Instead of reviewing the iPad, Federico Viticci over at MacStories decided to take iPadOS to task. He runs down what’s missing, what’s broken, and what Apple needs to do to make the iPad the do-everything device it could be. Federico gets it!
The iPad Pro is a beast. The two-year-old iPad is more compelling than ever. So what is the Air even for anymore?
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Apple’s latest high-end tablet is a marvel of hardware design still in need of the software and accessories to really make it sing. But wow is it fun to use.
It’ll be its first update since the 2021 model, but don’t expect much — it’ll come with a processor bump, Mark Gurman wrote to subscribers of his Power On newsletter for Bloomberg yesterday. But as he also wrote in April, it won’t get much else.
It’s pretty impressive, apparently:
“I picked up the iPad Pro at this event in New York and, like, out loud, involuntarily, just said, ‘holy shit.’”
Amidst the very divided reactions surrounding Apple’s new iPad Pro ad, users have dug up a 2008 commercial for the LG KC910 Renoir 8MP phone... and it looks pretty familiar.
It’s versatile, doesn’t weigh much, and no one else makes anything quite like it for the iPad Pro. Hopefully it’s not gone for good.
In a memo sent to stores, Apple says it’s not including stickers with the new iPad Pro or iPad Air, but customers can still ask for them at the store, according to 9to5Mac. The company reportedly pointed to its environmental initiatives, like its plastic-free packaging goals.
Apple has been omitting stickers in more products, but that’s mostly only included gadgets like its AirPods.
