Your not thinking my friend! Artist of art, design,music ? Just name it ,can use the thin portability and yes I believe they have been talking about the desk top operating system! Aviation and pilots with the bigger screens for their charts! Plenty of folks many precessionals will be all over this! Just a side note, it still has to come with some beef inside and not a toy, build it right and they come!!
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Your not thinking my friend! Artist of art, design,music ? Just name it ,can use the thin portability and yes I believe they have been talking about the desk top operating system! Aviation and pilots with the bigger screens for their charts! Plenty of folks many precessionals will be all over this! Just a side note, it still has to come with some beef inside and not a toy, build it right and they come!!
Well put. I think it's very possible that this so-called iPad Pro and the new so-called 12" Macbook are one and the same. I can't see Apple releasing an even bigger iPad without adding some significant features to it. This might very well be a Surface Pro killer. Thus the extreme lack of innovation in the other iPads this year. All of the iPad resources were probably directed towards this product.
So, will we still users be now holding even larger iPad's up to take a photo, or will they hold their (still big) but but smaller Iphone 6 Plus.
sometimes the larger u go, it's forcing us to use a smaller device just to take a photo.. This is why i still have my iPhone 5s. iPhone 6 wold probably be my limit if i upgraded.
Everyone wants big screens.... but then we also look goofy holding a picture frame out in public...
sometimes the larger u go, it's forcing us to use a smaller device just to take a photo.. This is why i still have my iPhone 5s. iPhone 6 wold probably be my limit if i upgraded.
Everyone wants big screens.... but then we also look goofy holding a picture frame out in public...
Dumb. App dev has slowed down for iPad apps. This would only screw up what apps they have. Devs would have little incentive to worry about this niche device. Apple would overprice this even more than the laughable prices the Air 2 is still going for.
In my organization we use a fleet of iPads (40+40) to basically managing and drive high technology gears (i won't be more specific) for a total value of something like 400 millions .
Not bad for a non productive toy, uh?
Giggady.
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In my organization we use a fleet of iPads (40+40) to basically managing and drive high technology gears (i won't be more specific) for a total value of something like 400 millions .
Not bad for a non productive toy, uh?
At no point did I say that the iPad could never be used for anything productive. I was merely suggesting that changes are required if the iPad is going to be people's first thought when it comes to a device designed for work and productivity. The iPad is doing great things out in the field, but it could be do even more great things.
I agree. I've considered a Surface Pro 3. I think they're a nice piece of tech. Unfortunately I can't bring myself to make the purchase because it runs on Windows.
It's all good and well having a bigger screen and stereo speaks at each end, but it's pointless without offering something extra. I think that it will do though as looking at the 6 Plus is does feature some extra interface tricks, and that is what you want.
Unless they stick an Intel chip in it and have it run OSX that is
But it'll be interesting to see what they do as the Surface Pro 3 i5 and i7 has throttling issues, it's too thin to dissipate the heat when under high loads.
Unless they stick an Intel chip in it and have it run OSX that is
But it'll be interesting to see what they do as the Surface Pro 3 i5 and i7 has throttling issues, it's too thin to dissipate the heat when under high loads.
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I imagine it will start at $799 for 64GB and move up from there for 128 and (possibly) a 256GB version but that's unlikely. I hope apple isn't silly enough to release this thing with a base of 16Gb.
That was my thinking too. No way it can be that thin. Therefore, twice as heavy as the 9.7 one.
Lol, Apple sold ~5.5m Macs last quarter alone, ~19m on the last four quarters. And many more iPads.
Surface sales are only presented to be profitable since last quarter, but MS stays opaque on numbers.
Dumb how? The one area where there is significant iPad growth is enterprise. To the extent there are industries where a larger screen, at the expense of an extra .5 to .75 lbs, is desired I don't see such a line extension as "dumb."
Enterprise frequently builds custom apps for internal use only, so devs publishing only to the Apple App Store are irrelevant here. The ones with apps that do matter in the business world will update. We are talking about a true business and professional-use device, not a consumer device w/ a "pro" moniker for marketing purposes. There probably is little demand for a larger iPad right now in the consumer market.
They probably renamed the iPad to the iPad Air specifically because of this bigger iPad. They just did it years in advance. The current naming scheme makes no sense.
Look at MacBooks. A MacBook Pro is the big one. The MacBook Air is the smaller, thinner version.
Then look at iPads. The iPad Air is the bigger version? For now. Pretty soon the iPad Pro will be the big version, the iPad Air the smaller version, and the iPad Mini being the smallest. Wouldn't be surprised to see the 12" MacBook Air be called the MacBook Mini or something similar, too.
Yeah, I know. I'm just saying that, besides OneNote, there is no Metro Office. No two versions on the SP3. I only brought up the RT because it's all Metro based, but even there, Office is a Win32 program.
A business oriented iPad? Apple has lost their mind then. But since that isn't likely, neither is what you're saying.
If there's significant growth as you say then don't fix what isn't broken.
Apple must continue to think consumer first when it comes to iOS.
I think you need to start doing a little due diligence before responding to posts:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/201...nership-to-Transform-Enterprise-Mobility.html
This iPad Pro better have palm rejection, or else it won't be usable.
Also, concerning the styluses, I don't think the average customer needs a stylus to browse Facebook and Safari. Styluses are for creatives and painters. And I believe, if apple is not going to add pressure sensitivity into it's iPad Pro, they need at least invent an iPad Stylus with built in pressure sensitivity over BT and sell it separately. It should be sold separately as an iPad accessory just like we buy the smart case/cover. (separately because I insist that average customers won't need it, no need to pay for it)
Also, concerning the styluses, I don't think the average customer needs a stylus to browse Facebook and Safari. Styluses are for creatives and painters. And I believe, if apple is not going to add pressure sensitivity into it's iPad Pro, they need at least invent an iPad Stylus with built in pressure sensitivity over BT and sell it separately. It should be sold separately as an iPad accessory just like we buy the smart case/cover. (separately because I insist that average customers won't need it, no need to pay for it)
I saw that. But I think you need to understand Apple and how they operate. They're not going to release an iOS product focused on enterprise.
iOS is for fun. Say it with me.
Well, that's still convoluted. The Mac is not the iPad anymore than the Silverado is a Corvette. No one expects iPad to do what Macs can. At least not in 2014. But business have found uses for iPads and I know in the graphics fields a demand for a stylus aware tablet is great. If a larger format iPad comes to be don't expect it to just be a bigger iPad. It's going to differentiate itself from the consumer model.
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I think what you need to understand is that I've been following Apple since the 1980s and a shareholder since 2001. I cut my teeth on Apple IIe's in school and I've witnessed its evolution (and for a while, its devolution) throughout. I understand Apple well, and also that Jobs is not Cook any more than Jobs was Spindler or Amilio, or Scully. So please do not talk down to me. If you want to have an adult discussion fine.
A presumed iPad "pro," would not be focused solely on enterprise. That's one "pro," market of many. But who do you think the Mac Pro is targeted to these days? Consumers? Do you think a whole lot of consumers buy Mac Book Pros? Of course Apple is re-evaluating the enterprise market now that iPhones (iOS!) dominate corporate America. That's the whole point of partnering with IBM.