iPad 9.7‑inch

Re:iPad 9.7‑inch by stronglikedan on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:01AM (#13922762)

My favorite new tactic of theirs is in their new commercials, where an actor will ask if the "iPad" can do something, and the announcer will confirm that it can, on the "iPad Pro". The one that jumps to mind is the MS Office one, but I recall at least one other feature that they advertised using the same tactic.

It's pretty confusing if you don't catch the causally mentioned "Pro" bit at the very end, after they've gone through a segment on the "feature" that the "iPad" can do. I just hope it'll net them a lot of returned iPads from rightfully frustrated customers.

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Re:iPad 9.7‑inch by aeontech on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:57AM (#13923375)

I think that's just because those are commercials promoting the Pro specifically, not that they are saying that those things cannot be done on non-pro models. At least, I'm not aware of any restrictions on what models of iPad's can run Office, for example, and if there were, they'd be ones imposted by app's authors, Microsoft in this case.

Unless you're talking about apps specifically requiring Pencil?

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Re:iPad 9.7‑inch by stronglikedan on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @05:34PM (#13926476)

Maybe it's just the bait-and-switch tone of the commercials that throws me off. It does seem like Office would run on any iPad [0], and they could just be referring to the pencil. However, even the description there [0] is kind of weirdly worded to me. I just don't know enough about Apple devices I guess.

> * Word is ready for iPad Pro and looks amazing on the 12.9-inch screen. Read Word documents on iPad Pro for free. To create and edit docs, you need a qualifying Office 365 subscription. Try it for free for 30 days. * The real Microsoft Word app designed for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

[0] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-word/id586447913?m...

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