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  • iPad and Mac don't compete against each other, so buy both says Apple exec

    thttht
    It's frustrating when the question is when the Mac will get a touchscreen, or when the iPad can run macOS. I'd prefer to ask when iPadOS will get better multitasking, a better audio subsystem, a Terminal app, a VM app, a better filesystem app, a better virtual keyboard, a virtual trackpad, better text selection, etc. So, a touch first OS with more functionality.
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  • New iPad Air review roundup: Screen and Apple Pencil Pro are standouts

    thttht
    I haven’t read them all, but it appears the reviewers don’t actually review iPads as a tablet. They review them like a macOS laptop. The same way they have been doing reviews for iPads for years now. 

    For example, nobody actually used the Pencil Pro. To most of the reviewers, they used the Pencil like a sausage with a sharp point. Just the perfunctory few sentences about it, when what I would like to read about is how well can you draw with it, how well you can write with it, how well the haptic feedback works, how well the barrel roll feature works, etc. 

    I like Apple to go even further in optimizing iPads as a touch and stylus system. Would like to see the virtual keyboard improved. The touch UI navigation continually improved. And of course touch-base navigation and manipulation to be continually improved. 

    I am in agreement that Apple has to enable unlimited tasking, include better audio capture in the audio, add VMs, add Terminal access, etc, but has to remain as a touch and stylus optimized system. 

    It always grates on me when I see these media types use the iPad while it is vertical, or touching it while vertical. That’s not how you use a tablet. 

    Windows has had touchscreen support for decades now. 99.99% of the usage I’ve seen in a touchscreen laptop is to scroll or push a button. Not worth it especially on Macs which have the best trackpads available.

    Different story for Windows laptops where it is relatively common for owners to carry around a mouse instead of using the trackpad. 
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  • RenAIssance: How Apple will drag Siri into the modern era

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    loopless said:
    I would agree with Chasm's comments, all this "Siri" bashing is out of date. For complex text messages, Siri gets it right 99% of the time, and I can compose long emails with excellent accuracy.  All this BS about "Hey Siri, tell me the most home runs by a team with a name starting with B" or some garbage query , who cares. For most basic tasks , that cover most situations,  and that you need Siri to help with ( especially when driving) Siri does a really excellent job.
    Hehe, Siri is basically the last voice assistant standing. Alexa plateaued and Amazon couldn't figure out how to make money with it. Google Assistant plateaued, they couldn't figure out how to make money with it and now they waiting on their LLM, where they are waiting things to happen to make it profitable. MS Cortana is long dead. I'm waiting to see if they can make some profits with Copilot. Uh, does anyone use their voice with Copilot?

    How LLM chatbots relate to Apple is basically a "who-knows?" They don't need an in-house one. They could do one, but really don't need to.

    It's a feature and a service, and mostly a keyboard based one. Voice interfaces suck, and most people won't use it with their voice anyways. So, you even have to wonder what the usage rate between voice and keyboard will be with these chatbots.
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  • Apple's new iPad Pro gets M4 power, advanced Tandem OLED screens

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    melgross said:
    Well, as usual I spent a lot of money I didn’t have to. So I bought the whole thing, 13”, keyboard and Pencil and also the nano glass. I hope the glass isn’t too difficult to clean as my iPad screen gets dirtier than my Apple monitor screen.
    ...
    anyway, I’m pretty excited to see this new one. It should be here between the 16th and the 20th. My wife’s, which doesn’t have the nano screen and 512GB instead of 1TB, will be here the 15th.
    Can you give us a report on the crispness, clarity and contrast of the two, nano-texture versus smooth? And the difference in feel with the Pencil?
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  • Apple's new iPad Pro gets M4 power, advanced Tandem OLED screens

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    PeteM said:
    johnwhite1001 said:
    So disappointing.  Apple had to make it so thin.  That means it has a much smaller battery than it could have had.  OLED screens typically have higher power demands.  In reality it will probably only get 6 hours or so.
    Actually the Battery is larger on the new model and the Runtime specs are exactly the same as the previous model.
    2024 iPP13 battery is 39 WHr
    2022 iPP13 battery is 41 WHr

    2024 iPP11 battery is 31 WHr
    2022 iPP11 battery is 29 WHr

    2024 iPA13 battery is 37 WHr
    2024 iPA11 battery is 29 WHr

    But like you said, runtime is the real metric, and Apple changes battery sizes to try to hit 10 hrs of light web browsing as well as they can.
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