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Apple to Launch New iPad Pro and iPad Air Models in May
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Wonder which Apple employee is next up for getting sued by Apple for leaking confidential info.
So….its gonna be May?
I can’t be the only one that, after the first few years, is having trouble wondering what to use my iPad for?
I can’t be the only one that, after the first few years, is having trouble wondering what to use my iPad for?
My guess is that they did some relatively last-minute bumping of hardware specs (Neural Engine etc) in order to make them work well with all the AI tools in iOS18
Periodically there's good or at least interesting information. I also enjoy reading other's commentary, some of which is informative and occasionally leads me to new products or analyses and sites. There is a community here, which I enjoy. Even when it's just people complaining about not getting what they imagined was going to be released as a new product iteration/product line...LOL.
I definitely want one of the new OLED iPad Pros in the 13" when they're released. Or maybe the 11". Not sure! Right now I have an M1 iPad Pro 12.9" mini-LED version, which is great for what it is. My 11" iPad Pro is the same model as yours, I think, 2018 or 2019 (I don't recall offhand).
For me the major failing of the iPad has only been the software (limitations). Someone described it as low-complexity-suited productivity computing oriented. Speaking only for myself, that has been the case—but I fully appreciate it for those tasks (email, web browsing, a large battery and cellular connection without need of my phone hotspot and the phone's far more limited battery; writing documents, reading, and the occasional movie). So I can take it on a trip and be connected, though not with the ease of using my laptop and the software which runs on MacOS.
I'm very curious to see what this new and improved Magic Keyboard attachment will look and feel like, and it would be great it it's a little bit lighter than the current one. Which I have been largely happy with despite the missing Escape key!
It still is a GREAT keyboard for the iPad. It has a few deficiencies that I noticed over time for how I like to use the keyboard, but pretty much an 9 out of 10 in terms of quality. Though, just this past week one of the key covers detached from my keyboard. I do blame myself because I constantly wipe it down with a sponge and water (not too much). It's lasted around 2-3/4 years now. It has problems posting in forums like this or on reddit, it will skip out of the text field and jump around the page. Annoying.
Oh come on already! My iPad Air 2 is on its last legs!
And base memory better be 128 GB now. Don’t disappoint me, Apple!
And base memory better be 128 GB now. Don’t disappoint me, Apple!
There are no features that are hardware dependent. Only features that apple gatekeeps to newest devices, via software.
If it sucked the joy out of it for me, I just would not read them. Seriously. I've been reading rumours about Apple since 2001/2002 and watching every keynote since I had a Mac capable of it (2002? maybe since I know the LC 575 couldn't do it since it was 68K but the iMac G3 with Mac OS 9 and QuickTime 5 could). It never killed the fun of watching Steve Jobs or later Keynotes. I purposely don't read any rumours the day before though. That used to be my limit so I could enjoy whatever was released or talked about.
May announcement and launch around mid to late May is very to close to WWDC. Now expecting preorders to open late April and shipping in May.
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Apple making a fragmented ridiculous Samsung-esque line-up day by day.
Those were the good old days. And they’ve been gone ever since Tim Apple got the reigns.
Apple making a fragmented ridiculous Samsung-esque line-up day by day.
March, maybe next year, now in may again. Make up your flip**** mind!
Why do you still publish things from this guy?? Is he paying you???
Why do you still publish things from this guy?? Is he paying you???
Right there with you.
my dissapointment is immesurable and my day is ruined. i can't keep my excitment up another month.
What happened at Apple, to be honest, over the years was the goal used to be to make the best computers in the world. And that was goal one. Goal two, we got from Hewlett-Packard actually which was "we have to make a profit". Because if we don't make a profit we can't do goal one. So, yeah, I mean we enjoyed making a profit, but the purpose of making a profit was so we can make the best computers in the world. Along the way somewhere those two got reversed. The goal is to make a lot of money and well, if we have to make some good computers well ok we'll do that... 'cause we can make a lot of money doing that. And, it's very subtle. It's very subtle at first, but it turns out it's everything. That one little subtle flip... takes 5 years to see it, but that one little subtle flip in 5 years means everything.
I'd imagine that unless your niche-use iPad Pro is broken or in terminal stages, this is a never-mind situation.
That's regardless of the Tempest Inna Teacup the Professional Crystal Gazers have (tried) to whip up.
And, I'm also talking specifically the huge numbers of Coffee Table iPad Pro users.
That's regardless of the Tempest Inna Teacup the Professional Crystal Gazers have (tried) to whip up.
And, I'm also talking specifically the huge numbers of Coffee Table iPad Pro users.
Whilst I agree the delay in itself is of little concern, the possible link to manufacturing problems and problems in use arising thereof does concern me. So I will wait for 6 months. Do not want the aluminum smart keyboard to fly off at 14,000 ft.