bernieMay 7, 2024
Stephen Hackett 
Apple still thinks the iPad’s problem is hardware. https://512pixels.net/2024/05/the-problems-never-the-hardware/
The Problem’s Never the Hardware

Today's Apple event has come and gone, and in its wake are some new iPads, a slightly saner iPad lineup, and some questions. The biggest one for me is this: Does Apple know what the iPad actually needs? Right before debuting new iPad Pros, John Ternus said that Apple was "gonna crush the limits of [...]

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May 7, 2024 at 3:01pmWeb
Show threadNicolas Ward May 7, 2024
@ismh There's always WWDC?
Show threadCasper 👻May 7, 2024
@ismh
Wait until WWDC I guess?
Show threadAaron HockleyMay 7, 2024
@ismh I mean, when the way that one of their biggest iPad advocates @viticci makes it usable for him involves using a hacksaw...
Show threadRick BaumhauerMay 7, 2024
@techphotoguy @ismh @viticci Well, a figurative hacksaw (really just a set of torx screwdrivers and patience).
Show threadCarlosMay 7, 2024
@ismh can’t even play two videos at the same time😭
Show threadShawn PlatkusMay 8, 2024

@cmaciasjimenez @ismh Sure it can. I can play two videos at the same time on my iPad mini even:

https://mastodon.social/@platkus/111806354694786812

Show threadKevin Patrick Doyle 🍅🥫May 7, 2024
@ismh the hardware refreshes will continue until the sales improve
Show threadChris FinazzoMay 7, 2024

@Kevin @ismh Unless that hardware refresh includes Face ID 🙃

You’re killing me, Tim.

Show threadAsh DoyleMay 7, 2024
@ismh to be fair, the software changes could come at WWDC. This really was just about new hardware.
Show threadCory OldweilerMay 7, 2024
@ismh I just compared my third-gen 11” Pro to the new one, and while I would *love* the OLED display, 22 grams and .6 mm are just not compelling enough reasons for me to switch when I know all the same usage frustrations/short-comings are still there. I know the hype meter will be as sky high as ever, but as an iPad-only user, I’m personally really disappointed.
Show threadJohn ConwayMay 7, 2024
@ismh Because facing the fact that the app-centric way of doing things is a failure in anything but phones would be a really bitter pill to swallow.
Show threadkira :3May 7, 2024
@ismh it's a device i have wanted to like for the longest time but i can't use it for anything, the hobbled OS makes it like a gritty sandpapery version of just about anything i would normally want to do on a computer
Show threadKJRS-10 (330 ppm)May 7, 2024
@chrisisgr8 @ismh The only thing I use it for is a (ProCreate) sketchpad. It's great at that! But saving the files? Sharing/transferring them? Pure clunkiness :|
Show threadkira :3May 7, 2024
@kjrsten @ismh yeah, like a while ago i wanted to see if i could open a psd that is on my nas in photoshop for ipad and i was impressed/glad that i could, but it was overwhelmingly clunky compared to using an actual desktop computer. it would have been smoother to use my ibook g4
Show threadDanielMay 7, 2024
@ismh iPadOS has always been in this “wait until next WWDC, it’ll improve!”- and it never really does 🙂‍↔️ they should have kept the iPad as an iPad, and not tried to turn it into a fake (expensive) MacBook
Show threadLogan HighlenMay 7, 2024
@ismh pretty sure we experienced this in 2018. The new Hardware seemed great but software was, even worse so, not in a position to leverage the A12
Show threadRick WilliamsMay 7, 2024
@ismh it makes me so sad. It’s literally my ideal form factor, but so difficult for me to use for anything other than media consumption and photo editing.
Show threadAurora - NOW celestiallavendar@icedoatmilk@coffeeMay 7, 2024
@ismh I just want a decent drawing tablet without spending like $3000 ​​
Show threadShawn PlatkusMay 8, 2024
@spots1000 That’s why the 10th gen iPad exists for around ten times less than $3000!
Show threadAurora - NOW celestiallavendar@icedoatmilk@coffeeMay 8, 2024
@platkus But you can't have the second generation apple pencil on a non iPad pro model.
Show threadShawn PlatkusMay 8, 2024
@spots1000 Of course you can. It works on iPad Air and iPad mini. I use one myself on my iPad mini.
Show threadGik  | 💙➡️🇺🇦May 7, 2024
@ismh evergreen
Show threadTimo GrünMay 7, 2024
@ismh
I really really wanted to like the 13” iPad Pro. I gave it my best shot but trying to get anything done on it still feels like trying to swim in a snowsuit. I use it for reading news, watching YouTube at the table and occasionally a quick, unimportant photo edit.
Show threadBrent YorkMay 7, 2024
@ismh “Brent emphasized Stephen’s message”
Show threadCesare ForelliMay 7, 2024
@ismh counterpoint: Apple only knows how to improve iPad hardware, not software, so they're throwing raw power to an UI issue
Show threadOwen 🇦🇺May 7, 2024

@ismh It’s iPadOS, iPadOS is the problem, it’s iPadOS! 🤦‍♂️ 🤪

It doesn’t matter how much power or hardware upgrades Apple throws at the iPad platform. The operating system is fundamentally broken (especially on iPad Pro) and needs to be completely redesigned.

Show threadShawn PlatkusMay 8, 2024
@ismh I don’t think Apple thinks that the iPad has a problem.