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Apple introduces iPad Air with powerful M3 chip and new Magic Keyboard

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Post by cosmic_cheese »

criddell wrote: post #103

The most annoying thing for me about the iPad lineup is that Apple hasn't released an iPad compatible version of their Journal app. IMHO, it's the perfect device for Journal. I want to write by hand and doodle and do all the other things you do in a paper journal. There's some reason they haven't done this and I'd love to know what it is. IMHO, it should have been iPad-first and then ported to the phone later.

I’ve been waiting for a Mac version. Why on earth would I type anything of any length on a phone when my favorite docked laptop setup is an option?

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Post by keybits »

eknkc wrote: post #49

I owned multiple iPads and never found a compelling use case for them. I don't know why I keep buying them but they have been great computers for my parents so it's not like I buy to shelf them. Are there any use cases (apart from drawing maybe. I can't draw a stick figure if my life depended on it so that's not for me) for developers?

I really started to enjoy my iPad Pro M1 messing around making music.

There are hundreds of fantastic apps out there from mixers, sequencers to excellent synthesizers, effects and samplers. For an idea of what this can look like, here's a video: https://youtu.be/ft8erjlzg4A?si=lCg77DZAUYNa1SEf

Add a midi controller and you can make pretty much any kind of music you want.

A great benefit over mac / pc computer based music making is that the apps are very affordable.

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Post by Tagbert »

Ajay-p wrote: post #32
solardev wrote: post #2

I'm so confused by their lineup. I'm in the market for a new iPad, but I can never remember the difference between an iPad, iPad Pro, and Air. What's the difference between this an a 13" Pro or Non-Air? I wish they'd just have a single line of iPads with different screen sizes but the same CPU and stylus support in every generation. I'm so tired of having to play the "compare every permutation" game when shopping. Ed…

Remember when Steve Jobs returned to Apple and simplified the product line? I feel like Apple needs that again.

That was for a company that was struggling and had a much smaller customer base. As your market grows you can afford to tailor your offerings to better match different customers needs.

For the iPad, they basically have the good, better, best product line with the addition of the Mini for special cases. It's not really that complicated.

I'd say that the main complications are that the Pencil Pro only works on the Air and Pro and the keyboards have to fit the exact case size so they are not as universal as ideal. Most people don't need the pencil and not everyone needs the keyboards.

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Post by pzo »

asow92 wrote: post #76

Why can't Apple just sell native macOS support for iPad at a rate where they wouldn't cannibalize their other offerings? I'd pay around $300-$400 for it without hesitation.

I'm not sure if they would canibalise anything much. The sell each year around:

1) 230m iPhones

2) 50m iPads

3) 25m Macbooks

Macbook is pretty much niche product to them comparing to Windows market share. Many would still wanna own Macbook even if iPad would support MacOS. They would sell much more iPads and bring bring more users to their ecosystem, familiarise those that used Windows before and maybe they would buy Macbook later on.

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Post by steveBK123 »

couchdb_ouchdb wrote: post #173
steveBK123 wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Give me a MB with LTE and I can finally stop buying&regretting iPads. Maybe Apple moving into the modem space will get us there but it does feel like some sort of purposeful market segmentation

Just tether to your phone

yes ive done it just more finicky annoyance

why segment iPad vs Mac this way

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Post by selykg »

rtkwe wrote: post #163
selykg wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I want that experience I seen on some other device at some point... Palm? I forget now. In tablet mode, iPad OS. Touch being the primary operation. Basically just as we see it now. In a pseudo desktop mode, macOS, where you get the power of a laptop in a smaller form factor. You can optionally try to use this in touch mode in a pinch but it's not necessarily designed for it. The win would be seamless switching. Inclu…

There was the Motorola Atrix that had a dual mode system where you could plug the phone into a keyboard, larger battery, and big screen in a mostly laptop form factor. Never used it myself though because the keyboard module was expensive for at the time.

Ohhh that might have been what I was thinking of! Good memory!

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Post by blackaspen »

criddell wrote: post #74
paulcole wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I bought the iPad Pro in 2020 (13”, last on the A series of chips) and the screen is so much nicer than on any iPad I’ve ever used before. I was planning to buy a new one this year if there’s a notable release but OK with waiting another year. That said, with the Air having M3 and being available in 13”, I’ll have to take a long hard look at whether that screen is worth the extra money to me. I’d imagine that’ll rema…

I bought an 13" M4 iPad Pro when it was released and returned it a week later because I didn't like the magic keyboard. I went back to my 2018 iPad Pro with the Smart Keyboard Folio. I've been waiting and hoping for some third party to come along and clone the Smart Keyboard Folio. If they did, I'd repurchase an M4 iPad because other than the keyboard it was great. I was just looking at the apple website to see if th…

I was also hoping they'd bring the Folio back. I've got an old Air that does need replacing and have thought about buying an M2 Pro just to find a used Folio with.

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Post by mbreese »

choxi wrote: post #138

I’ll know Apple is really in trouble when people stop complaining about each new product announcement

People complain because they care...

You're absolutely right, when people stop caring -- that's when Apple should be concerned.

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Post by rtkwe »

selykg wrote: post #187
rtkwe wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There was the Motorola Atrix that had a dual mode system where you could plug the phone into a keyboard, larger battery, and big screen in a mostly laptop form factor. Never used it myself though because the keyboard module was expensive for at the time.

Ohhh that might have been what I was thinking of! Good memory!

I had one and wish I had the spare money at the time for the laptop portion of the unit but that was college years for me and I wasn't working during the school year just the summer and longer breaks.

That phone is still kicking around my drawers somewhere.

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