John Gruber, one of the most influential Apple bloggers around, described the launch of the iPad Pro as “sort of… joyless” because of the 4-5 week wait times.
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The 12.9-inch iPad Pro – 78% larger and at $799, 60% more expensive than the iPad Air 2 – is aimed squarely at this demographic. “But if Apple tried to fuse the two together, the CEO believes it might not be in the best interests of users: “…So we want to make the best tablet in the world and the best Mac in the world.
The confirmation that the new iPad Pro tablet comes with a USB 3.0-compatible Lightning port is noteworthy. And for design jobs or people who like using a stylus, there is an Apple Pencil accessory.
According to the official iPad Pro page, if a buyer preorders the 32 GB variant today in any of the color variants like silver, gold and space gray, it will be delivered by November 19 for free. The pressure-sensitive stylus was built to work with the Pro, and it is central to the most exciting apps on the device.
With such a large screen, the iPad Pro seems to be obviously gunning for another market – laptops. The desktop version of both apps can do far more, including keeping multiple documents open at once. Toward that end, Apple offers something called a Smart Keyboard, a cover for the device that turns it into a quasi-notebook computer.
Until recently, the iPad was largely positioned as an in-between device – a tool that blended numerous capabilities of a PC with the versatility and mobility of a smartphone.
The Surface Pro 4, they say, is a welcome upgrade from the Surface Pro 3.
Unfortunately, at $100, Pencil is pricey, and there’s not a lot you can do with it just yet. Focused on one thing at a time, two max. This will allow the user to utilize the iPad Pro as a laptop. You can purchase the device for a staggering $800. That isn’t the case with what is available in the App Store right now.
The initial reviews of the iPad Pro were lukewarm.
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There are a few areas where the device doesn’t quite make the leap from tablet to laptop: the premature death of the mouse, lack of full-featured software, and multitasking.
