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Today Marks the 11th Anniversary of Steve Jobs Unveiling the iPad
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And a prescient post about Apple making its own chips for the Mac (off by a few years, but still).
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I stood in line for one on launch day. Wasn't disappointed. I'm looking at it right now on my shelf. It is in fairly pristine condition. My first gen iPhone and first gen Apple Watch are also on the shel. The iPhone has a dented corner from the time it slid off my pants onto the parking lot ground in college (can't even believe I used that thing caseless). The Apple Watch has a crack running down the side of the display from election night 2016 because…reasons.
This was pretty much a major reason why you shouldn't use someone else's iPad... because it's been with them while on the toilet
- March 2011: iPad 2 unveiled with thinner and lighter design, dual-core A5 chip, front and rear cameras, and new white color option
- October 2013: iPad Air unveiled with a 64-bit A7 chip, thinner and lighter design, and slimmer bezels
I'm tempted to get a new iPad, but since it's been mostly a gaming device, at this point, I'd rather just buy a Nintendo Switch. Still, had a lot of fun with the one I have now!
They have done that with the iPad Air 2. It came out in 2014 and it’s still getting updates today (my sister just updated her’s to iPadOS 14.4 today).
Give it time and it's a collectors' item, give it a bit more time and it becomes something some grandson of yours could retire on.
My iPad Pro is my workhorse. As I sit here at my desk with my Mac on the right and my PC on the left, my iPad is right in front of me in the middle. I use it for note taking with Notability, checking the weather with Weather Mate, reading books with Kindle, watching movies while I workout or while traveling with Netflix, Prime, and HBO Max. I use it as a sound machine at night to hear brown noise instead of the neighbor's dog or the people in the hotel room next door. I cook with it using the New York Times Cooking app. I review and annotate documents using Word, Excel, and Adobe. I present Powerpoints to clients connected to a projector. I track and schedule my travel with the American Airlines, Hilton, and Flight Aware apps. I order hotel room food through Uber Eats. I practice my guitar with Guitar Pro, ChordBank, and the Amazing Slowdowner. I read a number of magazine subscriptions. I check my email and surf the web. I edit photos with Lightroom and Photoshop.
All the while I'm doing this, oftentimes my Mac and PC are sitting there lonely on my desk or nestled in my backpack.
This is the perfect tech for people like me. I can't image working or traveling without it.
All the while I'm doing this, oftentimes my Mac and PC are sitting there lonely on my desk or nestled in my backpack.
This is the perfect tech for people like me. I can't image working or traveling without it.
I remember when Jobs did this keynote! This was the first Apple device that I finally saw the draw of Apple products and didn’t look back. I got an iPad 4th gen as a high school graduation gift from my Aunt and Uncle (my first Apple product). My mom still uses it to this day! I use my iPad everyday for a variety of things. Thinking about getting a iPad Air 4th gen.
What you are describing is a characteristic of any new technology that will initially have a very steep learning curve and rate of improvement, which will gradually decrease over time.
It is not something unique to the iPad or any other particular device.
And if you want to avoid that experience, then the best course to follow is simply wait a couple of years after any given new product type is first released, before purchasing one. You'll end up getting a more advanced, more capable, and likely less expensive product if you have the patience to do that.
I watched that presentation. I wasn’t against the iPad, but knew it was a first gen and it would be a long time before it was useful to me. How long? My first iPad was the Air 3 (on which I’m typing this post ?), and even though it has limitations, I’m happy with it. It can’t replace a Mac for me, but I spend fully 60% of my computing time on it.
My next iPad will be an 11” iPP, maybe in a couple of years. I think the hardware is there, what with USB C, pencil 2, good enough screen, speakers, camera.
What is still lagging behind - badly - for me, is iPadOS and the app ecosystem. The file system is a joke, importing/exporting and manipulating files, narrow range of files you can work with... terrible. And even when you can do something, it’s often a cumbersome workaround compared to MacOS. Consumption grade A+, production still, all these years later, C-... of course, that’s for MY needs and workflow... YMMV! Apps for iPadOS are still vastly inferior to the MacOS versions or choices (again, for MY use scenarios - YMMV!).
I have no doubt the iPad and its OS will continue to improve, but to me it’s already decently usable. I can’t wait to see what Apple will do with this platform in the coming years... I see a fabulous future!
My next iPad will be an 11” iPP, maybe in a couple of years. I think the hardware is there, what with USB C, pencil 2, good enough screen, speakers, camera.
What is still lagging behind - badly - for me, is iPadOS and the app ecosystem. The file system is a joke, importing/exporting and manipulating files, narrow range of files you can work with... terrible. And even when you can do something, it’s often a cumbersome workaround compared to MacOS. Consumption grade A+, production still, all these years later, C-... of course, that’s for MY needs and workflow... YMMV! Apps for iPadOS are still vastly inferior to the MacOS versions or choices (again, for MY use scenarios - YMMV!).
I have no doubt the iPad and its OS will continue to improve, but to me it’s already decently usable. I can’t wait to see what Apple will do with this platform in the coming years... I see a fabulous future!
I still don't see why you couldn't have found out what OS a device runs before dropping $1000+ on it.
Wow, time flies. I remember when the iPad was first announced. The $499 price blew the industry away (pundits predicted a $999 price). I've owned a few tablets before the iPad and it was indeed revolutionary.
I pre-ordered the iPad and keyboard dock (anyone remember that?!) on day-1 for pre-orders.
I still have that 1st gen iPad. It now serves as a "digital picture tube" for a vintage TV...
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I pre-ordered the iPad and keyboard dock (anyone remember that?!) on day-1 for pre-orders.
I still have that 1st gen iPad. It now serves as a "digital picture tube" for a vintage TV...