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Editor says, what if Steve Jobs had lived? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the August 2012 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 2012, on this day the Chief Executive Officer of Apple Steve Jobs demonstrated the iPAD Mini a seven inch version of the popular tablet computer and more significantly a killer product directly targetted at the Android and Kindle Fire consumer markets.
Launch of the iPAD Mini
By Ed & Brian HartmanA break with the traditional single product version ethos, not to mention a flip-flop from previous announcements ("7in tablets should come with sandpaper so users can file down their fingers" and "One naturally thinks that a 7-inch screen would offer 70 per cent of the benefits of a 10-inch screen .. this is far from the truth. Seven-inch screens are 45 per cent as large as an iPad. This size isn't sufficient for making great tablet apps") the launch of a new content consumption device that could fit inside a jacket pocket was a competitive response to both the alleged theft of Apple's intellectual property and also the commercial success of Android-powered 7" tablets. With a screen resolution half the size of the Retina Display touting iPad, developers could easily shrink existing apps and still retain their look and feel without major reprogramming effort. And the all-day battery was a compelling feature of this new electronic travelling companion.
Of course, by the time that Amazon unbundled Android from the Kindle Fire, Windows 8 was on general release and the market entered a new phase, a straight dogfight between Apple and Microsoft.
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Technology Source: Wikipedia Labels: Steve Jobs, IPAD, Android, Kindle, Tablet. Editor says, in reality the iPad Mini is a rumour.
~ What we need is bigger iPads, like a 21" screen!
~ LOL, Jeff! A little tough to carry that around. ;)
~ Jobs would never have approved it. I was one of "those guys" back in the eighties. i never met Jobs, although I came close enough to smell him. I ran into Woz several times, but of that crew the only ones I really knew were Guy Kawasaki (I accidentally called him Kawabunga once!) and had some long talks with Captain Crunch. So I know the mentality. Apple NEVER adopted any concept that it felt originated outside the company, the original PARC interface excepted. And Jobs HATED large product lines. There would have been prototypes, but he wouldn't have adopted them. The new managers might do it. I hope that Kindle and Nook are liberated and made more practical before the new managers release the seven inch iPad.
~ Stan: I think that Jobs would've felt (with some justification) that the Kindle Fire concept *did* originate inside Apple. Especially given their reaction to the Nexus 7 and the Galaxy Tab. I think what kept Jobs from doing it (and what will keep future managers from doing it) is twofold:
1) If it's going to be more expensive than the Kindle Fire, what's the point? The size difference is'nt going to attract a lot of people, IMO. You'd have a more expensive device in the same space. Sure, the specs would be better, but that would be enough to get people who hadn't either already chosen the Kindle Fire or the larger iPad?
2) Apple makes its money in a different way from Amazon. People using iPads aren't (the majority of them) using it for books, and casual games (e.g., Words With Friends and such). They're using it for playing more serious games, watching movies, and browsing the Web (which the iPad, admittedly, is much better suited for with its bigger screen).
~ Interesting...
~ I hope they do it, but it won't have the same features -- not enough space. I think the biggest weakness in the Nexus and other minis is the lack of dual cameras (Nexus also lacks practical software for its existing camera.) By the way, does anyone believe that Philipe Kahn really invented the phone/tablet camera? (The biggest blowhard I ever met.)
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