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My iPad concept

Sunday, December 18th, 2011 | Rants

Apple’s iPad has changed the way we view mobile computing.  It is loved by large and small companies and organizations.  Business men, grandmas, infints, and according to youtube, even cats enjoy the brilliant design and smooth interface.  it’s intuitive (yes the famous apple word).

the iPad as it sits right now, price and functionality, is not what I’d deem worth my money.

it’s an excellent tool, but I can’t use it without thinking, I wish there were a few differences.  The screen and camera need to have better resolution and pixel density.  But where it’s really lacking, is audio.

I understand for really good sound you should use headphones, but what about people viewing videos with the kids, or skyping with others around.  Or what about just using it in the privacy of their own home.

Having the speaker blasting away from you is stupid and inefficient.  in order to hear it better you need to cup your hand around it or blast it at everyone and everything infront of you before the sound reaches the viewers ears.

internally the speaker location is here.

and let me tell you, it’s small.

Just earlier today i was playing around with an ipad and I had an idea for the audio.  Now if they were to use Open air speakers, you’d be able to get better sound and cool the processor at the same time.  If they were to perforate the sides where I’ve circled.

they could put 2 speakers on each side with a corresponding air vent on the opposite side that woud run over a heat sink connected to the processor.

To insure the best sound you would need to have 4 speakers so you don’t cover them up while gripping it.  Just like the screen, the speakers polarity would be effected by the accelerometer.  in the photo shown above the top and bottom left would play the left audio channel, while the right the right, but when flipped to portrait, the red circles would be isync just as the blue would be.

In my opinion, Audio is a major factor in the experience.  DAC’s have been getting better and better and smaller and smaller.  my iPhone 4s has the best DAC of any of my apple products.  There is so little hiss as compared to my laptop, it’s amazing!

I know this a lowly blog, but I just like to post my ideas somewhere.  let me know what you guys think.

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