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Disney Artists Go Hands-On With Upcoming iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
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Still thinking about which model to get. Don't think it's portable enough to warrant a purchase for the LTE version.Why cant they just throw up the pre order page already.
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Basically, you already now that the device isn’t the best they could come up with and yet you’re paying the full price for it.
They did the same thing with retina screen and Touch ID
IPHONE comes first
Not necessarily. I have an iPad Air 1 and it's not something I notice often. While it has other functions, Touch ID is critical to the use of ApplePay, not something you'll terribly miss on an iPad. 3D Touch on the other hand is becoming central to how pros use iOS. If you've become accustomed to quickly getting around iOS using 3D Touch, you're going to definitely miss it at every turn on an iPad Pro. It's muscle memory that's going to get blocked every time you use an iPad Pro.
I see the iPad Pro as a companion to the Mac rather than a replacement. You can pretty much do that with Astropad. The iPad Pro is definitely replacing my Cintiq.
The point is Apple doesn't always introduce technology across all their products at the same time. We don't know why 3D Touch wasn't implemented on the iPad Pro. Was there a technical reason? Supply chain issues with the Taptic Engine or display? Did Apple decide they want to 3D Touch to be an iPhone exclusive for one year? No one knows.
I've pretty much decided on getting the 128 wifi with the pencil. I don't have a need lte, I could always tether it to my phone if I absolutely need the Internet.
Personally, I'd way rather the Surface Pro 4.
For all this money, I'll take the far greater flexibility.
For all this money, I'll take the far greater flexibility.
I have no idea why it was left off the iPad Pro. I just used Touch ID as an example because the iPad was a year behind the iPhone on that technology. This year the iPhone has 3D Touch but iPad Pro gets Apple Pencil. From what I've read the Pencil is not like a typical capacitive stylus and it only works with the iPad Pro. We don't know if these are technical or marketing decisions.
I watched the keynote, when the presenter scribbled on OneNote there was observable latency for the "outflow" of ink. Also he failed to demonstrate activation of Cortana by the Pen. Hopefully iPad Pro will do it better - so far every review said it has near zero latency.
Funny that Microsoft took a jab at the pencil for not having an "Eraser"... And in this video the artist tries to turn it over to realize there's no eraser... But I don't see how flipping the device over in your hand and then flipping it back over is much more convenient than just pressing an erase button on the screen... Also there's no way they're going to double the precision and sensors in the 1/2 cm thick blunt end anyway so why get a worse tool for erasing than you have for drawing?
If Apple Pencil had this feature people here would have blasted it for being a gimmick
I can't find a video anywhere that showcases the iPad Pro's low latency. How is it that not one reviewer cares about this?
Latency alone will make or break the iPad Pro. It's clear that none of the reviewers have drawing experience.
Latency alone will make or break the iPad Pro. It's clear that none of the reviewers have drawing experience.
If Apple Pencil had this feature people here would have blasted it for being a gimmick
Maybe, yes when it comes to Apple there's nothing beyond a comment section full of complaints
Why? iPad Air didn't have Touch ID when iPhone 5s had it. Apple does not give you all the latest features on the hardware a at the same time. That's against the Apple logic of bringing in profits!I didn't realise the iPad Pro didn't have 3D touch. You're right, that's not such a bright idea when you've just announced it on a newly released iPhone
Tech journos suck at stylus impressions. Even after today's MS announcement, all the major press hands-ons just have the author scribbling randomly on the screen.
"OK, guess it works!" is about the extent of their commentary, it seems. Frustrating to say the least. I wanted to know if pen jitter has been resolved, is it that hard to plan a brief test of such a thing???
What video did you watch? I use a Wacom almost every day and it seems to be pretty much the same as whats on a Wacom.
If you watch the video within the conference where the person is writing sheet music, it looks pretty responsive.
There's still much to learn about these devices, but from what we already know, there is a metric ton more versatility in the Surface Pro 4 than the iPad Pro. They're not exactly inexpensive, either.
I'm still puzzled by the positioning of the iPad Pro. I wish there will be some innovation in the user interface for iOS for iPad.
Yup, this asynchronous feature-dragging is getting really old indeed.
Tout "Continuity" and improvements on vertical integration on one hand, but don't fix issues with other features of integration and seamless experience on the other hand and top it off with having people wait at least one year to get a favorite new feature on the other devices as well, or even more between iOS and OS X in some cases.
*yawn*
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