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Apple to Release iPad Pro Smart Keyboard With Trackpad in 2020
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I swear, they’ll have built this thing up to a full desktop before they give us pro apps. Apple please, give us Final Cut/Logic/Motion on ipados!
This.
Also if Apple wasn’t about to fix their laptop line, it would have been pretty amusing if you’d have to pick between a gimped OS with a functioning keyboard, or a gimped keyboard with a functioning OS.
Great job Apple /s
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Oh man, that is too good. Only Apple could do that, like selling a MacBook and iPhone but not being able to connect the two together because no USB-A ports.
Apple needs to pause iPad hardware and focus more on making iPadOS less gimped.
1st party would be great, I'm waiting to see how the Brydge product with the trackpad turns out (recently bumped from March to April).
There's a number of use cases where a touch based device is superior - just to name a few: I'm involved as the lead dev/design/architect for apps in the medical space (clinical analytics / emergency triage), and law enforcement (investigation services), and the docs/researchers/agents/etc., really love the user experience of the iPad, now, if they could, on-the-fly, provide some "notebook-like" improvements for certain tasks on the same device, it would be a real win.
I think if this is true, it really does point to some notable, near term, improved peripheral support in the OS (per some other folks, iPadOS 14). About a week ago I connected an Apple KB and TP to our 12.9 iPadPro, it wasn't __terrible__, a few things were pretty good, clearly there's plenty of room for improvement.
Yeah, because a laptop over an iPad is monstrous and so heavy.
There's a number of use cases where a touch based device is superior - just to name a few: I'm involved as the lead dev/design/architect for apps in the medical space (clinical analytics / emergency triage), and law enforcement (investigation services), and the docs/researchers/agents/etc., really love the user experience of the iPad, now, if they could, on-the-fly, provide some "notebook-like" improvements for certain tasks on the same device, it would be a real win.
I think if this is true, it really does point to some notable, near term, improved peripheral support in the OS (per some other folks, iPadOS 14). About a week ago I connected an Apple KB and TP to our 12.9 iPadPro, it wasn't __terrible__, a few things were pretty good, clearly there's plenty of room for improvement.
According to the source of this article, the Smart KB with Trackpad won't be released until the Fall, not March. So Apple announced iOS 14 at WWDC in June and releases the new Smart KB in the Fall.
I think that further hardware improvements without improving iOS are useless. I still can’t keep 2 Word documents side by side. And Office apps themselves are still crippled. I get it - not an Apple product. But at the same time, it is a limitation that Windows and Macs don’t have. Apple could work more with bigger software companies to make their apps more compatible, or give them incentives. And even Apple apps are limited. Try adding keywords to photos, or create a playlist folder in the music app.
As of today, iPad Pro is not sufficient for pro work. The same applies to the still buggy file providers, like Dropbox which are still buggy due to Apple‘s API.
These are basic things that laptops have been getting right for so long now. I love the hardware of the iPad, but iPadOS and its ecosystem are not there yet.
As of today, iPad Pro is not sufficient for pro work. The same applies to the still buggy file providers, like Dropbox which are still buggy due to Apple‘s API.
These are basic things that laptops have been getting right for so long now. I love the hardware of the iPad, but iPadOS and its ecosystem are not there yet.
I fear that the Brydge product will do what the current mouse solution does. It’s not like Brydge can include desktop level pointing support without Apple buying in to provide the API.
The one thing that I would absolutely love on an iPad is the ability to run R code. I get why it’s restricted, but that would be so good for me for travel, especially on planes. If that ever comes in, I’ll be a happy man.
I’ll withhold judgment until I see how it works. But it seems like they’d have to overhaul some paradigms.
Yeah, I'm a holding pattern till the product ships, and I'm not pre-ordering - also, their existing product (basically the same thing but without the TP), doesn't get stellar reviews, decent, some things sound great (build, keyboard), some kind of so-so (the hunges/connectors, requirement to remove and reinsert for "tablet mode").
Yeah, because a laptop over an iPad is monstrous and so heavy.
Actually it is.
I have 2018 Macbook Air and switching to iPad, why? Because it's more convenient/comfortable , i can use the iPad on it's own to watch Youtube-videos on bed/kitchen or at sofa. And when i want to type on it, i just attach the keyboard to it.
This would be great. I don't need trackpad/mouse support for most of what I do on my iPP, but would sure make writing and editing a lot easier.
Oh, there are MacBooks with touchscreens, pencil support, LTE, and the ability to detach the keyboard, all while running iOS? Can you point me to these MacBooks?
Finally! There’s nothing more annoying than trying to navigate through the iPad with a keyboard and a big display, this will make keyboard shortcuts less redundant. And it will make navigating a lot easier when the iPad is used this way.
also for the mindless who thinks giving a trackpad to the iPad is pretty much a MacBook, use your brain lol, it’s not. A MacBook uses macOS, a MacBook’s main input is a cursor. A MacBook uses different apps. Etc
ya’ll are thinking this will replace Touch as the main input on a iPad.
and sheesh, Apple markets this iPad to be used with their keyboard. Interacting with the iPad using the keyboard folio with Touch is a terrible experience. Touch input is best used when the iPad is not stationed on a desk/lap when using a keyboard, but it is handy. The experience is not good when you have to reach and move your arms constantly to interact with your iPad when using a keyboard.
also for the mindless who thinks giving a trackpad to the iPad is pretty much a MacBook, use your brain lol, it’s not. A MacBook uses macOS, a MacBook’s main input is a cursor. A MacBook uses different apps. Etc
ya’ll are thinking this will replace Touch as the main input on a iPad.
and sheesh, Apple markets this iPad to be used with their keyboard. Interacting with the iPad using the keyboard folio with Touch is a terrible experience. Touch input is best used when the iPad is not stationed on a desk/lap when using a keyboard, but it is handy. The experience is not good when you have to reach and move your arms constantly to interact with your iPad when using a keyboard.
I love how for some people around here everything apple does/ is planning to do is bad and/or unnecessary.
If there is a good mouse support im going to be very interested in upgrading from my first gen 9.7 Pro.
Despite having a recent MacBook Pro I'm interested in a possible versatility of an iPad.
If there is a good mouse support im going to be very interested in upgrading from my first gen 9.7 Pro.
Despite having a recent MacBook Pro I'm interested in a possible versatility of an iPad.
What if the rumored ARM Mac and this rumored Smart KB w/Trackpad is really a reference to the same device and what Apple is really aiming for is to run macOS in a virtualized container on iPadOS via a "macOS app"?