iPad Mini unveil Oct 23rd? UPDATE

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smbu2000 on 23 October 2012

Looks like the Apple Special Event will be streamed live.

http://www.apple.com/apple-events/october-2012/

The requirements listed below the video say:

"Live streaming video requires Safari 4 or later on Mac OS X v10.6 or later; Safari on iOS 4.2 or later. Streaming via Apple TV requires second- or third-generation Apple TV with software 5.0.2 or later."

So not sure if Windows users will be able to watch. Could possibly be Mac/iOS/Apple TV only.

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smbu2000 on 23 October 2012

The event has started. It's not showing up on my PC, but it's showing on my ipad on that link I posted above. (I don't have Safari installed on my PC.)

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smbu2000 on 23 October 2012

Well they just introduced the 13" Retina Macbook Pro. 2560 x 1600 resolution display. Also thinner and lighter than the previous 13" MBP, like the 15" rMBP was to the standard 15" MBP.

updated Mac Mini's.

Wow, really thin upgraded iMac!

Tim Cook just updated the iPad numbers. 2 weeks ago Apple sold their 100 millionth iPad.

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famousringo on 23 October 2012

Some interesting numbers:

200M users on iOS6

160M users with Game Center accounts

300B iMessages sent in the last year

35B app downloads

$6.5B paid out to developers (implies $9.3B App Store gross revenue)

400M book downloads

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smbu2000 on 23 October 2012

ipad 4th generation:

A6X chip!

2X cpu performance vs. A5X (in ipad 3)

2x gpu performance vs. A5X

lightning connector (of course)

same price as previous ipad.

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smbu2000 on 23 October 2012

ipad mini shown!

25% thinner than full size ipad. Lighter as well.

7.9" diagonal size. 1024x768 resolution. (same as the old ipad 1/2)

A5 cpu (same as the ipad 2/iphone 4s/ipod touch 5)

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famousringo on 23 October 2012

smbu2000 said:

ipad 4th generation:

A6X chip!

2X cpu performance vs. A5X (in ipad 3)

2x gpu performance vs. A5X

lightning connector (of course)

same price as previous ipad.

I'm actually a little disappointed. I wanted an iPad update in March with a slimmer, lighter design, and now I have to wonder if that will happen, or if fall is the new refresh cycle for iPad.

Is Apple now refreshing all their key products in the same quarter, or are they switching to a frenetic 6 month product cycle?

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famousringo on 23 October 2012

Dangerously small bezel on that iPad Mini. Maybe it's small and light enough to get away with it, but I'm guessing it hurts usability.

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