University of Sydney allows students to print using either corporate devices connected to internal network or BYOD connected to university wireless network.
I think this is also some sort of wireless printing.
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iPad Pro Hands-on Makes the Case for Productivity Uses, Apple Pencil Is Excellent
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I think this is also some sort of wireless printing.
I'm an intrigued by the iPad pro as I find the Air 2 taking up more and more of my workflow. (iOS 9 and the new iWork play a large part of that wonderful transition.)
Here are my concerns about buying a Pro at all:
1. In general, the size and weight. Part of what made the Air 2 work is it got small, thin, and light enough to be truly portable. In the past, the iPad was close enough to a MBA that I grabbed that more often. For me, the new Pro must retain that, "carry it everywhere all work day" mobility.
2. The LTE version only gets 9 hours of battery life. Today, my iPad won't make it through a full day without a partial charge.
Why I may not buy a Pro today:
1. No 3D touch. It's a great feature on the iPhone, and I think it'll be transformational for productivity apps on the iPad. It will reduce clicks and make accomplishing things as fast as the desktop.
2. Apple cloud and OS services are not quite there enough to take the next step in my work. (File system still needs simplification and improvement, for example. It's still too hard to work on composite documents or multi-document projects.)
Here are my concerns about buying a Pro at all:
1. In general, the size and weight. Part of what made the Air 2 work is it got small, thin, and light enough to be truly portable. In the past, the iPad was close enough to a MBA that I grabbed that more often. For me, the new Pro must retain that, "carry it everywhere all work day" mobility.
2. The LTE version only gets 9 hours of battery life. Today, my iPad won't make it through a full day without a partial charge.
Why I may not buy a Pro today:
1. No 3D touch. It's a great feature on the iPhone, and I think it'll be transformational for productivity apps on the iPad. It will reduce clicks and make accomplishing things as fast as the desktop.
2. Apple cloud and OS services are not quite there enough to take the next step in my work. (File system still needs simplification and improvement, for example. It's still too hard to work on composite documents or multi-document projects.)
Yeah, my wife still uses an iPad Mini 1, it's definitely feeling the strain for some things but that's usually just when I'm testing some of my apps on it. She still insists that it suits her needs for a tablet, which is mainly surfing, Facebook, Apple Music and iBooks.
But I do like the ipad pro. However, the premis here was whether full functioned pro apps were coming to the ios. I do not believe that will be the case. I dont think this invalidates the ipad pro as a productivity tool--it just shades it more to the "prosumer" side of things. I had written somewhere above this might a more efficient and user friendly experience for artists who do not truly need some high end x64 apps like photoshop. I am considering buying the ipp as a sketch tool. I'd rather have paper 53 than photoshop for preliminary idea work.
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Just curious. Doesn't she feel annoying when tabs need to be reloaded over time, and app response would be really slow?
I'm glad I'm getting the iPad pro with 4 gigs of ram I don't think I'll ever see a safari page reload.
Notability has amazing palm rejection, but far from perfect, and definitely far from iPad Pro/Pencil experience - which is the closest to perfection because I am a believer of "nothing is perfect in this universe." But if in 1-10 scale where 10 is godlike perfection, iPad Pro/Pencil score 9.9.
I absolutely agree with this, as I also believe there is no perfection in the universe.
But, given 9.9 out of 10 for iPad Pro palm rejection? Hmm. I would really like to test a real demo unit to see how awesome it will be.
She says it doesn't bother her much, she doesn't have more than a couple of tabs open at any one time usually. It annoys the hell out of me though when I have to use it. Which is why I'll replace it with a mini 4 sooner than later, whether she wants it or not
She says it doesn't bother her much, she doesn't have more than a couple of tabs open at any one time usually. It annoys the hell out of me though when I have to use it. Which is why I'll replace it with a mini 4 sooner than later, whether she wants it or not
Oh, so you will force replacing that device to new iPad mini 4, whether she agrees or not? I also want an iPad mini 4 but I am looking forward more to next iPad mini with force touch.
Well she needs something for Christmas
Besides, it won't get retired, I'll still use it for development
Development? Does your development require performance? Or are you planning to optimise your software on low end devices so that it can run like a butter on high end device?Well she needs something for Christmas
Besides, it won't get retired, I'll still use it for development
I'm not saying people can't get any work done on an ipad, because I have created and edited lots of documents on my iPad.
But the fact it doesn't run desktop programs and the desktop programs that are ported to iOS is watered-down, really limits its use and potential.
Whenever possible I like to support as many hardware revisions as I can. And not every app requires cutting edge hardware.
Companies keep their files on drives in a company specific cloud. individuals tend to keep a mess of files everywhere on their desktop where they are digging around for the files etc. All someone needs is a way to access the files. People don't care if it's via a file system or some other method as long as they can easily get back to the document they need.
So you'd also agree that a mac without a touch display also limit its use and potential.
That'd be insulting. Apple Watch will certainly require Apple Watch Magic Pro Keyboard. And a keyboard charging stand.
Yep, it's 2041 now, didn't you know? We're onto the iPhone 20, and it doubles as a phone/razor. Still comes with 16Gb, though.
Full-function "pro" apps will not be possible until Apple provides additional APIs for iOS developers.
I don't understand why people expect Mac OS X to be ported to tablets. It's been said time and time again that OS X is not optimized for tablets because it isn't a touch friendly OS. And you will never see that happen. That's why you have iOS. There are limitations that go along with that as well. However, Apple has taken the liberty of sharing certain features between OS X and iOS. But they've chosen them carefully in order to maintain the user experience on a tablet / phone. If you want to carry OS X around with you, there are plenty of options from MacBook, MacBook AIR, and MBP. Not a tablet. If you are so determined to have a full blown desktop OS on a tablet, stick with the Surface. In my opinion, Windows on a tablet isn't the greatest experience either.