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Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by bookofjoe »

addicted wrote: post #9
crazygringo wrote: post #4

So happy the Mini didn't get discontinued as nearly everyone was assuming, with zero updates in three and a half years . Interesting it still seems visually identical to the last one. So while iPhones change their "look" to be recognizably new as a status symbol (e.g. the notch), nobody seems to care about that with their iPad. (I mean, I certainly don't.)

I can’t imagine using the iPad without the bezels. With a phone you grip the phone by its back, so you can go bezelless without impacting visibility and causing too many phantom screen taps. With a tablet, however, you will usually grip it by its sides. Having the bezels is almost a necessity here.

Having bought the 12.9" Gen 3 Pro & owning a 2012 iPad Gen 3 & 2013 iPad mini Gen 2, I will say that I can't imagine ever again buying a tablet WITH bezels. Sense of immersion without borders is WAY more intense.

Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by maxxxxx »

neves wrote: post #109

Now I'm an Android user with envy. It looks like that the Android ecosystem quit the development of tablets. I don't know of any that get near the features of iPads. Do you know any good Android Tablets?

No. The Nexus 7 was a huge step but from then it went downhill.

Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by scarface74 »

hopler wrote: post #2

Steve Jobs must be rolling in his grave. 4 separate iPad lines, plus extra screen size variation? How is an "Air" variant useful? Why does the iPad Pro have a screen size choice, but the mini is a separate line? It should be iPad and iPad Pro, with screen size choices in each line.

Yes because “when Steve Jobs was alive”, they didn’t have the iPod shuffle, Nano, regular iPod and the iPod Touch....

Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by jasonvorhe »

maxxxxx wrote: post #132
neves wrote: post #109

Now I'm an Android user with envy. It looks like that the Android ecosystem quit the development of tablets. I don't know of any that get near the features of iPads. Do you know any good Android Tablets?

No. The Nexus 7 was a huge step but from then it went downhill.

No, Android on tablets is dead. Chrome OS will probably fill that hole but it's not there yet. (I own a Pixel Slate and using it as a tablet alone is a horrible experience.)

Go with an iPad if you're in the market for a tablet.

Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by rorykoehler »

crazygringo wrote: post #31
jackfrodo wrote: post #3

I'm 24 years old, work in software. Neither I nor any of my friends uses a tablet for work or pleasure. I guess I know a couple of people who have Surface Pro's, but that's about it. I'm wondering if the appeal of these begins when you get older? Seems like a lot of the market for these is people who are 50+, but I'd like to know if any people under 25 are interested in them.

I got my first iPad a year ago, suspecting I wouldn't use it for anything (and I'm nowhere close to 50). Turns out I couldn't have been more wrong. It's now my primary device for: - Reading and annotating books and papers in PDF format (academic research has never been easier, I use a stylus too) - Mounting to a tripod and recording video (e.g. professional presentations, with a lapel mic connected -- again, screen s…

Which 3D anatomy app do you recommend?

Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by bashwizard »

jackfrodo wrote: post #3

I'm 24 years old, work in software. Neither I nor any of my friends uses a tablet for work or pleasure. I guess I know a couple of people who have Surface Pro's, but that's about it. I'm wondering if the appeal of these begins when you get older? Seems like a lot of the market for these is people who are 50+, but I'd like to know if any people under 25 are interested in them.

I'm 35 and this is what I use mine for:

- Blink Shell and Mosh to do light coding in vim, remote scanning etc on my desktop at home while I'm away from home

- Effects processor in my music production/dj setup

- Paint/sketch in procreate

- Reading books

- Watching movies/series while traveling

- Control my Sonos setup

- Browsing the web obviously

So to answer your question; no it doesn't. The iPad product line is probably not for people coding during the day and playing fortnite at night.

Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by halbritt »

jackfrodo wrote: post #3

I'm 24 years old, work in software. Neither I nor any of my friends uses a tablet for work or pleasure. I guess I know a couple of people who have Surface Pro's, but that's about it. I'm wondering if the appeal of these begins when you get older? Seems like a lot of the market for these is people who are 50+, but I'd like to know if any people under 25 are interested in them.

I primarily read books through Kindle and O'Reilly (Safari Books Online). I went through a couple different kindle devices. E-Paper type devices are good for prose, but not really that great for any books with graphical content and don't work at all with web content.

I tried using a Kindle Fire, but the pixel density on all those devices is terrible. I had an older Fire HD for a moment which was decent at 254ppi, but it bricked itself during an upgrade. Amazon offered me a discount on a "newer" unit with 189ppi. I gave up and got an iPad mini with a 326ppi display.

I mostly use it for reading books on public transportation.

Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by rchaud »

Nursie wrote: post #39

So it's what, a week until their next keynote speech? There's still time for them to announce a refresh of the 12" Macbook, right?

The keynote is rumoured to focus heavily on Apple TV's new streaming service, so a hardware upgrade announcement may not be a good fit. People thought the new iPads would be introduced at that event as well, but looks like that's not happening.

Re: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

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Post by cm2187 »

kbd wrote: post #102
kalleboo wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's more pleasant to stand a laptop on my lap on the couch than to keep gripping a tablet. And almost all the tablet cases are terrible floppy messes ( especially Apple's with their weak magnets and poor angle choices) This is the main reason I don't "get" tablets. They're just more uncomfortable to use for me. You have to keep holding onto it and you get gorilla arm vs using a trackpad.

This is why Microsoft's Surface line is great. I have the Go and the stand is wonderful. Plus it transforms into a tiny laptop by snapping on the keyboard.

The problem with the surface is that it is not good at "use it for 10mim, switch it off, and reuse it 30min later" kind of use case. It either goes to sleep then takes a while to wake up, or doesn't go to sleep and sucks the battery. It doesn't have the instantly on and available behavior that smartphones and non windows tablets have.
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