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    So what about an iPad mini can Apple demo for nearly an hour at the October 23 event?

    It actually doesn't take much to fill an hour. Here's how I think they will could do it. Updated sales information on iPhone 5, and Apps updated for the new phone. If they feel they have been improving maps well, they will tell us about that. iOS 6 adoption rates. Updated iPad (world LTE and...
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    Why I don't think Passbook was the way to go ...

    I think we've gone way out of the Passbook conversation now. While this NFC argument really is just theoretical and fun, it doesn't really doesn't concern Passbook that much, as for some reason Apple chose to use barcodes with that one. And, in the end, time will tell if Apple chooses to go NFC...
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    What do you expect in the next gen iPad?

    Do you know how big the internals for inductive charging are? I don't. I'm curious. And does it work through aluminum?
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    Why I don't think Passbook was the way to go ...

    But NFC doesn't do ANYTHING that can't be done with Bluetooth, except read RFID tags. There is no reason to implement it. In the Developer Conference session for Bluetooth, when outlining the future uses of Bluetooth Low Energy, the presenter stated "using it for mobile payments". Anandtech...
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    Why I don't think Passbook was the way to go ...

    If one watches Apple's Developer Conference Videos, you will find out a lot more about Apple's motives with Passbook and NFC. First of all, Passbook is not designed to be a general mobile payment system. It has limited functionality in this area, and it was designed to be this way. Apple does...