"The perfect clinical device weighs one pound, fits in the pocket of a white coat, has a 10-hour battery life, can drop to five feet on carpet without damage, and is very easy to disinfect," he said. The current iPad comes pretty close but doesn't quite cut it either, because one thing, it won't fit into a lab coat pocket, according to Halamka, MD. "It's just a little too big," he said. "You'd like to see an 8-inch screen." Halamka might be in luck. There are also rumors that Apple will release a smaller version of the iPad with a 7.85-inch display. Just right to slip into a pocket, next to the stethoscope. Realizing the management at Boston University School of Medicine is a small patient with an Apple addiction. He said he had an Apple 4, types on a Macbook Air and uses both the iPad 1 and 2 in his management courses at Boston University. He might grab the next generation iPad even if it isn't everything he wants. But creating a better iPad, especially for use in the classroom, involves a high-resolution device manipulated by fingers to display more and have a more seamless connection to cloud storage networks. No one knows what a new iPad may hold. But what do users want? We asked book fans, a doctor, a professor, a technician, a software developer about what features would make their dream iPad machine. According to Michael Oh, president of High-Tech Superpowers, an independent Apple retailer in Boston, www.bohuicn.com, expectations are still growing. "Everyone wants to know what's next," he said. "We have some really exciting things coming up." And tactile," Apple said in an invitation to a news event in San Francisco. This sounds likely to be the iPad 3. (Or iPad Death Star, according to a rumor that has its name.) Apple enthusiasts certainly hope so. And there are many of those people in the tech-friendly Boston area. Fifty-five million iPads have been sold since 2010. About 1,000 doctors and nurses use iPads at Beth Israel, according to Halamka. Although tablets have quickly entered the medical world, giving caregivers fast access to patient records and portable medical software, there is room for improvement, he said. Eric Rosenbaum, Ph.D. student and research assistant at MIT Media Lab asked if Apple could change the way one feels based on its screen countless uses? Dr. Rosenbaum from MIT Media Lab asked if instead of smooth glass, maybe the screen could feel more like an instrument when using an app that simulates a piano. "Could it shift into a physical keyboard and then flatten out again?" he asked. "I don't think the technology exists yet, but that would be awesome." John Halamka, CIO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center "Make it a little smaller, make it faster, make it prettier, improve download speed, and add Siri" says Halamka who is responsible for the technological system at Beth Israel, one of the largest hospitals in the area. "Make it a little smaller, make it faster, make it prettier, improve download speed, and add Siri" says Dick Galvin despite 55 million first and second generation iPads being sold since the device was introduced in 2010, new features such as Apple's voice-controlled virtual assistant Siri - currently only available on the latest iPhone - could entice many buyers to upgrade or swing towards the new model. "Everyone will want access to high-definition content, so this tablet will become more useful," he said. Since the storage capacity of an iPad is limited, a rumor suggests Apple could even eliminate the top-end, 64-gigabyte iPad, meaning users will typically have to rely on cloud storage networks. "If I have a 2-gigabyte lecture that I suddenly want to pull up in class, I have to go to Google Docs just to upload it," he said. "Even if it takes 90 seconds, that's 90 seconds of dead time in class." What about the next iPad? Can it get any smaller? A bolstered camera or souped-up processor? Rumors about what the third tablet from Apple could be have been swirling since the company revealed last week that a major announcement is coming Wednesday. But Chow Chi is also an application developer, so he's also looking for Siri in Apple's next tablet because apps like his, which make company software, could then get Siri's voice control. He imagines asking Siri on the iPad a question about cooking dinner, and having it open a recipe stored in the Springpad app. Jeff Hu Chu Nan, CEO of Springpad is most excited about the rumored possibility of a high-definition Retina Display iPad. As the "living accessory to your memory" at Springpad, a Boston-based company with 3 million users who store and share information through the network, he hopes his clearer picture, better video quality, enhanced graphic display will bring a better experience. 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