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Microsoft Launches New Anti-iPad Surface 2 Ad Highlighting Kickstand and Multiple Accounts

Myself and my partner have decided not to have children until multiple logins become a feature on iOS.
 
roadbloc said:
Multiple accounts. The winning feature for me. iOS should have had support for them ages ago. (And on screen multitasking).
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Yep, me too. My kids use my iPad so much I've abandoned it to them. I won't be buying another one until they implement multi users or my kids move out of the house in 15 years.
 
Wow if I ever want hands free cooking, the main defining feature of a tablet, I'll be sure to consider the surface.
These guys just don't get it.

Besides these videos are negatively received, they remind people how petty they are, as well as make people with iPads even angrier, making them not want to switch platforms.
Understand this Microsoft and Samsung, u can boast all the features u want,
But it's the simple subtle things that make the iPad great. A unified platform. Great customer service. A thriving app ecosystem. Lots of things u will never understand as u don't have apples philosophies.
 
I have to admit multiple accounts could ultimately be the reason our 100% Apple household switches. I can't afford an iPad for every one and having to worry that my kids see my work email, or use Apps or listen to music that's not appropriate for them, it getting old. I love my iPad and IOS 7 is great, but at some point that's going to be a deciding factor.

I also manage technology for a small office. Similar issues - they don't have a budget for iPads for all, but it's nearly impossible to pass an iPad from one employee to another for meetings or short term use. Yes, there are some solutions but they are simply too complicated. As a result, the company will probably switch to a different tablet.
 
Renzatic said:
Aren't the car analogies getting a little old by now? They never made much sense before, and they don't make sense now. All they do is scratch that "I like to own nice German luxury cars" itch because some people think it makes them look cooler while they swirl their snifter of grape juice in front of the TV with the fake fireplace DVD on loop.

Let me tell you right now. There's no such thing as a BMW tablet. They're all Hondas. Every single last one. You can convince yourself you're buying a Benz, but you're buying a Honda. Apple tablets are expensive Hondas, MS tablets are midline-expensive, and lower end Android tablets are Civics.
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Have you ever played with a surface pro 2? The build quality and materials are top notch, definitely nothing to scoff at. The full desktop OS is just that and has yet to be duplicated by any other tablet with this level of refinement. The fact that iPads can't do true multitasking is a joke in 2013. As a recreational device the iPad is a great device, personally I love it's uses for mobile music production as there are a plethora of good apps at a reasonable price, but for any serious work I feel very confined in the sandbox of no browsable file system, Ram is a real bottleneck on these 64bit devices, and the lack of storage connectivity attached to the device.
 
stop spending money on these ads, and use it to make a product worth competing with Apple's products
 
Oh Microsoft. I was so impressed by the tech-feature driven ads when Surface 2 came out, it actually made me think about it. Now you stoop down to this ish again.
 
roadbloc said:
Multiple accounts. The winning feature for me. iOS should have had support for them ages ago. (And on screen multitasking).
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Considering a 32GB iPad costs exactly as much as a base Mac Mini, multiple accounts could be very useful. Not everyone can afford buying one of these for each member of the family.
 
First one sucks, second one is pretty good. I actually do have a friend who shares an ipad with his daughter, and daughter took it upon herself to delete all his contacts off icloud, download a whole bunch of apps, and read his email. She was mad she was grounded.
 
roadbloc said:
Multiple accounts. The winning feature for me. iOS should have had support for them ages ago. (And on screen multitasking).
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Apple does have multiple accounts... on a Mac. Remember, iPad has always been the post-PC era gadget. If you want multiple accounts, Apple wants you to buy a Mac. The iPad has always been promoted as for the individual, also, as a parent, I wouldn't trust my kids with my iPad. People tend to upgrade so the old one goes to the kids or significant other, the new one to the purchaser.
 
Rogifan said:
But yet the recent patent filing MR reported on mentioned user accounts tied to fingerprint sensor. :confused:
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I'm skeptical.

Just because a patent exists doesn't mean they're doing it anytime soon.

sir1963nz said:
WRONG.
Given the limited storage (16GB) do you really want to have 2 lots of iTunes music , what about Apps, different users, different iTunes accounts. Who is allowed to use what App, will they have to be duplicated ?

Do you then allow "admin" accounts, but what extra functionality will that give/remove. Does it give you access to remove someone else's music so you can add/delete, if so what other data ( e.g. iWork documents) do you then get access to, be able to delete without their knowledge. What about reminders, alarms, calendars, email, iCloud ? What happens when its password locked ?

Its not as easy as "just add another account", there are a whole pile of considerations that must also be taken into account to make the device still useable and keeping security high
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And yet I'm able to get an Android tablet with multiple accounts TODAY. It isn't rocket science like you seem to want to think. The only thing you're hitting is that it's almost pathetic that Apple still has 16gb as the cheapest model.

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HoosBruce said:
stop spending money on these ads, and use it to make a product worth competing with Apple's products
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They did already. :|
 
Big deal. They're trying to sell some stuff. It's just like Apple and others try to do. No big thang, hardly worth a comment.
 
roadbloc said:
Multiple accounts. The winning feature for me. iOS should have had support for them ages ago. (And on screen multitasking).
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I agree multiple accounts is a great feature. The Surface seems to take the desktop OS (Win/OSX) philosophy, where was iOS has taken the phone OS philosophy.
I wonder of one reason iOS don't support multiple accounts is that Apple wants/expects every one to have their own personal iPad, no sharing. Apple is a company that makes its profits from hardware sales.
 
flash84x said:
Multi-account definitely is a big deal that Apple should really consider. I think they'd rather sell an iPad to every family member unfortunately.
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I think it's different, kids (we) often share a tv, game console and Sometimes a desktop, but mobile devices are often considered personal. I don't remember sharing a GameBoy, PSP or iPod...
 
Fairchild said:
Have you ever played with a surface pro 2? The build quality and materials are top notch, definitely nothing to scoff at. The full desktop OS is just that and has yet to be duplicated by any other tablet with this level of refinement.
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I like it a lot, but I think it's a little too heavy. I'm going to wait until technology can make that thinner and lighter.
 
arvacker said:
I think it's different, kids (we) often share a tv, game console and Sometimes a desktop, but mobile devices are often considered personal. I don't remember sharing a GameBoy, PSP or iPod...
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iPod I might be able to see.

You don't share your GameBoy or PSP? What kind of greedy person are you? :eek:
 
Apple make premium products. iPad's are personal devices and frankly, if you're a family trying to save money, Android is the right choice for you!
 
ChrisA said:
I do have to agree. It was cheap or maybe just greedy on Apple's part not to offer expendable storage. A micro SD slot would have been easy to add to the iPad and then a user could pop in a 32GB card if more storage were needed.
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But then your perceived need for iCloud would diminish. ;)
 
I agree. Without these two tablet features... APPLE IS DOOMED!


No, not really. Neither feature means a damn thing to me. No deal-breaker as far as I'm concerned.
 
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