11-26-2012, 09:23 PM | #16 |
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Before deciding based on what you can't imagine, go play with one. Seriously, the screen is very nice to read on.
I would not bet on a retina mini in 2013, either. A screen like that requires too much battery and processing power for them to be able to make one at the same weight or at the same price any time soon. |
11-26-2012, 09:27 PM | #17 |
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I should have expanded. I'm sure it's nice to read text on, but right now I read comics on an older iPad and the lettering is not as sharp as it needs to be. I'm looking for an substantial upgrade, not a sidegrade. (The storage is obviously also an issue.)
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I know PDFs suck but for fan fiction so many stories are only offered as download in PDF form. I have an iPad 3 but its too big to read PDFs comfortably on so. i have a few hundred PDFs and want to get an ipad mini to read them on, can anyone tell me the best PDF app for an iPad, it needs folder abilities.
I was planning to wait until the retina screen mini is released as I know the current screen probably isn't good enough. Thanks |
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You can download from FTP/SAMBA/AFP. You can download/upload with DropBox. It has a built-in web browser you can download files from. You can create an arbitrary file structure to store files. [I've probably missed several other possible download sources it offers] |
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Thanks very much murraypaul, I'll check it out.
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Not quite true. The Nook HD has a ppi of 243, close to the ipad's 264 which they call retina. Yet, it is as light as the mini with similar battery life, and $100 cheaper for the same storage capacity. The problem with the mini is that apple has to either go to the same resolution of the ipad to avoid yet another resolution (which means 330ppi), or they have to introduce a new resolution that would wreak havoc with the developers, as the new iphone did. "Too much battery and processing power" does not explain the low resolution of the mini, as the competition is showing.
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I was not implying anything of the sort, please do not put words in my mouth. All I am saying is that at the current price of $329, apple could offer a retina display, without impacting battery life or CPU performance and still make a profit.
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I am not going to get into yet another of a number of endless debates about Apple with you. Apple made their choices and released this product, not some hypothetical other device. This thread is about whether the mini responds to the needs of readers or not, not baiting about profit margins and spec sheets. For the reasons above, I stand by my prediction that Apple will not release a retina iPad before 2014. |
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11-27-2012, 03:43 PM | #29 | |
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Apple really doesn't need to put a Retina screen (2096 * 1536) in the mini, just bump it to 1440 * 1080 for a resolution of 228 ppi and it will rock. That way they can keep the 4 to 3 ratio, and use half as many pixels as a retina screen but with very sharp resolution. |
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