Re:New iPad Air and iPad Mini
by coldtea on Monday March 18, 2019 @11:31AM
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>I have no idea what the appeal is, there's none at all for me, but there must be a decent sized market out there. It's interesting to read the other comments and see what the appeal is for them
Here's what the appeal is for me:
1) A device I can use at the bed/crapper comfortably -- to read, check email, browse, etc.
2) I'm a hobby artist (from the Amiga days) and I love the digital painting apps and Apple pencil.
3) It's my main reading device. I have tons of physical books (several thousands), but its now cheaper and more convenient to read PDFs, ePub, etc books. I use Apple's Books and the iOS Kindle app.
4) Photography. It's great for sharing with friends nearby, casual edits on the road, having your portfolio in an easy to show, glorious screen.
5) Music apps. If somebody does guitar, piano, or electronic music, there are tons of apps, from amp modellers to complete DAWs, and tons of "VSTs" (AUs in our case).
6) Great for note-taking, drawing diagrams and so on.
7) Handy to watch a video in something less to carry around than a laptop and bigger screen than a phone.
8) Not bad for games too if you're not an AAA gamer.
9) For writing articles, book, etc, it's also good -- non distracting, lots of great editors (even Scrivener), and so on.
Here's what the appeal is for me:
1) A device I can use at the bed/crapper comfortably -- to read, check email, browse, etc.
2) I'm a hobby artist (from the Amiga days) and I love the digital painting apps and Apple pencil.
3) It's my main reading device. I have tons of physical books (several thousands), but its now cheaper and more convenient to read PDFs, ePub, etc books. I use Apple's Books and the iOS Kindle app.
4) Photography. It's great for sharing with friends nearby, casual edits on the road, having your portfolio in an easy to show, glorious screen.
5) Music apps. If somebody does guitar, piano, or electronic music, there are tons of apps, from amp modellers to complete DAWs, and tons of "VSTs" (AUs in our case).
6) Great for note-taking, drawing diagrams and so on.
7) Handy to watch a video in something less to carry around than a laptop and bigger screen than a phone.
8) Not bad for games too if you're not an AAA gamer.
9) For writing articles, book, etc, it's also good -- non distracting, lots of great editors (even Scrivener), and so on.