The video shown at the end of the announcement event has an Apple employee referring to it as "the third-generation iPad".
This seems very strange to me, considering how on-message Apple has ALWAYS been in the past. It's just... sloppy.
I wonder if Apple has a future beyond its current momentum. I'll be convinced otherwise ifwhen they release another world-changing product that wasn't invented by Steve.
Apple uses the same terminology with MacBooks and iPods. "Sixth generation iPod" etc. Apple is known to focus on details, so they probably thought this through and have a good reason to back away from the numerals.
No, the official model names of the computers have dates in them, e.g. "Late 2010", "Mid 2011", etc. I have, for example, an "iMac, 27-inch, Mid 2011".
My point is that they're not being consistent. They call it "the new iPad" in the presentation, but then the guy in the video calls it "the third-generation iPad".
Numbers are messy, it's better to have a product represented by its name and have its generation just be a property.
That's why they make the extra effort of saying "third-generation" rather than iPad3. They don't want it to be referred to as an iPad3, just as an iPad.
They have historically had products with multiple iterations all sharing the same name, and when necessary they qualify them with '3rd generation', or 'mid 2011'. Examples being the iPod, and the iMac.
They are simply moving the iPad to their established naming scheme.
Yeah, but they did the same with the iPhone as well... the iPhone 3/3GS, iPhone 4/4S.
I've not really read up a huge amount on the specs of this, just a couple of basic articles - new stuff includes higher def screen, better camera, 4G support. Evolutionary rather than revolutionary, maybe that's why they decided it doesn't need a whole new release number. Who knows.
No, they didn't. The iPhone 4's model name is "iPhone 4", same for the "iPhone 4S". This one's model name is, according to the presentation, "the new iPad". You never see Apple refer to "iPhone 4" or "iPhone 4S" as "the n-th generation iPhone".
I'm not arguing the evolutionary/revolutionary angle, just that it's completely unprecedented for Apple to use TWO DIFFERENT NAMES to refer to ONE PRODUCT in their marketing materials.
The video shown at the end of the announcement event has an Apple employee referring to it as "the third-generation iPad".
This seems very strange to me, considering how on-message Apple has ALWAYS been in the past. It's just... sloppy.
I wonder if Apple has a future beyond its current momentum. I'll be convinced otherwise ifwhen they release another world-changing product that wasn't invented by Steve.