Think iOS 10 is gonna be huge for iPad?

[The Game 161]

More ram, 3D touch, pencil would seriously help sales again I would think.

 

[JonSarge3108]

DropBox will not do this on an iPad. It does do it on a Surface Pro 4.

I need all the contracts and other documents stored on the device as many times we have no cellular or internet connection.

Dropbox will sync individual files. Add Dropbox AND Documents and you can sync entire folders for offline use via Documents.

It's a change of workflow and knowing the right app for the job. That takes 5 minutes to work out or ask on here - but the simplicity and streamlining of iOS saves me that back many times over imo so worth it in the long run.

 

[Newtons Apple]

Dropbox will sync individual files. Add Dropbox AND Documents and you can sync entire folders for offline use via Documents.

It's a change of workflow and knowing the right app for the job. That takes 5 minutes to work out or ask on here - but the simplicity and streamlining of iOS saves me that back many times over imo so worth it in the long run.

On my iPad Pro?

 

[sparksd]

DropBox will not do this on an iPad. It does do it on a Surface Pro 4.

I need all the contracts and other documents stored on the device as many times we have no cellular or internet connection.

Documents does have a synch capability for folders within Dropbox (or Google Drive) but it is a manual operation in that to synch the folders you have hit a button each time (unlike Windows or Android where a synch can be regularly scheduled or is always "on" in the background). GoodReader has a similar capability. I use these to do what you're after - local storage in the absence of an Internet connection. But you're still left with the absence-of-a-file-system issue regarding use of those synched files on the iPad.

 

[iPadDad]

With tablet sales declining and Apple pushing the pro as "it's awesome and might replace a laptop for some people", do you think iOS 10 will be absolutely HUGE for Apple and the iPad? I was a little shocked at the iPad pro keynote how Apple didn't really show why anybody should get a pro over anything else. Because it's a bigger screen? That's nice. But a lot of people are looking for added functionality when "pro" is in the name. It would've made sense for Apple to show off a pro app made for iPad that we would the otherwise see on a desktop. Final Cut Pro X, logic, real photoshop or hell...Xcode! How awesome would that be to make iPad apps on an actual iPad? That would be like the best example Apple could have that this is a professional tablet!

I feel like the pro keynote was a missed opportunity, but that Apple does things the way Apple wants. I wouldn't be surprised if their logic was "let's put it out there and let developers see what they can do with it and just when reviewers are complaining about how it can't replace a laptop because of this or that functionality, boom! We drop iOS 10 and blow everybody's minds with the advancements we have made closing the gaps in functionality between tablet and real desktop OS".

Just say all that in Tim cooks voice and it sounds better...

It not as simple as just saying "iPad sales are declining" you need to read this
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/11/15/solving-the-mysterious-failure-of-apples-ipad


Also I thought they differenciated the IPad Pro in the keynote very well

 

[Ghost31]

It not as simple as just saying "iPad sales are declining" you need to read this
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/11/15/solving-the-mysterious-failure-of-apples-ipad


Also I thought they differenciated the IPad Pro in the keynote very well

That was an amazingly well written article and blew my mind a little. I sat here after reading it for like 5 minutes just staring into space thinking about it and what it all means. Thanks so much for linking to it

 

[PhoneI]

I am not asking you to go with either but if you are in the field and NEED a tablet I will take the Surface Pro any day as the iPad Pro could not run AutoCad or Quickbooks. The Surface Pro is a real computer, mediocre or not. The iPad/iPad Pro are just tablets but I love them for doing the Internet in my lap! My Pro replaced my Air 2.

Why not just get a real windows laptop then? The Surface Pro is a bad tablet and a mediocre laptop. I barely ever use my Surface Pro in tablet mode.

 

[Newtons Apple]

Why not just get a real windows laptop then? The Surface Pro is a bad tablet and a mediocre laptop. I barely ever use my Surface Pro in tablet mode.

The device is for use in the field while walking through job sites and I do not want my employees dealing with a keyboard. We have done this for years and we know what works and does not. We have and use two Surface Pro 4 units we consider them to be quite good from our own experience. If you "barely use your Surface in tablet mode" you got the wrong device and it is YOU that should have got a laptop.