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you also get GPS, which works regardless of cell connectivity, handy for Maps :)
Does Apple Maps support offline map downloads? If so this is a great selling point.
For offline navigation in car: HERE WeGo (maps.me also works, but HERE WeGo is way better).
For offline navigation on foot in cities: maps.me (also HERE WeGo works, but I think maps.me UI is better for this).
For offline open street maps suitable for offroad: Pocket Earth (works particularly well in Europe).
For offline maps in general suitable for offroad: Gaia GPS or the lower cost Topo Maps (works particularly well in USA).
And if you are into serious off-trailing Gaia GPS (and probably Topo Maps too) allow you to use your own maps as well.
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 first question was "is that bigger or smaller than a normal iPad" (I don't own one). Spent a few minutes looking at the site to try to find out, then lost interest.
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This is what happens when they don't have a "product" guy running the company anymore. Steve Jobs was brilliant at coming up with new products. Every since he left all we have gotten is the Apple Watch, which one can argue he probably had a hand in. Their only option now is to start creating variations of existing product lines to keep them "fresh".
> Steve Jobs was brilliant at coming up with new products By my count, Jobs shepherded the following hit products (I'm giving the Apple ][ to Woz): - Macintosh (1984) - iPod (2001) - iPhone (2007) - iPad (2010) I think you're exaggerating how often Apple rolled out new product lines under Jobs. You could even argue that the iPod and iPhone overshadow the other two substantially in terms of cultural impact. > Their on…
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Agreed. I thought the best way would be differentiate on features. Pro should be: - wifi+LTE - more storage - pen and/or cover keyboard included - faster CPU - multiscreen capability (connect to mouse and monitor with "desktop" interface) for truly replacing my desktop Regular iPad should be wifi only, and not come with a pen.
It's almost that way - just that you can get the regular iPad with LTE, too. Honestly, I wish they'd instead make all the iPads "pencil" compatible.
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Agreed. I thought the best way would be differentiate on features. Pro should be: - wifi+LTE - more storage - pen and/or cover keyboard included - faster CPU - multiscreen capability (connect to mouse and monitor with "desktop" interface) for truly replacing my desktop Regular iPad should be wifi only, and not come with a pen.
It's almost that way - just that you can get the regular iPad with LTE, too. Honestly, I wish they'd instead make all the iPads "pencil" compatible.
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Which has a better proc and camera? I'll guess Nexus 6 because 6 comes after what must be the Pixel 1. Naming schemes are terrible.
I've never heard such a confusion when it comes to TV purchases. Life is imperfect and changing products require a little research. You can't just go to the store and buy the best socks either; if you want the best you got to do research. Thems the breaks.
On the other hand, I think most Android users I know have told me a story about buying the "wrong" Android phone.
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…
Still have an iPad 2, which works fine except for Safari on a heavy site, runs out of memory I think. Very happy from that angle. But, I've moved to a Nexus 10 for movie watching, for the screen and because it is so much easier to copy a freaking file to it! I need to copy movies ripped from DVD often, or the occasional download. Apple goes out of their way to prevent that, and why I can't really recommend purchasing…
Personally, I use Plex running on a headless Linux box instead.
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.
Back then it was ok to leave bunch of customers to others, as Apple still managed to find quite nice growth by for example entering to new device categories. For couple of years this has not been the case. Apple has been forced to find the growth by selling more of same to the customer base that is not growing so rapidly.
I think the large number of models is simply a result of their attempt to maximize the money pouring with the current set of inventions they have at hand.
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I don't think so, but Google Maps does on both iOS and Android. Quite handy when abroad.
There are way better apps than Google Maps for offline maps.