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Thinking ahead

I suppose at some point we may have to move iPad Mini to iPad Mini (1st generation) when its successor comes out. iPad Mini could become the parent page for both or at least become a disambiguation page. Keep iPad as the brand page for both and start the iPad (9-inch) article (merge some of the future lesser 9-inch iPad generations into this one). Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 08:32, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, we will just have to wait and see what Apple does!

The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) ^{[Merry Christmas!]} 20:44, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Update Taskforce

I think we need to quickly form an update taskforce for this article before it gets demoted due to the outdated-ness of the content. It's a fairly big and probably tedious task as almost every section ranging from hardware, software and maybe even reception needs to be update, not to mentioned the inadequateness of the lead.

Issues that need to be resolved:

No information on the LTE capability of some of the devices. (Storage and SIM)
No information on the retina displays in some of the devices. Furthermore information regarding the screen only goes up the iPad 2. (Screen and input)
No information on the lightning connector, which was introduced to the most recent iPad devices. (Accessories)
Lacks information on iOS version 5 and beyond. (Software)
Like most other good consumer technology articles, some information on sales figures is quite crucial if it can be obtain, this article hasn't fully omitted the sales figures as there's a clear image depicting a graph with the figures, however the prose does't mention anything about it. (Reception)
The lead, which is about 5 lines long obviously inadequately summarises the article, which contains about 100,000 characters.

I will try to pitch in and help but from the looks of the task, it may take an editor several days to expand, reference and copyedit, and many hands do make light work! YuMa NuMa ^Contrib 09:26, 28 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

To address the problem with the introduction, I followed the format of the iPhone introduction and added the key features that each generation introduced, as well as some minor corrections to the existing material. Hope that solved the issue. 68DANNY2 (talk) 21:19, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 2 January 2013, no. Gps in ipad mini wifi edition

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The ipad mini wifi edition does not have any GPS/GLONASS which you might get the impression of in the model comparison table in the article. http://www.apple.com/ipad-mini/specs/

176.10.210.202 (talk) 16:14, 2 January 2013 (UTC) Please delete, comparison tabe is correct — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.10.210.202 (talk) 16:23, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not done I think the table already makes it clear that GPS/GLONASS are only for the 3G/4G models: The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) 16:49, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Model		iPad (1st generation)	iPad 2	iPad (3rd generation)	iPad (4th generation)	iPad Mini
Geolocation	Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi,^[1] Apple location databases^[2]
Geolocation	Wi-Fi+3G/4G	Assisted GPS, Apple databases,^[2] Cellular network^[1]		Additionally: GLONASS

sales over time chart

It would be great if the article would include a chart that shows the sales over time, like vchartz does for game consoles.--78.48.37.16 (talk) 06:39, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think the graph in the usage section is enough and to be honest, I find line graphs for this sort of quarterly data to be inaccurate and potentially misleading. YuMa NuMa ^Contrib 07:02, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The problem with this chart is that it doesn't differentiate between the various modells.--78.48.102.53 (talk) 06:30, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well this article is about the iPad in general. While editing generation specific iPad articles, it was quite difficult for me to get yearly data let alone quarterly, the only sales data that was widely available are ones on the first weekend of sales. However if you do find a reliable source with the figures then by all means add it to this and generation specific articles. YuMa NuMa ^Contrib 06:38, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request: Reviews section

I would like the following sentence to be edited:

However, the Android tablet OS, known as "Honeycomb", is not open source and has fewer apps available for it than for the iPad.

It looks like it was last updated over 1½ years ago, making the information outdated. Since then a new major version is out, Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich", the source code has been released and Google Play now has a special section for tablet apps, making the claim of "fewer apps available" questionable as the number of apps have been growing.

I suggest deleting the entire sentence.

http://www.techspot.com/news/46260-source-code-for-android-30-and-40-released.html

--81.233.34.70 (talk) 20:00, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference AppleIPadSpecs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b "In April, Apple Ditched Google and Skyhook in Favor of Its Own Location Databases". TechCrunch. July 29, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2010.

[AppleIPadSpecs-1] Cite error: The named reference AppleIPadSpecs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Techcrunch-2] "In April, Apple Ditched Google and Skyhook in Favor of Its Own Location Databases". TechCrunch. July 29, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2010.

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