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All iPads The iPads need more exclusive software features that take advantage of its size

The iPad needs more RAM and CPU power before it can run something like Photoshop efficiently. Even if it's touch based. You have to remember that we have to deal with layers and the like, and this has to be either held in the disk or memory. Some of my files have grew to 1GB in size before.

Photoshop is best used with a stylus anyway. You benefit from shortcut buttons.
 
I agree that FaceTime group chats would be nice and would benefit all users. But the whole split screen to me is a no. If I want to dish up several apps at once I"ll use a computer. And I suspect that most common users would feel the same way.
 
If split screen multitasking comes, I expect it to be restricted to the ~13 inch iPad Pro. If you think about it, splitting that screen in half gives you two screens nearly the size of an iPad mini, so you could nearly re-use the iPad mini layouts for that view. If you split screen an app on a 9.7" iPad, you're left with a screen not much larger than an iPhone 6. You'd either need the apps to switch to using iPhone layouts for UI or have everyone design completely new and different layouts for split screen mode.

If they went for a 3:2 aspect ratio on the iPad Pro, they could even have two 4:3 "iPad mini screens" when you go into multitasking mode.
 
I agree that Apple really needs to work on differentiating the iPad from the iPhone. The issue isn't the hardware, there only so much you can do with a slate, but software. For a while there the iPad wasn't just a big iPhone, but a big tablet. A new feeling device with different layouts and more productive uses compared to a 3.5" phone.

But things have changed. The iPhone has grown to 4.7" and 5.5" which greatly boosts their potential and usability while iOS has seemingly dropped iPad optimaztion (that music app and app switcher are a disgrace). Right now, for the first time, I'm starting to see the iPad as "just a big iOS device (iPhone)" instead of an iPad. Does that make sense? It started as a big iPhone, but grew into a new category and is now declining. I fear an iPad Pro becuase I don't want a permanently crippled 9.7" iPad.

Also, as others have stated, the iPhone is the flagship product of Apple and the "do everything device." It's your phone, your music player, your mobile internet device, your game player, or communication system, your camera, and so on. The iPad is not currently. But I don't agree with other posters claiming to understand why Apple emphasizes the iPhone as an excuse. Apple is more than capable of focusing on the iPad and the iPhone. There is no reason the give iPad the leftovers. Remember that for a time the iPads were the ones to get the new processors first.

Do I love the iPad? No, but I enjoy it. My iPhone is still my preferred device if I had to pick on, but I still think Apple needs to put more into the iPad.
 
I really agree with adding split screen multitasking. Even some phones have this. I don't see why it can't be added to an iPad.
 
I'm just curious, but for the people asking for split-screen multitasking, what would you use it for?

I mean, even on my computer I generally maximize application windows or use the fullscreen mode. The instances where I need to have two windows side-by-side are pretty rare. There are rare times when I could have used it on the iPad, but I'm not convinced that it would have been useful considering the screen size.

I know that my usage case isn't the same as everyone else's, but I'm really wondering if people are viewing this as a feature that they want to have, even though they don't have a practical use for it.
 
Abazigal said:
IMO, the iPad is fine from a hardware perspective. What I feel it really needs are apps totally reimagined for a touchscreen. Something like photoshop or logic cut optimised for a tablet. Or even something as elementary as a better way of editing a spreadsheet (or even a better spreadsheet template). Right now, many tablet apps feel like phone apps with an extra menu bar on the left-hand side.
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Nobody is buying apps anymore due to all the IAP crap. So the money is not there, especially for iPad apps.
 
haruhiko said:
Nobody is buying apps anymore due to all the IAP crap. So the money is not there, especially for iPad apps.
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I buy a good number of paid apps myself. It's a vicious cycle. People need to be willing to spend on quality apps, and vote with their wallet.
 
Abazigal said:
I buy a good number of paid apps myself. It's a vicious cycle. People need to be willing to spend on quality apps, and vote with their wallet.
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What is more saddening is the mistreatment of the Newsstand since iOS 7, i.e. from a magazine rack which displays various magazines and newspapers inside to a folder with an ugly icon with no indication of what's inside - which can be hidden inside another folder, which severely decreased the visibility of the newspapers and magazines.
 
Ledgem said:
I'm just curious, but for the people asking for split-screen multitasking, what would you use it for?

I mean, even on my computer I generally maximize application windows or use the fullscreen mode. The instances where I need to have two windows side-by-side are pretty rare. There are rare times when I could have used it on the iPad, but I'm not convinced that it would have been useful considering the screen size.

I know that my usage case isn't the same as everyone else's, but I'm really wondering if people are viewing this as a feature that they want to have, even though they don't have a practical use for it.
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Well, I don't think it's something you'd use all the time but I can think of some uses.

I'm writing in Word and I'd like to referenced a web page or PDF without jumping back and forth repeatedly. Or maybe you're browsing the web and have an ongoing Skye it iMessage chat going on. New quick replies is nice, but maybe you want both. Maybe you're filling out an online form and need to open another page (in another browser app) or an email message at the same time.

Really, it's nice to have, but has its limits on a 9.7" screen. I'd definitely use it, but mainly for reference. This is one of the main reason why I don't work on research or my thesis while I'm out with my iPad. Even with my Bluetooth keyboard, it's too slow and cumbersome to jump back and forth referencing many other apps/documents.
 
I agree with Traverse. iPad needs more software that is specialized to its big screen. Increasing the size of the display allows developer to add more functionality that would be difficult to implement in smaller size device like iPhone. HD version of an app or game is always nice but simply upscaling the size of a software is rather 'lazy' work for the developers. I don't think this is what Apple's intention by launching iPad.
 
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