Apple Unveils the iPad Pro

Re:Apple Unveils the iPad Pro by benologist on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @05:55PM (#10194899)

I think Apple will have a very hard time convincing companies to port / produce complex apps that come with a lifetime of free updates. Mac App store has failed pretty objectively at applying iOS conventions to serious software.

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Re:Apple Unveils the iPad Pro by r00fus on Thursday September 10, 2015 @02:40AM (#10196415)

Three letters: I B M.

If those business apps [1] take off, IBM gains the solution and the customer, while Apple gains valuable beachhead front property in the war on Microsoft's soil.

The iPad Pro, Pencil, new connector, not to mention force-touch and split screen have a likelyhood of sealing the deal.

[1] http://www.apple.com/business/mobile-enterprise-apps/

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Re:Apple Unveils the iPad Pro by Someone on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @06:32PM (#10195094)

Maybe, but what surprises me every time I browse the App Store is the amount of expensive apps I encounter. There are many textbooks that have made the jump to iPad while keeping prices that are far above $10.

For an example, see http://www.pcronline.com/eurointervention/textbook/pcr-textb...:

"Get the iPad application for only $149.99"

Maybe that is just a web site in an app with limited interactivity, but there definitely seems to be competition in that market. The disadvantage of free updates in such markets may be more than balanced by the advantage of very limited ability to resell apps (the easiest way I know to resell apps is to create separate iTunes accounts for each app, and let te buyer set a new password for that account. That becomes impractical soon, of you have tens of apps)

That 3D knee visualization, to me, seems a clear indication of that.

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