What features could end up in Apple’s iPad 3?
That Apple intends to introduce a successor to its bestselling tablet is a dead certainty and speculation is rife about when it will arrive. The bigger question is what new hardware and software the company will pack into its slim frame.
But Apple’s plans for the actual devices remain more opaque. Here are a few possibilities:
Siri: Apple’s “digital assistant” is a prime selling point of the new iPhone 4S, and rumours have circulated for some time that Apple plans to build it into a television set scheduled for launch either in late 2012 or early 2013. If Apple’s truly focused on making Siri a big part of its ecosystem, it stands to reason that the technology will find its way to the iPad sooner rather than later.
Retina Display: Various Apple-centric sources, including the blog 9to5Mac, have compiled rumours over the past few months indicating that Apple is planning on some sort of higher resolution display for the next iPad, possibly of the same quality as the Retina Display currently available in later-model iPhones.
Improved Camera: The iPhone 4S features an 8-megapixel camera, which could also find its way into the iPad 3.
More Powerful Processor: The iPad 2 comes equipped with a 1GHz dual-core A5 processor. If Apple’s going to debut a more powerful chip, the iPad 3 (possibly with its higher resolution screen) would be the time to do it.
Same Screen: During an October 2010 earnings call, Apple CEO Steve Jobs famously derided 7-inch tablets as intrinsically inferior to the 9.7-inch iPad. Now that he has passed on, Apple executives could certainly reverse course and begin producing smaller screen iPads, perhaps with an eye toward competing more directly with the 7-inch Kindle Fire. Before his passing, though, Jobs almost certainly produced a roadmap for his company’s next few years of operation. In light of that, it seems unlikely that a smaller screen iPad he would have abhorred will make an appearance less than 12 months after his death.
That being said, the engineering hurdles of a more powerful iPad 3 might force Apple to deviate from its usual strategy of making each successive device in a line thinner and lighter: the iPad 3 might weigh a little more, and come with a few extra millimetres’ worth of thickness.
In any case, given Apple’s usual cloak of secrecy, it is unlikely that all of the next iPad’s new features will leak before the company’s inevitable unveiling.
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WHAT ABOUT FLASH!!!!
you know it has limited functions,so why buy it? and apple being apple would not let you add anything they don’t like, even if they have to restrict its usability or if its not a bit of software they cant control?
WHy u need flash when there's HTML5? arrrgh people....
I had the ipad and returned it as it didnt have FLASH so how about ADDING FLASH
^^ Why do you care about flash? Even adobe have dropped it.. being that its inferior to HTML5.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/11/09/tech-today-adobe-to-drop-mobile-flash-750-jobs/
If you want to own such an item stop pushing for a crap bit of software to be chucked onto it, that will, in turn slow it down..
How about you push for the current website to update themselves and move to HTML5... that would be more usefull..
Flash? You do know Adboe has stopped development of the mobile version, admitting:
"Adobe on Wednesday said it will no longer push its Flash software format for use in the browser programs that come with smartphones and tablet computers. Instead, Adobe will increase its support for HTML5, a collection of technologies backed by Apple and others such as Google "Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204358004577027923205009352.html#ixzz1ib4FTzh2
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204358004577027923205009352.html
Thank you @Jonathan and @Grillo
Of course we covered the end of Mobile Flash here http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/adobe-to-abandon-mobile-flash-45249
And its impact on tablet makers here
http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/comment/google-smiles-as-flash-quietly-dies-46643
you guys complaining about flash; you are forgetting that Apple and Adobe are arch rivals - and the processor would slow dramatically if it had flash on the ipad - and Apple knew HTML5 would come out soon enough so most websites should switch now.
P.S. I'm a 13 year old.
Now how'd you feel.