Is the iPad Pro Less of a Cloud Client and More of a Stand Alone Computer?

Reid Cooper

Okay, so it's partially device dependent and not totally an iOS feature.

Minion Queen

Oh cool I have an Ipad Air2.

nadnerB

resisting flammable comments

JaredBusch

@nadnerB said:

resisting flammable comments

Why hold back? Opposing opinions matter.

nadnerB

@JaredBusch said:

@nadnerB said:

resisting flammable comments

Why hold back? Opposing opinions matter.

They weren't constructive in the way I had them phrased. I'll work on rephrasing them so they add to the thread and not drag it down

nadnerB

Righto, so here's the less flammable version:

Split Screen: How did it take Apple so long to catch up with this? Android (specifically Samsung) and Windows have had this for years. Is there something different/better about Apple's implementation of it?
Stylus: Not overly useful to the masses as it looks geared towards creative people (i.e. not the general populace). Seems a bit odd to take the time to reinvent the wheel.
iPad pro: It sounds a bit pretentious but at least they didn't call it iPad Elite

nadnerB

I know a lot changes in 8 years but it's still funny.

JaredBusch

With that last post You are comparing phone to tablet. Two different things.

Dashrender

@JaredBusch said:

With that last post You are comparing phone to tablet. Two different things.

sure, but I know many people who love their pen on their Note 5. Is a phablet a phone?

JaredBusch

Split screen is not being heralded as a big new thing, but as an improvement in user friendliness. Design choice opposed to catch up.

It is not just a stylus. It contains various sensors designed to work specifically with the new screen. Is it better or worse than what Wacom will come out with? No idea. It is squarely aimed at the more than casual user market.

And all of the android names are better?

JaredBusch

@Dashrender said:

sure, but I know many people who love their pen on their Note 5. Is a phablet a phone?

Not to me, no.

You also have to recall what that 2007 announcement was comparing against.

JaredBusch

Also the pencil ONLY works with the iPad Pro

nadnerB

@JaredBusch said:

With that last post You are comparing phone to tablet. Two different things.

I see how you have drawn that conclusion but I don't believe that is what was originally intended.
Look at it a bit like this:
1st image Apple promote ditching the stylus
2nd image Apple have built a stylus (type device) and are promoting its purchase.

If anything, it's an unfair comparison between touch screen technologies