Never mind iPad mini - I can hardly wait for the "new" iTunes! I'm sure it'll be terrible (like iPad's Music.app in iOS 5&6), but no matter how bad it is, it's gonna be 10 times better than the current piece of crap the iTunes is.
I've been looking at possibly picking up an iPhone next month, and iTunes is really the sticking point. I know iTunes isn't strictly required, but it does enhance the experience or so I'm told. But iTunes as it exists right now is awful IMO.
For simply organizing music, iTunes is pretty solid. I think once you start introducing the iTunes Store, iOS device syncing and iCloud it all goes to hell.
I don’t think it’s so bad. I quite like iTunes and there isn’t really any alternative out there (easy to sort through music library). That only applies to me, however, and may not necessarily apply to you.
The new one, however, seems like a pretty big improvement, very much unlike the iPad version, both aesthetically and functionally. What I want to know is whether the goddamn preferences dialog is still modal.
Ditto. The preview from the iPhone 5 presentation looked really promising.
The pace (or lack thereof) of iTunes development has been really frustrating over the past few years. There are so many little bugs that just don't get fixed. They even released an update about six months ago that made all the album artwork in grid view blurry.
I'm just hoping they've been neglecting the 'old' iTunes because they've been focusing on making the 'new' version good.
I sincerely hope the iPad mini's new screen specs don't require us (iOS app designers and developers) to add yet another batch of device-specific assets to apps to maintain universality.
Why are spam accounts allowed to exists? If an account only submits articles from 1 domain, isn't it easy to tell it's a spam account and delete it? How many of these accounts exist?
Ziff Davis (geek.com / extremetech.com / pcmag.com) has about the same number of accounts here to submit their rubbish, in the case of geek.com it's just rewrites of rubbish which is extra retarded.
I think you've missed some of the rumors. Rumor has it that the new 7" thingie isn't retina. It's going to be have a 1024x768 display (i.e., iPad 2's display resolution) but with more density. If you do the math, it turns out that it will be 163 PPI, the same as original iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S. So Apple can use the same machines that it's been using for years to produce iPhone (non-retina) displays and just cut them a little bigger.
So, according to rumors, there won't be fragmentation. How well that would work in practice? I'm personally pessimistic.
"Reaching down"? Targeting people who prefer a smaller form factor is akin to what, scraping the bottom of the barrell, for you? Fact is, some people just prefer that size (e.g. a 7'' tablet fits easily in a purse, while a 10'' doesn't )
This was bound to happen, unless you expected Apple to never vary the bit depth, resolution, and aspect ratios of their phones and tablets? Deal with it. Or don't.
Reaching down in terms of price point. That's a very saturated market, and for once, they are late to the game. They should stick with the high price points and quality devices.
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 72.6 ms ] threadThe new one, however, seems like a pretty big improvement, very much unlike the iPad version, both aesthetically and functionally. What I want to know is whether the goddamn preferences dialog is still modal.
The pace (or lack thereof) of iTunes development has been really frustrating over the past few years. There are so many little bugs that just don't get fixed. They even released an update about six months ago that made all the album artwork in grid view blurry.
I'm just hoping they've been neglecting the 'old' iTunes because they've been focusing on making the 'new' version good.
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Ziff Davis (geek.com / extremetech.com / pcmag.com) has about the same number of accounts here to submit their rubbish, in the case of geek.com it's just rewrites of rubbish which is extra retarded.
How is this Event confirmed for iPad mini launch? It might be something else too.
Giant black text: "iPhone 5: The Biggest thing to happen to the iPhone since the iPhone"
Page title: "The thinnest, lightest, fastest iPhone ever" ..but not biggest...
I think it is fair to say that they are using the word "big" to encompass the many changes, not simply to say "it got bigger".
As a consumer, yeah I get it...7" is smaller. But I'm just fine with my iPhone when looking to interact with a smaller screen.
As a developer, Android isn't looking so fragmented after all.
iPhone - plain, retina, retina+ iPad - 7" plan/retina?, plain, retina
Am I now going to create a dozen icons for every universal binary?
So, according to rumors, there won't be fragmentation. How well that would work in practice? I'm personally pessimistic.
"Reaching down"? Targeting people who prefer a smaller form factor is akin to what, scraping the bottom of the barrell, for you? Fact is, some people just prefer that size (e.g. a 7'' tablet fits easily in a purse, while a 10'' doesn't )
>iPhone - plain, retina, retina+ iPad - 7" plan/retina?, plain, retina
This was bound to happen, unless you expected Apple to never vary the bit depth, resolution, and aspect ratios of their phones and tablets? Deal with it. Or don't.