iPad3 Memory
February 18, 2012 in iPad Articles by admin
The big question, regarding the new Apple iPad 3 due in March 2012, is which memory strategy will take the lead between on-board solid state in the hundreds of Gigabytes, or, the iCloud.
As the iPad 3 leans more on 3G networks (although it will hop onto free WiFi when it wants to), Apple’s cloud storage network will make more and more sense. This follows the trend these days towards nanotechnology and virtualization, beginning with the shift to solid state hard drives (no more spinning disks!). Apple had already pioneered solid state memory in its Mac Air notebooks.
What is the right number of GB for on-board (in other words, offline) iPad memory? The question is more properly: What does Apple think is the right number? And that can also so be interpreted as how much faith Apple is feeling for cloud computing.
Remember that Apple is a trend-setter. And also keep in mind that more offline memory drains more battery energy and processor attention to manage and access it — so, in terms of hard-wired iPad memory and overall performance, a ‘less is more’ strategy may indeed win out.
To ease the pain of the entire battery-charging issue for portables like the iPad 3, Apple may indeed think out-of-the-box yet again by releasing some revolutionary new charging solutions. Wireless charging can completely remove the bother of feeding your device’s battery. Apple’s slick magnetic linkages for its laptop power cords shows its awareness that there needs to be development in the area of charging, it seems fair to say
As with all products, especially electronics, the R&D phase tapers off and the refinement and embellishment phases follow. There are probably a few more generations of iPad with substantive improvements, but then it will most likely become a staple devise for a populace very accustomed to using such things.
Memory is not a detail that most of us like to think about, let’s face it. Whatever amount of iPad3 memory we have, it may never be enough. And owning a bunch of memory sticks is not always easy to keep straight, either. All of these problems point to cloud computing (storage memory your device accesses via the Web) as the near-future solution, even if it is not a perfect solution.
Which is to say, it may not be perfect prior to fully-networked societies, where either 3G or WiFi is always available. In this scenario, which is on its way, the technical focus will shift to the issues of wireless reception, network stability and security.
So, come March, it will be fun to find out how Apple gauges where it stands in the relative evaluation of hard-wired memory alongside its iCloud, which offers unlimited amounts of virtual Web-based memory. We shall see!
