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  • New iPad Air & iPad Pro models are coming soon - what to expect

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    MisterKit said:
    iPad hardware has been more than enough for several generations now. If there is any breakthrough advance it lies with the software.
    True. And $1500 is well into laptop territory for price. They’ve slowly been increasing the capabilities of iPadOS but that’s been the limiting factor for quite some time.

     Apple also really needs to merge the regular/air lines and get rid of one of them.
    MisterKitnubus

  • The long nightmare may be over -- iPad could finally get a Calculator app

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    for quick calculations you can simply hit command-space to open the search field and type in the equation. 

    It's not a substitute for a real calculator and doesn't excuse such a glaring oversight but it helps in a pinch.

    Now, how about if they fix the iPhone calculator app so it accurately recognizes all your taps?
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  • Apple's FineWoven case and Apple Watch band lineup may have been cut short

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    jvm156 said:
    VictorMortimer said:
    Meh.

    3rd party leather cases are cheaper and better.  And Apple doesn't even make a belt case, which makes no sense.
    Didn’t belt cases die with flip phones?
    Yes, they did - don’t tell boomer that, though! 😛
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  • Apple's FineWoven case and Apple Watch band lineup may have been cut short

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    It just never lived up to the hype. 

    It seems the only people hyping up the fine woven cases was Apple. Apart from them, it’s rare to see a product that was so universally panned. Apple can add this along with the butterfly keyboard to the file on how not to do things.
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  • New 12.9-inch iPad Air may not be a large-screen bargain

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    retrogusto said:
    The current iPad Air is kind of awkward in the lineup, given that the $599 base model only has 64gb of storage (which probably isn’t enough for most people, especially at that price), and the next level up only costs $50 less than an iPad Pro 128gb (which is enough for many people). And that $50 gets you a lot of extra stuff. It’ll be interesting to see the base storage for the new models—it’ll make a bigger difference for most people than a screen upgrade, unless the screen also makes the device significantly sleeker and lighter. 
    Agreed. Initially it was a slightly thinner iPad that was an upgrade to the then-current iPad. Since then it’s always been a bit in between. 

    Potentially it could be like the 15” MacBook Air for people who want a larger screen but don’t need the power of the iPad Pro but if they price it close to the iPad Pro there’s no real advantage and it ends up being another orphan device. 
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