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iPad 12.9" iPad Pro: what is the point of this device?
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I would watch media on it. I would draw on it. I would read on it. I would show stuff on it. I would use it as a digital picture frame. I would use it to control programs. I would play music on it. I would write on it. I would surf the Internet on it. And call it George. Because it is bigger. I need a bigger, thinner iSlab...
It is not the same case.
Many people complained that the iPhone was too small. Nobody complained that the big iPad was too small. They complained that the iPad was too big and so Apple released the iPad mini.
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i think it was more a matter of weight than size. Also the 2-4th generations weren't comfortable enough to hold without a case.
The Jetsons didn't use keyboards and 2-button mice did they? I think they used just their voices and digits.
The Jetsons are also a 1960's version of the future.
But to answer the original question, the iPad pro will only interest me if it runs OSX and has a digitizer.
Not exactly, I know. However, the regular iPhone 6 fulfilled that burning need for a bigger iPhone, and then the the 6 plus took it one step further into the "phablet" territory. I don't remember too many people preemptively demanding an iPhone phablet or anything more than what the 6 is, but collectively we scrambled to buy the 6 plus until it became scarce.
I do believe they'll do well to release an even larger iPad, especially if it it packs on a higher resolution for some real added screen real estate. That would make it much more viable as a professional device for design/document editing.
If it's 2048 x 1536, just blown up, that will be a shame.
For me, the point would choices. Everyone doesn't think the way you think. I myself would love a 25 inch or larger ipad, or an ipad table.
You could just build a 50" led tv in to a table and hook an iPad up to it via an av lead lol
However it wouldn't be touchscreen unless you could fab some kind of digitizer on top of the tv, laminate over it with glass and develop a jailbreak app to recognise the input
Because the leadership at Apple is running out of innovative ideas?
To make AAPL price more affordable?
Because it's been too long since Apple "did an Apple III"???
This. Plus, I would read a ton of magazines on it, just the way the postman meant them to be read. Oh, actually he already said it.
I'm also eager to see what Adobe will come up with, once a bigger iPad is available to their customer base.