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This post is very interesting in a number of things besides the Google Maps. I still have an old iPod touch, the iPad 1, and dayly use my iPad 3 (iPad with Ret

This post is very interesting in a number of things besides the Google Maps. I still have an old iPod touch, the iPad 1, and dayly use my iPad 3 (iPad with Retina). I also own the new iPhone X. But especialy on the iPad I have no use case on updating it besides it is running this old iOS, for which no update is available anymore. Because there is no update all the apps for it are also not anymore updated, because Apple requires in Xcode a minimum iOS version for compiling. So I am more and more cut off from many services just because a newer iPad does not provide more except to stay up to date with the services I use. Comming from an industrial background where systems are running for 20 years, 30 years, and more that is really frustrating, when even 5 year old technology doesn't run for other use cases.

scarface74 9y ago
The first gen iPad still works with Netflix, Hulu, Plex, Spotify, Crackle, Google Drive, and all of Apple's iWork apps. Of course these are all older versions. It supports AirPrint and AirPlay.
- brewdad 9y ago
  Can you actually download any of those apps if they aren't already on your iPad today?
  - scarface74 9y ago
    Yes. I reset my first gen iPad last year and redownloaded all of those apps. If the newest version is not compatible with your iOS version, It gives you the option of downloading the last compatible version. On another note, when Apple first implemented two factor authentication, they didn't make it well known, but you could enter your password+authentication code for older iOS versions. Later, they actually added that to the password prompt. The only caveat is that you can only download previous versions if you have downloaded any version of the same app previously. If you haven't, you have to download the newest version from another device first or you have to download it via iTunes and then you can download it from the App Store on the older device.

scarface74 9y ago

The first gen iPad still works with Netflix, Hulu, Plex, Spotify, Crackle, Google Drive, and all of Apple's iWork apps. Of course these are all older versions. It supports AirPrint and AirPlay.

brewdad 9y ago
Can you actually download any of those apps if they aren't already on your iPad today?
- scarface74 9y ago
  Yes. I reset my first gen iPad last year and redownloaded all of those apps. If the newest version is not compatible with your iOS version, It gives you the option of downloading the last compatible version. On another note, when Apple first implemented two factor authentication, they didn't make it well known, but you could enter your password+authentication code for older iOS versions. Later, they actually added that to the password prompt. The only caveat is that you can only download previous versions if you have downloaded any version of the same app previously. If you haven't, you have to download the newest version from another device first or you have to download it via iTunes and then you can download it from the App Store on the older device.