John Gruber: Thoughts on the Display, Price, and Name of Smaller iPad

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  1. News Bot iFans.com News

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    News Bot, Oct 18, 2012
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  2. Steqheu Front Page Reporter

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    If Gruber says it's going to the iPad Air, it's going to be the iPad Air.
    Steqheu, Oct 18, 2012
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  3. rye10516 Active Member

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    Someone tell John you don't need the same resolution on the smaller iPad as the large one to have a retina display. It's the pixel density, not resolution that makes a display "retina"
    rye10516, Oct 18, 2012
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  4. Nivalwolf Member

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    lol, you wish! XD
    Nivalwolf, Oct 18, 2012
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  5. JailbreakHelp Well-Known Member

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    That's a terrible name.
    JailbreakHelp, Oct 18, 2012
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  6. SilverShip Well-Known Member

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    iPad mini sounds alright but I think Apple might wanted to choose a classier name.
    SilverShip, Oct 19, 2012
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  7. blunden Active Member

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    I had the same reaction. John Gruber seems pretty clueless overall though and mostly spews fanboy rants so I'm not surprised.
    blunden, Oct 19, 2012
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  8. Tkf1 Community Development Team

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    And the resolution is what makes up the pixel density.
    Tkf1, Oct 19, 2012
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  9. Stemoy Active Member

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    I don't think it's gonna be the iPad Air/Mini. Both names they've used for other devices. I also don't think it's going to just be iPad, that's the 3rd gen's name-right?
    I don't have alternate names though.
    Stemoy, Oct 19, 2012
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  10. Shedoara Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, so many people get confused on what retina, and what pixel density is. Pretty much both mean it's a really high resolution LCD display, nothing else special. Then the images and text are higher resolution them selves so you can see them and not little tiny stuff. Aka a rMBP with switchresx.

    Yeah, I don't think it will have retina unless they want to have another resolution for devs to handle. I highly doubt it will have the regular iPad's resolution.
    Shedoara, Oct 19, 2012
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