Unless the 'exciting things' include a massive price drop (literally talking £200+) then I'm not interested.
Legacy developers from the desktop typically treat iOS as a supplement to their legacy desktop apps. Non-legacy developers are more likely to have more full-featured iOS apps, but since it's not legacy it takes time to develop and add features etc. That's the difference. Plus, the Pro line for iPad has really only been available for about a year now. I think you're going to start seeing more robust offerings with the A9X being the baseline for performance and the A10X coming up. The A9X is a really powerful SoC.
Sounds like you're more focused on tallying Cook quotes than you are the actual product. Which tells me you're the type of person who will find something wrong he says no matter what. What about focusing on the positive aspects of the actual product, not hanging on every word Cook says.
Yeah, and when they need a bigger screen they usually want a laptop to do stuff, not an enlarged phone that's already done what they could have on the phone. A tablet isn't accomplishing ANYTHING more than what a phone already is.
Tablets are USELESS... thus the declining sales.
Anyone who engages in hyperbole like "iPads are useless" isn't interested in understanding the appeal or how they can be used productively.The PC market in general is also declining. So according to your logic, they're useless too. Also, stop ignoring that a larger screen has an effect on you being able to do a job.
No. That's crazy.It'd be pretty exciting if they just dropped the device and put their focus back into making a good computer.
never understood this--want to read a book or the search the web on a phone...not reallyAs others posted the larger phones easily take over for an iPad.
I thought the pencil was pretty awesome, obviously the keyboard sucked. If they make it into an all ios Surface with mouse support, finder support, mouse/trackpad support and usb c connection, alot of people will still complain but that would be and great device.Until they make iPads with a real OS X, detachable keyboard with haptic feel (not typing on glass) and a full OS X experience these will keep going down in sales.
As for exciting and pipeline. It has been a long time to see anything good.
Anyone who engages in hyperbole like "iPads are useless" isn't interested in understanding the appeal or how they can be used productively.
The PC market in general is also declining. So according to your logic, they're useless too. Also, stop ignoring that a larger screen has an effect on you being able to do a job.
this begs a question, is the mobil productivity thing a fad? I work much more effectively with a full screen, mouse ect. Maybe working at starbucks isn't that efficient either?Adobe apps on a 9.7. Thats scary and here i am using a 22 inch monitor and wanting to upgrade to something larger
I would have killed for that functionality 5 years ago: people are so jadedI use my iPad pro solely as a tool to write hand-written notes via onenote... Ah, + as a secondary screen to my notebook. Otherwise, the thing is pretty useless to me.
Yes exciting as Apple will earning bucket loads of cash because of a price increase!Remember when Tim said exciting things were coming to the macbook last year... hes a joke.
Oh lighten up. It's not that serious.
why ipad 2 and not the original ipad?
iPads can replace laptops over time, but fundamentally several things need to added: Full versions of desktop apps, more RAM, trackpad or mouse compatibility, and a traditional file system that allows for organizing files & folders on the local device.
The lack of trackpad compatibility is particularly frustrating for me, because it prevents using the device like a real laptop even for a day or two when I'm traveling. I don't really care about a file system upgrade right now because of course, like most people, I still own a laptop/desktop.
Sounds like what you want is a laptop. If you need a laptop, have that laptop. The iPad is good at lot of things, but being a laptop isn't one of them, and it isn't going to change to fit your workflow. The inverse may happen one day, but it sounds like for you that day is not today.
Believe me. I never took your post serious.
Thanks for the link. Affinity Photo's iPad app looks fantastic. I do prefer Photoshop overall. It's an industry standard and I need to share my files with designers, clients, and other agencies. I don't think the bargain prices on iOS should have an effect, since Creative Cloud came out. You pay a flat rate for the license and can use Adobe's products on Mac, Windows, and iOS. Their iOS versions are just not very good (with few exceptions). If I wasn't such a mac fanboy and thought logically, I'd probably get a Microsoft Surface by now. I just can't do it.The reason is financial. What financial incentive does Adobe have currently for releasing a full-featured version of Photoshop for iOS? Probably not a very big one, due to the fact that Photoshop is a legacy desktop app and that iOS has a reputation for bargain basement software prices. Conversely, you do see non-legacy companies showing more interest in full featured iOS applications these days. Affinity is going to release an exact iOS duplicate of their Mac based Affinity Photo, and that's a powerful program.
https://petapixel.com/2016/06/14/sneak-peek-affinity-photo-ipad/