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Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by Dylan16807 »

onion2k wrote: post #263
Dylan16807 wrote: post #256

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> it's quite a good illustration of why metric is preferable How so? You'd use cm for one and mm for the other, and there's no actual reason to convert between screen size and thickness so it doesn't matter if the conversion factor is 10 or 25.4

it doesn't matter if the conversion factor is 10 or 25.4 Most people can't easily multiply by 25.4 in their head. A lot of people can't even estimate to that level (which is a shame, because it's a useful skill, but still). Converting from centimetres to millimetres is much easier.

0 * easy is the same as 0 * hard. If you're not converting, the factor doesn't matter.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by aeontech »

stronglikedan wrote: post #209
JohnnyConatus wrote: post #89

There is a legendary story about how Steve Jobs, upon his return to Apple, drastically cut-down the number of models that they offer. How on earth have they forgotten that lesson? Trying to figure out the differences between the 9.7" iPad and iPad pro is not easy, and regardless, it makes it harder to buy.

My favorite new tactic of theirs is in their new commercials, where an actor will ask if the "iPad" can do something, and the announcer will confirm that it can, on the "iPad Pro". The one that jumps to mind is the MS Office one, but I recall at least one other feature that they advertised using the same tactic. It's pretty confusing if you don't catch the causally mentioned "Pro" bit at the very end, after they've g…

I think that's just because those are commercials promoting the Pro specifically, not that they are saying that those things cannot be done on non-pro models. At least, I'm not aware of any restrictions on what models of iPad's can run Office, for example, and if there were, they'd be ones imposted by app's authors, Microsoft in this case.

Unless you're talking about apps specifically requiring Pencil?

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Post by antisthenes »

dmix wrote: post #147
squeaky-clean wrote: post #143

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I always thought that was the iDevice's strength. With Android, you have nothing actually made by Google but by OEMs, with different names and branding that don't give any real information. Which phone is "the android"? My mom doesn't think she has an android phone, she thinks she has an LG and that Android is a different thing. People buy a low end Android phone and hate the entire ecosystem because the phone perfor…

It's quite obvious the Pixel is the "flagship" Android Google phone. And Pixel C is the "flagship" Android tablet. The pixel is advertised everywhere as a Google phone. Who makes it doesn't really come up in their product communication much. And the 'flagship' label is literally in the title of the Pixel products on Amazon. And on the website it's called "Pixel, phone by Google". > People buy a low end Android phone…

It's not obvious at all. It isn't even obvious if you spend 8 hours on research and are a techie.

What was the flagship before the Pixel? What was the flagship 2 years ago? The android market probably has a changing flagship every 6 months and even then it isn't obvious what it is.

Try typing "flagship android phone" into Google search. Pixel only comes up in 8-9 results out of 100.

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Post by throwanem »

orbitur wrote: post #238
throwanem wrote: post #88

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Or, in my case, a YouTube player comfortable enough to use in bed. I had such plans - a laptop replacement, a smart drawing and writing tablet, a conveniently portable development tool...none of which came to fruition, because the technology wasn't yet there. I'm a little tempted, now, by the iPad Pro and the Pencil. It sure would be more comfortable and convenient to retouch photos that way than with a mouse or a tr…

> Or, in my case, a YouTube player comfortable enough to use in bed I genuinely don't understand the use of tablets in bed. I tried for a few weeks to use my iPad, but if I loosen my grip at all, I end up with an iPad smacking me in the face. I went back to resting my 15" MBP on my chest, screen angled towards my face (of course). Then I can just put my hands behind my head and relax.

Lie on your side and use the hand on the arm that's under your pillow to hold the iPad vertically on the bed. When you doze off, your grip will fail, but then the iPad just falls over on its face, which shouldn't be close enough to hit you in yours unless you're a lot more nearsighted than I am. (It might fall off the bed, though. Not a problem I have because I sleep alone on a queen-size, but I can see how other configurations might cause that issue.)

If you prefer to lie on your back, an articulated arm mounted to the headboard might work; I have one of those, but ended up not actually using it - by the time I'm actually dropping off, I don't want a screen glowing in my face.

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Post by topbanana »

chrissnell wrote: post #217
emdowling wrote: post #121

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It is hard to see Apple keeping the mini around for much longer. I assume they are simply running down stock and will remove it soon, before end of the year.

I doubt it. The Mini is a great tablet for little kids. It's just the right size for toddlers and they can still hold it even when you put an Otterbox Defender on it.

It works great for me too. I'm 38 and three quarters

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Post by komali2 »

nkkollaw wrote: post #239
squeaky-clean wrote: post #222

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> "Plus" means bigger, and you can regognize it because it's bigger, "SE" means lower-end, you can recognize it because it costs a lot less. It's also a smaller phone, just like how the Plus is larger and costs more, but isn't any faster. The name or price of SE doesn't imply lower end at all, they've even removed the number so you don't know which one it's comparable to. I agree it's not awful, just that it's slippi…

I don't know, I tried switching to PCs for a while, I couldn't get how their naming works. I mean, where do you even begin to try to figure this out: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/

You just look at the hardware and read reviews. There isn't really a sliding scale for PCs, that's the awesome thing about manufacturers that let you customize. Doing a lot of gaming or modelling? Better graphics card. Running shitloads of processes? Better ram. Better processor. Extra HDD, or SSD, or optical drive? Etc.

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Post by mozumder »

wil421 wrote: post #192
Larrikin wrote: post #187

I've gotten a lot of use out of my iPad 3 and, up until it stopped getting updates and the touch screen started breaking down in the past few months, found no reason to upgrade or replace it. I use it nearly daily but mostly for reading textbooks and novels, reviewing language cards, and occasionally watching YouTube videos. It's been extremely useful for taking to the gym and allowing me to study while on the ellipt…

Have an iPad 3, I find a lot of apps to be close to unusable at this point. Safari is a huge offender and it's full of ui ticks when I open the app or webpage. It seems all my apps are struggling. It's very hard for me to justify a new iPad. I really feel apple could've gone with the OS X on an iPad approach and really taken the whole market. Instead they are slowly adding iOS to Mac OS.

Turn off all background notifications, and it'll run like new.

It didn't become slower. You just added a lot more stuff for it to do.

Re: iPad 9.7‑inch

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Post by woof »

knd775 wrote: post #271
sgt wrote: post #232

I use my iPad 2 every day. I bought it in 2011, so it's basically 6 years old and battery is still in great quality. I disabled a few animations/transitions and such, and I run iOS 10. It's not as fast as it used to be (newer iOS not being optimized for slower iPads) but it's still perfectly usable for reading books on the Kindle app, some surfing etc. When I am not using it, I tend to put it in Airplane mode.

If it's on iOS 10, it's not an iPad 2. Also, the iPad 2 I got rid of like 4 years ago was horribly slow and pretty much useless at that point.

Correct, the oldest iPad running iOS 10 is the first Retina -aka iPad 4.

I bought mine in 2012, still using it daily.

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