So I went to the AppleStore to see the new iPads: Fomo is healed. iPad, iPad Air, iPad Pro stand all next to each other: There’s a weight difference and they have different pencils and keyboards. That’s it. My 2019 iPad pro still plays in the same league. They’re all just iPads. Maybe #WWDC changes that, maybe not.
In theory, an M4 iPad with 16GB ram and the Magic Keyboard can completely replace my mac, and it is more versatile because it’s an iPad. It needs to run Xcode with at least all the SwiftUI related components, Instruments, and a terminal for git, and have some means of real filesystem based apps so that something like „Tower for iPad“ is possible. It shouldn’t be overwhelmend with outlandish tasks like „using some program to create graphical assets for use in an Xcode project“.
It is totally possible we see this at #wwdc, because for the first time the hardware is 100% where it needs to be. It's only Apple who needs to want it, too.
Reading some iPad Pro reviews. What feels puzzling, troubling, and just off base is that the the complaints about iPadOS could have been written before and most were.
So I’m not getting the love/hate with the device/software. I don’t think anyone expected iPadOS to offer anything new at this point. If they did they were wrong.
If they’re hoping they’ll push Apple further at WWDC, that ship has sailed whatever it contains, so I don’t get the push. #Apple#iPadPro#iPad#WWDC
I’m sure there’s a reason but I don’t understand why #apple released the new iPads now. Why not hold them until #wwdc? It just seems weird since every review is “the hardware is great but iPadOS is bad”.
I don’t expect Earth, or moon, shattering news from WWDC . Usually, there is something worthwhile. This year, I’m epecting a lot of focus on so-called AI/neural and VisionOS—stuff, for which, I don’t see a need.
I don’t see Swift getting easier, or XCode faster.
New #ipad looks great but we’ll need to wait for #WWDC before we get to the “why”. A skinner iPad with a nice screen is great, but still doesn’t turn the iPad from an overpowered movie streaming device into something worth the cost.
I’m curious if we get that amazing virtualization tech on iPadOS with a legal way to run macOS. That could really transform the iPad from niche to go-to travel device.
WWDC is around the temporal corner. I forsee lots of VisionOS content. I expect more MacOS and iOS convergence. I still see a fractured UI trying to make sense of how Mac, iOS, and VisionOS should play nice.
Currently preparing for Global Accessibility Awareness Day by enhancing the VoiceControl support for Study Snacks by adding accessibilityInputLabels (thanks @twostraws for the nudge)
Do you have other ideas a11y enhancements?
Best would be some lesser known ones, as I have most of the basics covered already in the app!
You can't let a product like Vision Pro stumble out of the gate half-finished with no launch event, no developer support and no meaningful updates or new content in 3 months. Virtually nobody even got a dev kit. There's little to no App Store discoverability, so apps that are there don't get surfaced, which means they make no money to justify future investment in the platform.
Apple has got so complacent that it's forgotten what it takes to fight for a new product category
@matadan@stroughtonsmith I noticed many are using the 'dev kit' description a lot. Is that just a personal opinion or is there literature Apples web site you can point to? So far, I have not seen any indication that is the case. The descriptions and demos from #WWDC its a replacement for your home entertainment system not mention examples were dad taking spatial video of kids, face time chat, watching movies, playing games. How is that a dev kit?