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Apple Announces 10.5-inch iPad Air and Refreshed iPad Mini (engadget.com)
Ahead of a planned event next week, Apple today unveiled two new iPads. From a report: The new, larger, 10.5-inch iPad Air will arrive with a 70 percent performance boost compared to its predecessor, thanks to the company's A12 Bionic chip with Apple's Neural Engine. That'll be useful alongside the now 20-percent larger display -- which is compatible with the first-gen Apple Pencil too.
A new iPad Mini has been a long time coming. The 7.9-inch option will, barring screen size, match the Air on specs. The screen is also 25 percent brighter versus old iPad minis, and will also support Apple Pencil -- the tiniest model to do so. Both new iPads have a laminated display that brings the surface glass and screen closer together to improve visibility -- and making them at least a little more desirable than Apple's entry-level iPad. Neither has FaceID built-in, it seems. Look, there's that Home button. The new iPad mini starts at $399 for the Wi-Fi model and $529 for the variant that includes cellular support. The new iPad Air starts at $499 for Wi-Fi, and $629 for Wi-Fi and cellular model.
A new iPad Mini has been a long time coming. The 7.9-inch option will, barring screen size, match the Air on specs. The screen is also 25 percent brighter versus old iPad minis, and will also support Apple Pencil -- the tiniest model to do so. Both new iPads have a laminated display that brings the surface glass and screen closer together to improve visibility -- and making them at least a little more desirable than Apple's entry-level iPad. Neither has FaceID built-in, it seems. Look, there's that Home button. The new iPad mini starts at $399 for the Wi-Fi model and $529 for the variant that includes cellular support. The new iPad Air starts at $499 for Wi-Fi, and $629 for Wi-Fi and cellular model.
I've still got an Air 2 that works fine for the light web-browsing and Netflix watching that it gets used for, and I think a lot of people are in the same situation as I am here. At least Apple has moved past putting 32 GB (or even 16 GB) on the base models. 64 GB feels like a sufficient amount for loading it up with stuff when going on a trip and not having to worry about the lack of space.
And both of them still have the headphone jack.
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Apple under Jobs introduced different and interesting products. Apple under Cook seems to produce nothing but iterations, gradual updates of old stuff. They're boring now.
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Too small?!? That's not what my wife said!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Too small?!? That's not what my wife said!
Yeah but she also said she wants it to last a little longer.
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are they still stuck with a proprietary charging port or they moved on to USB-C ?
The iPad Pro uses USB-C, so if that is a requirement you have a solution already. Nothing wrong with more consumer oriented gear that will not have much attached over a lifetime of the product using different ports.
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You should have bought a Dell then! Dell used to sell a 18.4 inch "tablet" PC. I almost bought it just for the utter ridiculousness of it.
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At one time - this has been a couple years - you could only get free MS productivity apps on screens SMALLER than 10.1".
If your tablet was larger than that, you had to pay for a consumer Office365 license because MS considered your device equivalent to a full desktop/laptop.
Is this still in effect or has MS given that up?
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If you can't connect a mouse, a USB drive, a printer who gives a shit then?
The people who can attach USB-C hubs, for video output or SD card attachment or keyboards or other USB-C devices...
Some things may not work at the moment, like USB-C drives, but eventually they will (there's already at least one external drive maker that has an app that can connect to an external drive they make).
The advantages are being able to use the same adaptors for things like video across a laptop and the iPad....
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
I wonder if some proprietary Solaris fork would still be viable (w/ "community edition").
It depends on what you are running. Just like Macs were only ever commercially useful for DTP or music because of the software available, Solaris has only ever been useful in certain industries. To be fair, through most of history it's been useful for more than Macs have, but today there are few if any commercial applications being distributed for Solaris x86.
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So most iOS apps, will not be made to handle the newest models
I find that something like 90% of iOS apps handle new features within a year or so - like FaceID or the Files app.
because for one it needs to support on the lower power phones, and just change the screen display (to save on re-coding)
That is totally wrong, there are a lot of ways to easily provide for more complex UI on the iPad without much coding at all.
On top of that there are a number of very powerful iPad only apps...
These are low power devices and are limited in what they can do.
That is also wrong, the latest iPad Pro models are FASTER at browsing large 16-bit TIFF files than many desktops.
At this point they are extremely powerful and not that limited, with what limits there are fading away over time...
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Yes because apple is totally secure
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
The 7.9-inch option will, barring screen size, match the Air on specs.
And there's also a 7.9" model for men that's labeled 10.5" ...
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Samsung is pretty much the only Android tablet maker taking the large tablet form factor seriously. Their top-of-the-line model (Tab S4) is probably overpriced for most people's tastes. Their low-end model (Tab A 10.5, latest mode was released last year) is decent for the price, but most will probably find it lacking. They're scheduled to release a new mid-tier model (Tab S5e) in the next few months, that looks like it'll be a promising in-between tablet.
Google pretty much stopped supporting tablet features in Android, so stock Android on a large tablet is not that great an experience. Like using a giant phone. Tablet makers have had to make their own modifications to Android to take advantage of the larger screen space (e.g. running multiple apps side-by-side).
Wow, did you think that up all by yourself? I'll bet you feel better now...try the little pink pills next time.
Yeah, when I discovered this, and the fact that Lineage isn't even supported on any of the Samsung tablets available for sale, I finally gave up and switched over to Apple.
I never thought I would do that because I prefer having more control, but Google has no follow through on anything they release. If you like an app or feature, it probably won't be around in a couple of years. And trying to keep an Android tablet updated is a nightmare. I've pretty much given up on Google for anything but search, and even that's not as good as it once was.
Party like it's 1999 dude!
Microsoft get so much shit about the security flaws in Windows and yet they support their software for 10 years or more. Suggesting that you might want Android updates for more than 18 months and the fanboys act like you're insane.
Yes, Apple battery time has always been very disappointing to her...
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Dunno if handheld computing is front and center at Apple any longer.
Visited Apple Store and couldn't visibly see that Apple's line of iPads has advanced. Every one of the iPads looks like they did 4 years ago. Except now a 12" iPad looks small. WTF?
No where was an iPad Mini on display.
Effectively, Tim Cook has obfuscated consumer's ability to compare, contrast and plot a roadmap forward with handheld desktop portables and desktop portables .vs. wired desktop computing.
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Google pretty much stopped supporting tablet features in Android, so stock Android on a large tablet is not that great an experience. Like using a giant phone. Tablet makers have had to make their own modifications to Android to take advantage of the larger screen space (e.g. running multiple apps side-by-side).
I highly disagree with this statement. Most tablet users use their tablets for 4-5 tasks that are specially well suited for tablet application, such as streaming apps, book readers, web browsers, note taking, and maybe one more task. That's why I use my tablet for, and I never felt my tablet to be a "big phone". It is true there are many crappy apps on App Store that are not optimized for tablet UI. But guess what, over 90% of Android App store apps are such crap that I wouldn't put them even on a phone, and I really don't care whether they have a tablet optimized UI.
The iPad Mini does not have stereo sound in landscape mode, which makes it crap for video streaming apps. All the sound is firing from the left or right of the screen. What a waste. One of the reasons I am sticking with Android tablets because almost all of them support stereo sound in landscape mode.
Heck, I even would access a MONO sound if the speaker was placed in the center of the screen, but the way Apple iPad/Mini does it is just stupid.