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The latest iPad Mini.

It was meant to be a Moleskine replacement. I draw a lot but I can't carry all sorts of pencils with me.

I made it a dedicated drawing and reading device. No notifications, no emails, etc.

Holy moly is it good. Procreate and Notability are incredible apps. Having different pens, layers and an undo button is fantastic. It replaced the paper pad next to my computer, as well as my Moleskine.

The size is perfect. I carry that thing everywhere. I rarely leave the house without it.

The best part is that it asks nothing of me. It never bothers me or does things worse than what it replaces.

Oh and fully committing to USB-C. It saves a lot of luggage space, and everything is a power bank.

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I use the latest iPad Air similarly. Got it and an Apple Pencil as a more-capable replacement for my reMarkable tablet and my Kindle, turned off all notifications and did not install any distractions. It's a great device. For me the main apps are Bear and Concepts.

Trying my friend's iPad Air is what sold me. I just went "oh".

I tried a Surface, thinking that I could also replace my laptop and pack lighter (I travel by motorcycle a lot), but it was unusable as a tablet, and... well as annoying as any Windows laptop. The Photoshop-like UI and the open-edit-save workflow (can't close an app without messing with the file dialogs) was so pathetic compared to Procrate and Notability. Then it locked itself up for 3 hours to install more Bing shortcuts on the task bar. That's when I returned it.

The new amount of control Apple gives you over notifications in the latest iOS'es is a game-changer. I literally just discovered I could bundle all notifications from certain apps and have them notify me at certain times of the day en masse, which is AMAZING.

can I select different notification sound for each app?

good question. I don't use sounds, so not sure

Hard agree that the current gen of iPads are really incredible, and that Procreate especially is maybe the best creative app that's ever been made.

They keep adding features under the same price point that make giddy with possibility.

I recently discovered a device ... weights just one gram, foldable, biodegradable, battery holds for 1yr+, costs 2 cents. Stylus is replaceable and costs $1/dozen.

Cool how many brushes has it got? Does it have an undo function or some sort of cloud backup option?

It has a cloud option but it requires a lighter accessory and a flame install. Luckily there are no known bugs, but without a proper firewall you may experience total data lose of unconnected devices.

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