Why do you need to type - use Siri
Because no one wants to look and sound like a moron in public.
Why do you need to type - use Siri
How about you just let Siri dictate directly from the professor or the guy who's speaking?
I've written two novels on an iPad 2 and Clamcase. It's an amazing experience, to be honest. The touchscreen works for 500-1,000 words, but beyond that gets frustrating. Firstly, you're not looking directly at the screen (and can get some strange glare). Secondly, your hands are slightly more cramped than with a keyboard (which is as wide as the iPad with bezel). Thirdly, you can't see as much of your document because the keyboard takes up half the screen.
Why not use a laptop? Well, there are things the iPad can do that laptops can't (mostly gaming, but also simply the ease and comfort of browsing on the couch). So you buy an iPad for $500 (for its strengths) and then a laptop for $1000 (for the keyboard)? Or just an iPad for $500 and $100 for a keyboard? You end up getting the best of both worlds (unless you want OS X, which is another story completely).
It's so awkward the way she's interacting with it. The ad would actually look quite slick if it weren't for those fumbles
Sorry to hi-jack this part of the thread, but I also pretty much wrote both of my eBooks in Pages on my iPad. This was done over the course of a number of months - mainly while sitting in the car waiting for my kids to come out of dance/drama classes, etc.
I eventually tidied it up and finished it off in Word, but the bulk of the work was done in Pages - without an external keyboard!
RTP.
The iPad Mini Mod thing is not a steal. It comes from the same company that makes those cardboard cracker Lightning docks out of China. It may look better than the Belkin unit, but it'll be in your trash can inside of a week.
I wish I could just find an iPad Mini in stock somewhere!
if you pair an apple blutooth keyboard with an iphone (i'm unsure if this is the case with an ipad), you are unable to use enter/return to 'send' messages if you're using messages. its inconvenience of having to select 'send' on the phone makes the convenience of having an available keyboard for lengthier messages, well, not so convenient.. it would be such a simple fix
TBH I've never really understood keyboard cases on tablets. They make the tablet significantly more bulky, hindering it's portability, and aren't as good for using on the lap as laptops... So why not just use a laptop? 11" MBA anyone?
It's for people that WANT to have a tablet, because it's cool, but don't understand WHY tablets are great. Like most of the people in business that are using iPads. Some of the full pad iPad setups literally are bigger than MBAs
Kind of like the people who buy the thinnest lightest phone and the biggest bulkiest case to keep it "safe" (or any case for that matter)
Pages, primarily. I used to use Evernote until iCloud worked well to sync documents to my primary computer (MBP).rofl nice
Or the on/off switch move she did. Without audio on, the ad looks like a joke
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What app did you use to write a novel in?
Why do you need to type - use Siri
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Why not use a laptop? Well, there are things the iPad can do that laptops can't (mostly gaming, but also simply the ease and comfort of browsing on the couch). So you buy an iPad for $500 (for its strengths) and then a laptop for $1000 (for the keyboard)? Or just an iPad for $500 and $100 for a keyboard? You end up getting the best of both worlds (unless you want OS X, which is another story completely).
I wish I could just find an iPad Mini in stock somewhere!
are you being sarcastic?
Progress. If Apple wants to make iOS really useful they will make it so that MacOS applications run on iOS devices and visa-versa.
I've written two novels on an iPad 2 and Clamcase. It's an amazing experience, to be honest. The touchscreen works for 500-1,000 words, but beyond that gets frustrating. Firstly, you're not looking directly at the screen (and can get some strange glare). Secondly, your hands are slightly more cramped than with a keyboard (which is as wide as the iPad with bezel). Thirdly, you can't see as much of your document because the keyboard takes up half the screen.
Why not use a laptop? Well, there are things the iPad can do that laptops can't (mostly gaming, but also simply the ease and comfort of browsing on the couch). So you buy an iPad for $500 (for its strengths) and then a laptop for $1000 (for the keyboard)? Or just an iPad for $500 and $100 for a keyboard? You end up getting the best of both worlds (unless you want OS X, which is another story completely).
Or you could see it as the glass half empty. I suppose you're saying that an iPad is better for gaming than a laptop, assuming you're buying things like Angry Birds on the app store. However, this to me is an apple and oranges comparison. Tablet games are completely their own market compared to the traditional hardcore and even casual game market. That's like comparing motorcycles to automobiles. Both are transportation, but completely different. An iPad feels like a watered down laptop experience with a limited OS. Granted, it's nice to "lounge" on the couch and browse without a hot laptop on you, but I still can't personally justify a $500 couch machine. I know a few people that bought iPads and have found they hardly use them (everyone is different I know).
My point is, trying to convince someone that an iPad is a laptop replacement for all your office and gaming needs is simply laughable. An iPad is a convenience gadget, but not a workhorse. For the first time in my life, I would actually admit a Windows 8 Surface could potentially be more office friendly, mainly due to it's FULL OS potential, and the built in keyboard. There's no watering down that I have found obvious. However, I'd always take the laptop first.
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The comparison is kind of like deciding between a Point n Shoot camera or an SLR. Then you have the budget SLR's like a Canon Powershot S5 (old I know) that's a point n shoot, but also has SLR-like properties. Many would think this is the "best of both worlds". I would disagree, saying it is weaknesses of both. A point n shoot is truly portable, and an SLR takes unbelievable pictures. The mid-range is neither portable, nor takes pictures as well as an SLR, or even has as many options. I say go with the camera with the main strength you prefer and embrace it, not try to fill in a void.
Are you suggesting an iPad will run Games better then a Laptop? My 100GB Steam library begs to differ. Even the "crappy" HD4000 integrated graphic card in my 13" rMBP runs circles around any ARM processor and will probably do so for the next years to come...
It's people like you that make me concerned for the future of Mac computers. Not that there's anything wrong with you or your opinions (I'm sure you're a great person, let's be friends!) but if enough people start sharing this attitude, Apple will give up on actual computers more than they already have.
iPads are fun to play around with, but real work and even real casual internet browsing, at least for me, has to be done on a computer.
Pages, primarily. I used to use Evernote until iCloud worked well to sync documents to my primary computer (MBP)