It relies on the Always On Display. I think there is no iPad that has that... Or does the Pro? š¤
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Apple Announces iPadOS 17 With Custom Lock Screens and Interactive Widgets
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But then you wouldnāt need to buy an iPad for each family member š šøšøšø
But multiple users are a no-brainer at this point. It is pure greed that stops Apple from providing multiple users for iPadOS. They are intentionally gimping iPadOS to push users into purchasing additional iPads for family members. But everyone I know has stopped considering going iPad altogether. My parents loved their iPad Pro, but it became so difficult for them to share the same iPad Pro they just dropped it and used their corporate laptops at home instead.
It's the same in my household. Instead of sharing my wife's iPad Pro, something we both would be more than happy with. I'm instead dragging my corporate MacBook Pro to use at home instead.
It's time to get these Apple employees back to the office! š
They donāt seem to have enough engineers to keep up with all of their platforms (they are also busy wasting a decade transitioning to SwiftUI for marginal gains). iPadOS needs a dedicated team, Iām going to try the beta when they hit beta 2 but I doubt that they fixed window management in stage manager. Sounds like you can now position them arbitrarily within a space and size them arbitrarily but that is fairly small potatoes compared to the larger window management problems it has.
Itās just the same pattern as the last two or three years, which will clearly continue into the future.
iPadOS is just last yearās iOS. They didnāt separate them so they could accelerate development on iPadOS, they did it so they could slow it down.
Apparently also iPadOS is now the development target for the VR apps in the interim. Itās big screen iOS with last yearās features and tomorrowās APIs.
I think itās pretty clear that the iPad is no longer their darling, the future is now the headset.
This is a good thing, because youāre right, the iPad is not a computer and itās time they stop pretending that itās anything more than a large screen iPhone thatās better suited to staying in the same building rather than always being with you.
The Mac is the portable computer. The iPhone is the mobile computer. The iPad is the big screen iPhone for specific applications. The VR headset is the platform of the future. The iPadās time has come and gone for Apple.
Now itās just a good example of the kind of windows they want to show up in AR.
I realize this sounds kind of doom and gloom for the iPad. Itās not going anywhere, itās good for what it is. Apple just needs to fully embrace what it is.
There seems to be a cycle with widgets. Every 10-12 years theyāre the hot new thing for six months and then theyāre deprecated, then removed. Then a few years later theyāre the hot new thing again. Maybe itāll stick this time.
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Interactive widgets are very welcome. Disappointed that there is no calculator app.
is there a reason why this news thread is tagged iOS 17 rather than iPadOS 17?
This is getting ridiculous with the lack of multi-user support. My laptop is a souped-up 2012 13ā MBP that needs replacing. I was hoping my 12.9ā M1 iPad Pro could replace it (after updating to iPadOS 17) if I bought a keyboard since it utterly destroys the MBP in terms of power but I canāt effectively share the device with my daughter. My cheapo Samsung 7ā tablet (which I bought for $120 two years ago) swaps users with ease. This is just a continuing effort to milk people for every penny and I might be finally tired of it.
I love the iPad Pro for drawing/art and Iāll probably go with an M2 Pro Mini or whatever it is when it is time to replace my current Mac Mini but Iām seriously considering going another route for my laptop. I donāt need absurd CPU power for that device since computers in general are so powerful now (my daughterās $200 Asus convertible Chromebook tablet we bought her for school is pretty darn nice!). I just need something with a good keyboard and trackpad with a nice screen and up-to-date security patches (and of course multi-user support) and a LOT devices can fit that description. Not everyone can or wants to throw money away buying entire fleets of iOS devices just because Apple refuses to integrate basic account-management features.
I love the iPad Pro for drawing/art and Iāll probably go with an M2 Pro Mini or whatever it is when it is time to replace my current Mac Mini but Iām seriously considering going another route for my laptop. I donāt need absurd CPU power for that device since computers in general are so powerful now (my daughterās $200 Asus convertible Chromebook tablet we bought her for school is pretty darn nice!). I just need something with a good keyboard and trackpad with a nice screen and up-to-date security patches (and of course multi-user support) and a LOT devices can fit that description. Not everyone can or wants to throw money away buying entire fleets of iOS devices just because Apple refuses to integrate basic account-management features.
I just bought a new iPad Pro 11ā and I am horrified to learn that any iPad without a home key doesnāt have the option of a split keyboard. I am struggling to type this now since I cannot hold the iPad and reach the middle letters. If we complain to Apple in numbers then we could possibly make them reintroduce this feature.