Sieghard, I agree that apple will probably release an iPad mini next spring
with retna. This would allow them to continue the march toward retna
everything and have the added result of pushing the iPad mini without retna
in to a cheaper price point and get rid of the iPad 2 from the lineup. It
appears that siri is on the mini which makes since as the processor in the
mini is the same one in the iPhone 4S. The next big thing we may see from
apple, assuming there is no TV, I think could be Mac OS X running on a
tablet. I think it would be interesting anyway, though if that does happen,
it would most likely be announced at WWDC next summer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cristobal" <crismuno...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:57 PM
Subject: RE: iPad Mini - does it have SIRI?
If I recall correctly, the Mini has the same chip as the iPad 2. The Mini
is
more or less a smaller version of this tablet. At the time the iPad third
generation came out, I remember the company explaining how due to the
processor in the secodn generation tablet, Siri would not be available on
it. I don't know how truthful that really is since it's not like dictation
apps don't work on that iPad (I have one), but it's probably more of a
price
point differential strategy than anything else. Then again, Siri's
available
on the newest iPod Touch, so who knows. I can't recall the specs of all
these devices off the top of my head at the moment. Regardless, now that
everything's been announced, I think I'd more than anything be inclined
towards a large storage Touch instead of any of the tablets if anything at
all.
someone
-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:50 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: iPad Mini - does it have SIRI?
Hi Rob,
Given the fact that Apple has updated the iPad twice within 7 months this
year and probably ticked off some people who bought the new iPad in March
only to find now that they could have had one with better LTE support, a
much faster processor and better WiFi, I wouldn't put it past Apple to
update the iPad Mini in March especially since now they don't have
anything
that will be updated until the summer at the earliest and probably next
September or October. All Macs have had updates in the last few months,
the
iPod Touch Fifth Gen just came out, the iPhone 5 also and the iPad Fourth
Gen was just announced 7 months after they released the new iPad (third
Gen).
Also, the iPad Mini has no retina display whereas everything else has one
from the iPod Touch to the iPhone, the full-size iPad and both the MacBook
Pro 13 and 15 inch. To me that suggests they kept that for the next update
and please proof me wrong, but I don't recall a word during the Keynote
about the iPad Mini having SIRI. In fact, they compared it a lot to the
iPad
2, same screen resolution, same processor and all that and the iPad 2 does
not have and did not get SIRI even with iOS 6.
I also was interested in buying an iPad Mini, but it would be a total
dealbreaker for me if it doesn't have SIRI. I haven't looked up the specs
yet online so I'm sure all of us potential iPad Mini buyers would like to
know. As I said, don't jump the gun and preorder without finding out for
sure unless of course you couldn't care less about SIRI.
I am going to be in Vancouver in about 4 weeks so by that time I am sure
they will have iPad Minis in the Apple Stores and I look forward to
playing
around with one, but I think Apple won't get any of my hard-earned Dollars
this year.
Regards,
Sieghard
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