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Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Post by jsheard »

smileybarry wrote: post #95
marbletiles wrote: post #7

The mini is the absolute sweet spot for me - enough portability that I don’t mind the many restrictions of iPad OS. But the A-line chips and low-quality screen are problems, and not being able to properly dock it at a monitor is a real hinderance. None of those are addressed here, unfortunately.

Speaking of screens, I wonder if they fixed the jelly scroll. It doesn’t bother me that much on my mini, but it would be ridiculous to keep that flaw as-is in the newer gen.

The real fix would be for them to stop being so stingy with 120hz panels, as long as they keep using 60hz ones they're going to be prone to jelly scrolling in one orientation or the other. With 60hz the best you can hope for is that the orientation you use the most often is the good one this time.

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

#165

Post by bradfa »

Syonyk wrote: post #128
ChuckMcM wrote: post #108

In many ways (no pun intended :-)) I would relate to having an iPad mini and a much much dumber phone which was just text/chat and voice. I have gotten there because I'm constantly in this weird tension between wanting a bigger screen on my phone because the app I'm using and wanting a smaller phone so that it is easier to pocket and carry around. A friend of mine did the folding screen phone thing and that has its a…

Most of the modern "dumbphones" (or "feature phones") would do this just fine for you. If you want one that can survive anything life will throw at it, look at the Sonim devices - the XP3+ (flip) or XP5+ (candybar). They're Android Go, have exceptionally good (week and a half, easily) battery life, hotspot just fine, and handle actual use a lot better than the KaiOS toys out there. Maybe 3.x is better, but KaiOS 2.x…

Do any of these Android Go phones have semi decent cameras? That’s a big holdup for many people.

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

#166

Post by jay_kyburz »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #108

In many ways (no pun intended :-)) I would relate to having an iPad mini and a much much dumber phone which was just text/chat and voice. I have gotten there because I'm constantly in this weird tension between wanting a bigger screen on my phone because the app I'm using and wanting a smaller phone so that it is easier to pocket and carry around. A friend of mine did the folding screen phone thing and that has its a…

I find it incredible that I can't make calls on my iPad. I would just carry an iPad in my back pack if people could call me on it.

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

#167

Post by insane_dreamer »

mlajtos wrote: post #114

iPad mini 2024 with Pencil Pro and Math Notes is going to revolutionize math education.

> revolutionize math education

math education is not likely going to be "revolutionized" with technology or that would have already happened

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

#168

Post by wasabinator »

adolph wrote: post #154
giancarlostoro wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lowkey wish their laptops would be as they used to be. Being able to swap RAM or hard drives is so basic but so useful.

Hot air rework is more accessible than ever. This video is kinda over-the-top breathless, but removing components and reballing new ones isn't rocket science. https://youtu.be/apEKAY11NQs?t=328

It is and will always be rocket science to most people, and orders of magnitude more difficult than swapping a drive or ram sticks.

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Post by kibwen »

imjonse wrote: post #135
osrec wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What was the pun? Many/mini?

You can safely put 'no pun intended' after actually having no puns in the text. It can be disorienting but such is truth sometimes.

    typeof(x) y = (typeof(x))x; // no pun intended

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

#170

Post by adastra22 »

bradfa wrote: post #165
Syonyk wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most of the modern "dumbphones" (or "feature phones") would do this just fine for you. If you want one that can survive anything life will throw at it, look at the Sonim devices - the XP3+ (flip) or XP5+ (candybar). They're Android Go, have exceptionally good (week and a half, easily) battery life, hotspot just fine, and handle actual use a lot better than the KaiOS toys out there. Maybe 3.x is better, but KaiOS 2.x…

Do any of these Android Go phones have semi decent cameras? That’s a big holdup for many people.

In the context of this thread, that’s what the iPad mini is for.
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