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So long Surface Pro 4, I’m going with the iPad Pro

Feature Request is a new regular 9to5Mac series where authors offer their opinion on how to improve popular hardware or software products. Just detach the holder and replace it with the included faceplate.

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iPad Air 2 handles split-screen apps really well with iOS 9.

This hack requires the Pencil, since the sensors for measuring how much pressure you’re using are in the device’s tip, not in the iPad Pro screen.

Amazon: Prices are pretty comparable to that of the Apple Store. Apple quotes 10 hours of mixed use and that feels about right to me.

Pundits cite Apple’s powerful A9 processor as a key benefit of the new iPad Pro. Though not a case, it is a magnetic cushion that conforms to any surface, flat or irregular, so you always have the best angle when you’re typing on the iPad, browsing the web, playing games or just watching videos. The technology is already there and third-party apps are tackling this problem, but an official Apple method would be great. It became thinner, lighter and slightly more curvaceous over the years, then spawned the smaller mini and larger Pro models. I can still get almost all of my work done with it – which admittedly does include a few workarounds such as keyboard shortcuts since there’s no mouse or trackpad – and it’s far better for me during non-work activities.

What it didn’t know was what people might use an original iPad for back in 2010. Other retailers are only offering this discount based on a contract striked with any US-based carrier but not many people choose to go with this option as it’s not particularly good. I’ve tried to use it as a sketchpad. One look at the front of Black Friday 2015 ads and you’ll see that the iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch and Apple notebooks are front and center.

So, if you’re going to take the iPad plunge, the question is: which one?

Mac Rumors found the best iPad Mini 4 Black Friday deals! Quick access to things like weather info, calendar events, and breaking news would be very useful and make the lock screen somewhat less of a waste of space. The iPad Pro in landscape mode has a 5×4 app grid and in portrait mode a 4×5 grid. It’s easy to connect your Wi-Fi iPad to your phone in hotspot mode. “That makes me wonder if the Air will go away over time”. You can connect special keyboards through a side port, too, but right now those keyboards don’t do anything much differently than the Bluetooth ones you can get on other iPads.

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And I don’t agree with him that the iPad Pro’s display is significantly larger than that of the Surface Pro 4.

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