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Sketchy rumor suggests Apple will converge a refrigerator and a toaster, 12.9 inch iPad will run both iOS and OS X

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Sketchy rumor suggests Apple will converge a refrigerator and a toaster, 12.9 inch iPad will run both iOS and OS X

  A new rumor from Digitimes makes the bold claim that Apple is working on an ‘iPad’ (tablet device) that runs both Mac OS X and iOS. This is sourced as ‘according to rumors in the upstream supply chain’, so read with skepticism. Supply chain analysis can often be incorrect about Apple’s future software plans. The report says that two versions […]

 

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A new rumor from Digitimes makes the daring declare that Apple is engaged on an ‘iPad’ (tablet gadget) that runs both Mac OS X and iOS. This is sourced as ‘in accordance with rumors within the upstream provide chain’, so learn with skepticism. Supply chain evaluation can typically be incorrect about Apple’s future software program plans.

The report says that two variations of a 12.9 inch iPad are in improvement. One of which is the extra typical bigger iPad that has been rumored for a whereas now, however the different is a multifunction system that may run both OS X and iOS. Digitimes notes that it doesn't know whether or not both units will truly enter mass manufacturing for public launch. It signifies the bigger iPad is presently headed for an early 2015 debut. Frankly, a 2-in-1 system appears unlikely.

On an earnings call from 2012, Tim Cook described Windows tablets (which have both desktop and ‘Metro tablet’ modes) as a converging of a refrigerator and toaster … a mixture he claimed Apple doesn’t need to make.

And it was on that final level that Cook had a lot to say. When requested if Apple was planning to merge its tablet and laptop computer merchandise, a lot as Microsoft is continuing with Windows 8, Cook responded with a quip: “You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, however these aren’t going to be pleasing to the consumer.”

Cook elaborated that converging the iPad with a laptop computer would end in tradeoffs, ones Apple isn’t prepared to make. “We usually are not going to that social gathering, however others may from a defensive viewpoint.”

Unless Apple will convey OS X to ARM, Apple would wish two separate CPU architectures contained in the machine to perform. Moreover, OS X would require a lot of software program tweaks to make it contact-optimized for a tablet. There has been no proof up to now that that is occurring. On the other aspect of the coin, we've seen proof that Apple is creating a more advanced split-screen multitasking mode for iOS, giving extra weight to the truth that conventional iOS is the route Apple needs to comply with with the massive tablet.

Apple is expected to hold another press event on October sixteenth to announce new iPads, new iMacs and Yosemite however the 12.9 inch variant is just not prepared for this occasion. The giant iPad is predicted in the primary half of 2015.


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