Apple has garnered the lion share of the press today for obvious reasons. The
brand new iPad is an impressive device and many of the new features are great
improvements. Yet much like the iPhone 4s it is a predictable incremental
upgrade. This is not to say it won't sell boat loads of units. Apple has a
process of slowly rolling out new features over time. Honestly if you're disappointed
with apples announcement today you really haven't been paying attention. The
original iPhone lacked 3g at a time when many devices had it. The reason was
battery life. They wanted the device to last and they didn't feel they could do
it if they included 3g. I predicted the new iPad coming with LTE back when the
rumor mill was churning over the 4s. The reason is simple the sales of iPads
with cellular data is tiny in comparison to the iPhone. Selling the LTE iPad
gives them a large sample base to test features for the next iPhone. Similarly
putting the "retina display" on the iPhone has allowed apple to
perfect the process of producing high capacity screens. The new iPad will push
the IOS platform further and I'm glad because it means fierce completion in the
mobile market is what makes paying attention to tech great.
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