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Live Coverage of Apple's Education Event in Chicago
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It shows Apple is willing to cannibalize their high margin iPad Pro in exchange for sales volume.
Eh, I wish.
Had to ask to replace a light bulb the other day, and I won’t tell you the bureacuracy behind it due to the unexpected expense line item. #GovermentEmployeesGoingCrazy
MR: Apple education event coming. This is what to expect, etc, but not sure (see also: rumors)
Everyone: OMG NEW IPHONE MAC PRO IOS 11.3 NEW IMACS MACBOOKS IPHONE PLUS NEW MAC MINI IPAD PROS INCOMING OMG GIMME GIMME WANT NEED WHERE IS IT CAN'T WAIT.
MR: Broadcasts education event. It's about...education.
Everyone: OMG WHERE IS MY UPDATED iPHONE SE AND NEW MAC PRO NEW AIRPODS SO MUCH FAIL FIRE TIM COOK HATE APPLE IS DOOMED OUTRAGED I AM SO OUTRAGED OMG TIME TO TWEET GET ON FACEBOOK ABOUT MY OUTRAGE .
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Everyone: OMG NEW IPHONE MAC PRO IOS 11.3 NEW IMACS MACBOOKS IPHONE PLUS NEW MAC MINI IPAD PROS INCOMING OMG GIMME GIMME WANT NEED WHERE IS IT CAN'T WAIT.
MR: Broadcasts education event. It's about...education.
Everyone: OMG WHERE IS MY UPDATED iPHONE SE AND NEW MAC PRO NEW AIRPODS SO MUCH FAIL FIRE TIM COOK HATE APPLE IS DOOMED OUTRAGED I AM SO OUTRAGED OMG TIME TO TWEET GET ON FACEBOOK ABOUT MY OUTRAGE .
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I am curious if it will have the silent laminated display or the drumlike one from the Air 1 and iPad 2017. If it will be laminated, I say byebye to my Air2 and Apple can have my Money
Are there already the dimensions of the new iPad? Especially the thickness would be interesting. Near to iPad Air 2 and iPad Pro = laminated. If it will be thik as the Air 1 and iPad '17, you will get Pencil-Drumclasses ...
If it will be laminated, I say byebye to my Air2 and Apple can have my Money Are there already the dimensions of the new iPad? Especially the thickness would be interesting. Near to iPad Air 2 and iPad Pro = laminated. If it will be thik as the Air 1 and iPad '17, you will get Pencil-Drumclasses ...
It's an education presentation that they're not even bothering to live stream. People had unrealistic expectations.
Kind of disappointed the new iPad didn't clock in at $299 or less for regular consumers. I was looking forward to $259 educational and $289 consumer based on the rumors.
Oh well. I'll probably pick one up anyway since I need a new consumption device. I regularly see the 2017 iPad at B&H for $289, and it will likely be even lower following this refresh until stock sells out, so it will be a decision as to whether the A10 and pencil support is worth at least $40 more. Maybe they will bump up the base storage to compensate.
Oh well. I'll probably pick one up anyway since I need a new consumption device. I regularly see the 2017 iPad at B&H for $289, and it will likely be even lower following this refresh until stock sells out, so it will be a decision as to whether the A10 and pencil support is worth at least $40 more. Maybe they will bump up the base storage to compensate.
You're 100% right Android tablets are dead. And this is why Android Apps are garbage compared to iOS. The only platform that makes sense for so many high-end or productivity Apps is on a tablet where you have enough screen real estate to do anything. This is the market that the iPad owns (and also improves iPhone Apps because of the trickle down effect).
Now Google is trying to convince people that running Android Apps on Chrome is a good idea. Why? Android is useless for tablet Apps so there's no good software to bring over to another tablet-sized device (Chromebook).
Why would you buy iPad Pros (2 of them apparently) if they're overpriced?
Why do I get the feeling customers outside of education are more excited as they can now get an iPad with Pencil support for $329. I don’t see how this really moves the needle in education unless there are more MDM type stuff not announced on stage?
This is what an educator from the UK was hoping for. 0-9 announced on stage today.
This is what an educator from the UK was hoping for. 0-9 announced on stage today.
Fraser Speirs (@fraserspeirs)
3/27/18, 9:57 AM
OK:
Unlimited iCloud storage.
Group/folder-based workflows in iCloud.
An AppleID directory service.
Data governance controls, including geo location.
iTunes U update
Desktop-class browser compatibility.
VPP for IAP.
Remote upgrading of iOS.
Fiirst-party MDM.
Go, Apple!
"This is something only Apple can do."
What, build a $300 computer for students and expect educators to sign off on it when it doesn’t have a keyboard? lmao. Being this stupid and delusional IS something only Apple can do.
What, build a $300 computer for students and expect educators to sign off on it when it doesn’t have a keyboard? lmao. Being this stupid and delusional IS something only Apple can do.
True. But this is really no different than any other iPad refresh. I don't see why it would sell better than the current version does.
Silly to expect anything else
The event was exactly what it said it was going to be. Gold iPhones aren't very educational, I guess I just wasted an hour for a new 9.7 iPad with apple pencil wtf. where's the airpower and iOS 11.3?!?!?
Am I the only one thinking the new iPad is pretty jam packed for $300?
I'd like to see a price drop for the pencil though...it's the only thing keeping me from buying one.
I'd like to see a price drop for the pencil though...it's the only thing keeping me from buying one
.WHAT IS MISSING is a way to manage ipads in larger numbers in a cost-effective and efficient way. I work in IT in a large private school. We have three ipad cards that have not been used in years because it became a full-time job to manage updates, software installations, etc., and the 3rd party ways to manage them were too expensive. We currently have no plans to replace these iPad 2s and have been on Chromebooks for a few years. $25/device for the lifetime of the device to manage and its all web-based management.
Apple, we would love to use all of this. But if we have to manage dozens of iPads individually, it's not going to happen. Whole districts have bailed on iPads for management reasons alone. It's a major piece if apple is really going to be successful in education.
Apple, we would love to use all of this. But if we have to manage dozens of iPads individually, it's not going to happen. Whole districts have bailed on iPads for management reasons alone. It's a major piece if apple is really going to be successful in education.
I'm a pretty clam person, but you people have me yelling at my laptop!
Don't be a defeatist. Did Linus Torvalds give up and say - 'I can't build better OSs for servers'. No!
The world needs an 'open education system' - that takes/borrows/steals all the good things you want to keep from Apple and Google, and makes it open so that students benefit. Let Apple and Google make all the hardware they want, just make sure that hardware works with that open education system. Apple and Google will still make their money via planned obsolesce.
The crime is putting education's future in the hands of some corporation:
His words not mine: said:
Bull crap.
Seems to be working pretty well from a sales and profit perspective, no?
People love Apple products and Apple OS, period. People don’t want an Acer tablet or Chrome ok, at least not one they have to buy with their own money.
Come back when Apple release iPad sales.
Your idea of "many" must be very different from mine. People who want to use a pencil on a tablet are few and far between.
Apple used to make fun of the stylus.