That's because they didn't sell out. One could walk into their local Apple Store yesterday and readily buy a mini.
Not my local store....Minis were gone Friday.
That's because they didn't sell out. One could walk into their local Apple Store yesterday and readily buy a mini.
I didn't say it's a failure. I just said they didn't sell out. One can easily obtain a Mini today by just walking into the store and buying one, which I don't think can be said of the iPhone 5.
and I still can't figure out how to manage my iphone from my iPad. I can't figure out how to plug my phone into my ipad and sync all of my music from iTunes on my iPad onto my phone. Can you help me?
Hmm. The iPad starts at $499 and the mini at $329.
The iPhone starts at $199.
Do you see a difference? The iPhone is a lot cheaper, so it will probably sell more!
The resolution of even the iPad Mini is comparable to display resolutions that were extremely common before and remain in use, and the iPad/Nexus 10/etc tablets have resolutions which exceed most computer displays, so I'd argue that the sorts of things you'd have up simultaneously on a desktop would be the sorts of things you could have up simultaneously on a tablet. On a smaller tablet, most people wouldn't want as much visible because it would be "too small", granted, but a full-size tablet easily has the screen real estate.A computer generally has a bigger than 9.7" screen that doesn't require that half the screen be occupied by an on screen keyboard.
I can think of very few reasons to have multiple apps on screen at the same time but I'm willing to hear yours and discuss. In practice, having multiple apps open at once almost never involves having both apps visible at the same time. Even on a computer, how many apps do you run side by side?
While being able to multitask like that can be useful, I also find that it could be a distraction. As I've said in a number of threads, I work at a school. It's difficult to keep kids on task when they could text or watch videos when they're supposed to be writing. Fortunately, with iOS, you can set iPads to only one app.
The iPad can do that but first, I'd like for you to explain the experience of watching a movie with half of an already split of the 9.7" screen covered by a keyboard while you type an iMessage...
The way Apple deals with the kind of multi-tasking that does work with 2 apps being actively used at the same time is that you can listen to music in the background as you browse the internet for example. With Netflix, you can in fact watch a movie while you iMessage. AirPlay takes care of that. You can play a movie in the Netflix app, AirPlay it to a screen that you can see without keyboards in the way and then switch to iMessage and your movie continues to play.
People who think your screen should be cluttered up with apps don't care about the user experience, and that's perfectly fine. There are plenty of other tablets for those people.
Why on earth would you want to iMessage while watching a movie?
If you are in a classroom sitting with WiFi, you can just stream the videos to the iPad. Not sure about the WiFi bandwidth usage though.
Oh, ok. The iPad can totally have multiple apps running on the same screen at the same time just like a laptop or surface! I just need to buy an Apple TV and a 50" LCD and pack them in my bag.
There is certainly room for improvement with respect to multitasking and the iPad.
Oh, is that free?
Yes, but those are initial costs, although I grant that many people don't look at overall costs.Hmm. The iPad starts at $499 and the mini at $329.
The iPhone starts at $199.
Do you see a difference? The iPhone is a lot cheaper, so it will probably sell more!
Except that multitasking on the iPad does exactly what Apple wants it to do. No less, no more. It does exactly enough to make it useful, and stops where it starts eating battery life and distracting users. Obviously the concept that fewer visible features are actually better is totally foreign to any Android user.
Except that multitasking on the iPad does exactly what Apple wants it to do. No less, no more. It does exactly enough to make it useful, and stops where it starts eating battery life and distracting users. Obviously the concept that fewer visible features are actually better is totally foreign to any Android user.
Except that multitasking on the iPad does exactly what Apple wants it to do. No less, no more. It does exactly enough to make it useful, and stops where it starts eating battery life and distracting users. Obviously the concept that fewer visible features are actually better is totally foreign to any Android user.
You sound like an Android user, searching for the solution of a problem, when iOS users don't even have the problem anymore.
Actually, I'm referring to videos taken by the Camera app on the iPads, but thanks for the input!
JC unreal. On what planet are you living in? they sold out in less than 2 hours pretty much everywhere.