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  • 2018 iPad Pro: everything you need to know

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    eliangonzal said:
    So, if you connect the new iPad Pro to a 4K or 5K monitor, will you get a fullscreen? I've seen shots of still images and video playing at full screen, but would the home screen and other apps be at fullscreen?
    Yep, I hear you on this. Similar to using AirPlay on my iPad to my TV I'd get two black bars on the sides. Which was disappointing. Not sure if that is still the same. :)
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  • 2018 iPad Pro: everything you need to know

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    dewme said:
    Stunning product updates, at least on paper. I love my current 12.9” iPad Pro but it is truly unwieldy to use in portrait orientation. The new design looks like it addresses this very nicely and bumps up performance and capacities significantly. The iPad Pro products are definitely in a class by themselves with nothing remotely in sight.

    Microsoft is tethered to its legacy and seems incapable of covering the last mile to deliver a fully touch optimized user experience in a tablet form factor without a mouse dependency.

    Who knows, maybe google will finally slough off the half baked Android tablet user experience to the Android ankle biter minions and do something real with Chrome on a tablet - and in three to five years has a critical mass of tablet optimized apps to make it a worthy alternative. Of course this assumes Apple immediately halts any further refinements and innovations for iPad. Unlikely. 
    Well said...I like how you think. :)
    watto_cobra

  • 2018 iPad Pro: everything you need to know

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    Wow! I'm blown away with the new iPad Pro's. My first thought was I love the 'squared' edges.

    Reminds me of the the iPhone 5 design aesthetic. 

    Rather than quibble if one can go only iOS as their only platform...

    ...How about this, get two iPad Pro's. One for travel and the larger one for home use on the couch. Get the Xs iPhone, AirPods (no more fussing w/ dongles and wired headphones), ATV, MacBookAir or Pro, and an 27" iMac (when the new ones come out, of course)?

    Now you don't have to quibble anymore and you have the best of both worlds, so to speak. :)

    I think you'll find that you will enjoy the large 27" iMac experience, and the Xs experience and hardly use the notebook or iPads! :) Or at least some variation of that. :)

    Best 
    watto_cobra

  • Apple's iPad, iPhone, and Apple TV are changing the customer experience for the better

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    lkrupp said:
    Slowly but surely, one step at a time, Apple advances. First a toehold in the enterprise with IBM and SAP. Despite tech bloggers constant dismissal of the company and its products Apple keeps plugging away. Windows may still continue to dominate for a long time but now there is a legitimate alternative for the enterprise and small businesses. What a ride it’s been the last thirty years. Many here in the AI forums castigate Apple’s every move, criticizing and dismissing every hardware or software release, constantly focusing on the negative, lambasting Apple’s management team at every opportunity. But Apple just keeps moving forward. Meanwhile the knight in shining armor that was to vanquish Apple in the valuation race just dropped over 8% in after hours trading because of a miss. That would be Amazon of course, the company that was to first join and then quickly surpass Apple in the $1T club. 
    Nice little synopsis (and critique)! :) 
    watto_cobra

  • Apple shares iPhone XR reviews ahead of Friday launch

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    I've always leaned towards, for lack of a better expression, the 'consumer' versions of Apple products as opposed to the 'Pro' devices.

    I.e., MacBook vs. MBPro, iPad Mini vs. iPadPro, SE vs. iPhone X, the less expensive version of the AppleTV, an iMac vs. whatever their tower version is, and the least expensive AppleWatch.

    I've been relatively successful selling most of the devices, old iPads, iPods, iPhones, etc., etc. Or given them to my niece. I don't have any old devices laying around. 

    I only rent or buy Movies, TV shows, or music thru Apple iTunes. A little more expensive but I just can bring myself to give money to Google, FaceBook or Amazon.

    I only buy Apple software. I'd rather do without than to buy an Adobe or MS product. No offense.

    The iPhone-R will most likely be my next purchase....Pink or blue or maybe white. :)

    Best.




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