Yep. And the stylus is weak too. It's generic and the glow and digital crown don't make any sense.
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Rumored 'iPad Pro' and Companion Stylus Imagined in New Renderings
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Yep. And the stylus is weak too. It's generic and the glow and digital crown don't make any sense.
Perhaps the bezel is more of an engineering requirement than a design choice. Having said that, it needs to go away. I also hope the 12" new macbook air has very minimal bezel.
Regarding the stylus, I think it's a nice add on if Apple does it right. I want something that's dynamic, interactive, responsive, and very natural when it comes taking notes, drawing, etc.
Regarding the stylus, I think it's a nice add on if Apple does it right. I want something that's dynamic, interactive, responsive, and very natural when it comes taking notes, drawing, etc.
Maybe went a little overboard on the quest for "realism". Scratched face looks like someone dragged it around the parking lot.
I hope it does not need a stylus. Apple won't design a device that will NEED one we can all agree on. If it can use one then Apple thinks there is a market for professionals that want a portable editing platform. I believe that is the Macbook Air... So we are back to reason to exist... Once you are up to the size many think it will be it will do nothing better than a Macbook air which runs a more powerful OS and has larger storage.
Maybe there is a nichè market for a large tablet but all I see is a larger screen. No photo professional I know wants one at all. They love their iPad but all use MacBooks or iMac's or Mac Pros for any real work.
Maybe there is a nichè market for a large tablet but all I see is a larger screen. No photo professional I know wants one at all. They love their iPad but all use MacBooks or iMac's or Mac Pros for any real work.
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I can see Apple making a stylus. I can see them making it only function with a new, full size iPad. At launch. For at least a couple of reasons.
1. The stylus (specifically it's accuracy/feature set) will require hardware specs not found on any current iDevices.
2. Test the stylus concept with a new full size iPad. Based on user feedback, decide whether to roll out to all/some/or none of the go forward iDevices. We've seen this before (TouchID). I see
I am not in the market for a stylus. I only own an iPhone 6, so I'm not in the market for a stylus. but I completely se e market for a stylus. Like, the tablet market. Simply put, there is a reason we evolved form smearing berries on a cave wall with our fingers to pen and paper. Writing utensils have their place and a tablet is the perfect place for a stylus.
We'll see...
I don't think big bezels would be the end of the world. It's easier to hold, more room for battery (which EVERYBODY here seems to be complaining about) and apple can make it as thin as they like. I don't mind them, I think the OG ipad is still beautiful thanks in part to the bezels. That being said, the air 2 is amazing, I think
Watch this: http://youtu.be/FynpBelGCNc
Why do people think Apple needs to create a freak of nature iPad/laptop hybrid?
This isn't mating two animal species and crossing your fingers that the offspring isn't a horrific monster.
Apple products are intelligently designed, so they can really bring the benefits of both products into something new.
Which is not even remotely close to the same thing as drawing directly on the screen. You do realize that's most of the allure of a tablet, right?
My god I can't stand people typing on physical keyboards in meetings, instead of using the touch keyboard, as it is! If I have to listen to the tap tap tap of a stylus I'm going to remove all tablets from our company!
Even with a touchscreen, you'll still have to endure the occasional "puddahpuddahpuddah".
Watch this: http://youtu.be/FynpBelGCNc
The point I'm trying to make is Apple doesn't seem like the company which will release a weird mesh of two products, just because some people have a desire to converge everything.
Steve Jobs said Apple learned touch screens on a laptop don't work. Tim Cook mocked products that try and converge for the sake of it - and referenced this as recently as last October.
If Apple wants to bring some of the benefits of its tablet lineup to a laptop, it will - it already has. But several times it has spoken out against 'slapping a touch screen on a laptop'.
Oh, Steve Jobs said, go figure
...what Apple had learned. And Tim Cook mocked hybrid products.
Aren't I allowed to mention what the previous CEO said the company had researched?
Why did you ignore the rest of my comment?
Apple would never allow that, it would cannibalize their iPad sales.
Also apple fans would call for your head for this comment (until Apple announce it, then it'd be the second coming of Christ)
it's not ironic -- that was an iphone, and his point was styli on phones (as was common for smartphones in the day) suck.
an optional tool for a pro device is not the same.
Because quite every important thing Steve Jobs advertised publicly has been or is being proved wrong.
With Apples current path on products, I doubt Apple would release an iPad with a 2010 bezel and thickness. In my opinion, Apple would rather remove all functionality just to say it was thinner than all previous versions.