having to scale it down. Several fellow musicians I know are in the same boat. Our vision isn't what it once was I suppose.

[rlav]

EVula, on 17 April 2012 - 01:40 PM, said:

. (I don't consider a $399 device to be sub-$400 in anything except a technicality)

in anything except fact

[rlav]

Add me to the list of people who woul like a bigger iPad.

[EthanCrain]

For a 7-inch iPad I would stand in line. For me, the Kindle Fire is the perfect size, but it's not the perfect OS, etc.
Please, Apple. Hurry!

[DocMac]

I recently posted this elsewhere.

Many have commented that if Apple creates a smaller iPad it would be against the opinion of the late Steve Jobs that the current screen size of iPads is optimal and that a smaller screen would not be optimal.

I think Steve was correct by saying that for what the iPad can do, a smaller screen would not be optimal from testing various sizes. However, by today's standards the screen size of the iPod Touch is too small compared with smart phones with larger screen sizes.

A device with a screen size between the iPad and iPod Touch, that can run native iPad screen resolution apps (as discussed by John Gruber) could be thought of as a larger and more powerful iPod Touch, which Steve might have accepted:)

Just a thought on semantics.

[Stewsburntmonkey]

DocMac, on 06 July 2012 - 05:57 AM, said:

I recently posted this elsewhere.

Many have commented that if Apple creates a smaller iPad it would be against the opinion of the late Steve Jobs that the current screen size of iPads is optimal and that a smaller screen would not be optimal.

I think Steve was correct by saying that for what the iPad can do, a smaller screen would not be optimal from testing various sizes. However, by today's standards the screen size of the iPod Touch is too small compared with smart phones with larger screen sizes.

A device with a screen size between the iPad and iPod Touch, that can run native iPad screen resolution apps (as discussed by John Gruber) could be thought of as a larger and more powerful iPod Touch, which Steve might have accepted:)

Just a thought on semantics.

As always, shrinking down iPad apps only works if Apple also ships a magic iFingerReducer as well since the size of UI elements on iPad apps was set based on how large they had to be to reliably interact with them with a finger tip. Reducing the size of the screen would reduce the size of these controls to the point where they become much more difficult to use.