Not hearing what makes this ipad *pro* at all.. guess I'll wait and see.
Maybe it will simply be 'iPad Plus'
Not hearing what makes this ipad *pro* at all.. guess I'll wait and see.
I'm skeptical if Apple will return to near bankruptcy but I wouldn't be surprised to see Forstall return to be CEO of Apple.
For me personally, if I am buying something as big as a laptop, I will just buy the laptop.
If it doesn't come with a pen, just buy a pen.
So what is going to make it a "Pro"? Just better specs? It still has iOS so this is just a new model with a new name...? A bit disappointing... We need an OS X iPad. Come on Apple.
For me personally, if I am buying something as big as a laptop, I will just buy the laptop.
It will never be a competitor if it's running iOS. Multi-tasking on a Surface Pro 3 is still light years ahead of iOS.I want the iPad 'Pro' to be a Surface Pro competitor. I don't know exactly what that means, but as others have said iOS on a 12.9" screen doesn't seem very useful or practical. They better have some aces up their sleeves with iOS 9.1.
It will never be a competitor if it's running iOS. Multi-tasking on a Surface Pro 3 is still light years ahead of iOS.
I don't know why every one, tech press included, keeps calling this the iPad Pro. Everything so far leads me to believe this will be a bigger iPad, with USB-C, built-in stylus capability, and running iOS 9.1, in other words, an iPad Plus. Just like the iPhone 6 Plus is to the 6. This will not run OSX. I'll bet on it. And there's nothing wrong with that.
Don't be surprised, around this time next year, the iPad Air getting USB-C and built-in stylus capability as well.
My company is doing just that when Surface Pros with Skylake processors are introduced later this year. I'll still use my three year old iPad for web stuff at home. When the battery eventually dies I probably won't replace it.Um, buy a Surface Pro 3 with Windows 10. Freaking amazing and will do anything/everything you'd ever want to try and accomplish. This iPad "Pro" crap is just dumb. It's not going to be innovative at all...just another money-grab from Apple.
Because the Surface Pro line has "Pro" in it and Apple wants a competitor. Problem is in order to be a competitor you can't lack the basic features your competitor has and charge the same price with $100 more for 16 extra gigabytes
So, I guess the Surface can't be called a competitor because it weights as much as a brick... Or maybe it isn't really a competitor at all but they god for in a different market.
BTW, the Surface needs all the storage it can get to store the 6G the operating system takes; that's a hell a lot more than IOS.
I do love that all of the displays of this still show 4 icons at the bottom.
For me, a tablet must:
1. Have a stylus. I haven't used my fingers to draw stuff since I lived in a cave, back around 200,000 years ago. The pen/stylus is one of those inventions that has stood the test of time. Even those "sign with your finger as a pen" POS terminals are obtuse.
2. Have a better OS, like OS X. I don't want to be playing around with a 12" iPhone.
3. Allow a mouse/trackpad. When drawing with a CAD program, that whole "hand" thing gets in the way while I am drawing.
4. Allow windows. To me, a single/dual app model is like working in a book, where only one/two pages can be displayed. Having multiple windows is the way to do it, so I can collect ideas from all over, and arrange them my way. Not that my way is the best for you, but it is the best for me.
will definitely be purchasing one if and only if it comes with a pen with at least as good precision as those of Wacom.
is this truly what we need more innovated products
Taiwanese website DigiTimes today reported the "iPad Pro" will enter production by the end of the third quarter and go into mass production in the fourth quarter, corroborating a recent KGI report that said the rumored 12.9-inch tablet would enter mass production in September-October.
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"iPad Pro" mockup places 12.9-inch tablet alongside iPad Air and iPad mini
The report claims the "iPad Pro" will be released in the fourth quarter, with an estimated 4-5 million shipments in 2015. DigiTimes reported in July that the "iPad Pro" could launch in mid-November as Foxconn prepared to start supplying components at the time, but the release timeframe remains uncertain.
The report claims Sharp will be the main supplier of LCD displays for the tablet, while Foxconn subsidiary General Interface Solution (GIS) will provide touch panels. Samsung Display and TPK will be secondary suppliers of LCD assemblies and touch modules respectively, according to the report.
Article Link: 'iPad Pro' Production Reaffirmed for September-October Ahead of Rumored Late 2015 Launch