That and the iPad Pro were real duds. Good concepts, underwhelming execution ("let's just slap iOS on a big-ass screen, it will do").
There’s definitely room for software to catch up for other types of uses, but that’s more a matter of third party developers stepping up. (And the general poor market / software ecosystem on the iPad, with relatively weak sales of pro apps in general.)
Don’t expect it to be a laptop replacement. (I know some people who have had success with this, but for me the uses of iPad and laptop are almost entirely non-overlapping.)
It’s also great for watching video, and I have friends who have enjoyed playing games on one.
I think the hardcore sandboxing iOS forces doesn't really work well with "Pro" workflows. Say you want to edit a Word document and insert a picture - unless both your word processor app AND image-editing app are somehow integrated with dropbox / icloud, you can't do it; if you don't want to store your multi-gb image on "the cloud", you can't work with it; etc etc. Are these use-cases for laptops only? Yeah, maybe; but that's the sort of thing the iPad Pro was supposed to do.
I was (and still am) a big supporter of laptop-replacing tablets, but Apple didn't really manage to pull it off with this device. MS seems to have nailed it better, and I'll probably get a Surface-like as soon as prices come down a bit.
That is an understatement: while sandbox restrictions can be bad for users, they can be a nightmare for developers who enter the feared 'app rejection cycles'.
Been using a Windows tablet recently, and there is a sharp line between the Win32 programs and the metro apps.
Thus you can say that a Windows tablet is a Windows desktop computer with Windows Mobile embedded.
As for the sandbox thing, i agree highly. Sadly the valley seems convinced that heavy sandboxing is the only way forward, no matter how much it infantilize the user.
Likely because the biggest proponents expect that they will always know the magic knock to get the sandbox to go away...
Yeah, didn't mean that the experience is flawless, just that it's overall better (IMHO) than what you get on the iPad Pro.
The Apple Watch is a much better fitness tracker than my old Android Wear watch, which had a very inaccurate heart rate sensor.
Notifications are synced.
You can see your next appointment by scrolling the crown.
Battery life is better, not worse.
The app launching thing is annoying though, but I rarely use third party apps on either.
Compared to Android alternatives already on the market, it's nothing special. The other i-devices were distinctive, this one is an also-ran.
The Apple Watch is so much superior.
Huh really? First I've heard of it.
iPad sales volume continue to drop yet price remains stable.