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My iPad Pro is my favourite portable device that I wouldn't want to give up. Definitely not a feeling I have about my Macbook nor my iPhone.

by ulfw 7y ago

ezequiel-garzon 7y ago
Why would you say you don’t have that feeling about your iPhone?
- ulfw 7y ago
  Form factor I suppose. I just don't use my phone for as many things as my iPad (which I have always with me, with LTE). iPhone I use for short messages, google maps and quick email read-throughs and taking photos. That's about it. Maybe streaming songs. Any Android phone can do the same, some even better (Huawei Mate 30 Pro cameras e.g.) iPad can do all the above, plus much better web browsing, reddit, video/youtube viewing, photo editing, email and writing in general (with Apple Smartkeyboard), etc. It works with touch, pencil and keyboard and just feels like my personal device.
  - lostmsu 7y ago
    If you carry iPad around, why keep iPhone? Why not something like Galaxy Note? Or one of 7 inch phones if pencil is optional?
    - scarface74 7y ago
      On my 9.7 inch iPad I can have split screen, video playing in a small window and a slide over view. When iOS 13 comes out it will have better keyboard support and finally mouse support. If anything I want the larger iPad Air. As far as the Galaxy Note. Android still sucks as a tablet OS.
      - pmontra 7y ago
        I bought a Tab S5e recently. Samsung did a good job with its DEX interface. When activated it's a desktop with a dock and Android apps in windows. Bluetooth mouse and keyboard or soft keyboard. Video out over USB-C to hook it to a monitor with a HDMI adapter. And USB host mode obviously. There is even an Ubuntu 16.04 container sharing Android's kernel. It must be installed separately. It displays its own Unity desktop in a full screen DEX window and it comes with LibreOffice, VSCode, IntelliJ IDEA among the others. Great as ssh client, better than any other I used on Android. I used it to edit some pictures with Gimp and I made it run Rails, to check it could be used for some sw development.
    - ulfw 7y ago
      Unwieldy as a phone, too small for really good web browsing. What would convince me away would have been something like the Huawei Mate X foldable, before the US had to go all ...
- simonh 7y ago
  I feel the same way, because the iPad is dramatically more useful. I’m a gamer so I have a ton of PDFs on it, read comics on it, program on it in Pythonista, write in Google Docs, create charts maps and diagrams, all sort I couldn’t realistically do on a phone. One of my daughters loves drawing and ‘painting’ on the iPad, I got Procreate for her and she spends hours on it. She complains she’s started tapping to undo when she’s sketching on paper.
  - osrec 7y ago
    Genuinely curious, why, as a gamer, do you have a ton of PDFs?
    - monocasa 7y ago
      Maybe they mean table top gamer?
      - simonh 7y ago
        Yep, RPGs. Just started running a game of Blades in the Dark.
  - srndh 7y ago
    Your daughter is paint on ipad pro or ipad? What stylus was used?
reaperducer 7y ago
My iPad Pro is my favourite portable device that I wouldn't want to give up. Definitely not a feeling I have about my Macbook nor my iPhone. I felt the same way about my MacBook Air. It's been my constant companion since 2011 to a dozen countries and dozens more cities. Love that machine. This past April my wife bought me an iPad. The last three trips I took were with the 'Pad instead of the Air. I'm really surprised how useful that little thing is. I feel like I can go back to a feature phone now.
- jay_kyburz 7y ago
  I did exactly that. My daily carry is the new Nokia 3310. It was $90. It's fine. I can lose it or drop it and not care. And it's small! Learning how to type a text again using the numpad was painful, but after a few weeks I was back up to speed. No Facebook, Slack, Email. Not even a browser. No distractions. When I'm out with my kids, I'm with my kids. When I'm working, I'm at my desk with a real computer.
  - 9HZZRfNlpR 7y ago
    Why not a Nokia with full QWERTY layout then already?
    - jay_kyburz 7y ago
      You can't buy them.
      - 9HZZRfNlpR 7y ago
        How come? If you are an american: https://www.amazon.com/Nokia-Unlocked-QWERTY-Dedicated-MicroSD/dp/B003V4AJSU/ https://www.amazon.com/Nokia-Unlocked-QWERTY-Dedicated-Micro... They are being sold a lot on ebay etc. too. Refurbished and cheap, if you are willing to wait for the package. I use C3-00 and non of it's (primitive) smart features. It's still a dumb phone.
  - srndh 7y ago
    I am doing something close. My main phone is iphone SE. The only apps in that is my podcast & my personal email account. My rest social media including whatsapp in another device.

My iPad Pro is my favourite portable device that I wouldn't want to give up. Definitely not a feeling I have about my Macbook nor my iPhone.

by ulfw 7y ago

My iPad Pro is my favourite portable device that I wouldn't want to give up. Definitely not a feeling I have about my Macbook nor my iPhone.

ezequiel-garzon 7y ago

Why would you say you don’t have that feeling about your iPhone?

ulfw 7y ago
Form factor I suppose. I just don't use my phone for as many things as my iPad (which I have always with me, with LTE). iPhone I use for short messages, google maps and quick email read-throughs and taking photos. That's about it. Maybe streaming songs. Any Android phone can do the same, some even better (Huawei Mate 30 Pro cameras e.g.) iPad can do all the above, plus much better web browsing, reddit, video/youtube viewing, photo editing, email and writing in general (with Apple Smartkeyboard), etc. It works with touch, pencil and keyboard and just feels like my personal device.
- lostmsu 7y ago
  If you carry iPad around, why keep iPhone? Why not something like Galaxy Note? Or one of 7 inch phones if pencil is optional?
  - scarface74 7y ago
    On my 9.7 inch iPad I can have split screen, video playing in a small window and a slide over view. When iOS 13 comes out it will have better keyboard support and finally mouse support. If anything I want the larger iPad Air. As far as the Galaxy Note. Android still sucks as a tablet OS.
    - pmontra 7y ago
      I bought a Tab S5e recently. Samsung did a good job with its DEX interface. When activated it's a desktop with a dock and Android apps in windows. Bluetooth mouse and keyboard or soft keyboard. Video out over USB-C to hook it to a monitor with a HDMI adapter. And USB host mode obviously. There is even an Ubuntu 16.04 container sharing Android's kernel. It must be installed separately. It displays its own Unity desktop in a full screen DEX window and it comes with LibreOffice, VSCode, IntelliJ IDEA among the others. Great as ssh client, better than any other I used on Android. I used it to edit some pictures with Gimp and I made it run Rails, to check it could be used for some sw development.
  - ulfw 7y ago
    Unwieldy as a phone, too small for really good web browsing. What would convince me away would have been something like the Huawei Mate X foldable, before the US had to go all ...
simonh 7y ago
I feel the same way, because the iPad is dramatically more useful. I’m a gamer so I have a ton of PDFs on it, read comics on it, program on it in Pythonista, write in Google Docs, create charts maps and diagrams, all sort I couldn’t realistically do on a phone. One of my daughters loves drawing and ‘painting’ on the iPad, I got Procreate for her and she spends hours on it. She complains she’s started tapping to undo when she’s sketching on paper.
- osrec 7y ago
  Genuinely curious, why, as a gamer, do you have a ton of PDFs?
  - monocasa 7y ago
    Maybe they mean table top gamer?
    - simonh 7y ago
      Yep, RPGs. Just started running a game of Blades in the Dark.
- srndh 7y ago
  Your daughter is paint on ipad pro or ipad? What stylus was used?

reaperducer 7y ago

My iPad Pro is my favourite portable device that I wouldn't want to give up. Definitely not a feeling I have about my Macbook nor my iPhone. I felt the same way about my MacBook Air. It's been my constant companion since 2011 to a dozen countries and dozens more cities. Love that machine. This past April my wife bought me an iPad. The last three trips I took were with the 'Pad instead of the Air. I'm really surprised how useful that little thing is. I feel like I can go back to a feature phone now.

jay_kyburz 7y ago
I did exactly that. My daily carry is the new Nokia 3310. It was $90. It's fine. I can lose it or drop it and not care. And it's small! Learning how to type a text again using the numpad was painful, but after a few weeks I was back up to speed. No Facebook, Slack, Email. Not even a browser. No distractions. When I'm out with my kids, I'm with my kids. When I'm working, I'm at my desk with a real computer.
- 9HZZRfNlpR 7y ago
  Why not a Nokia with full QWERTY layout then already?
  - jay_kyburz 7y ago
    You can't buy them.
    - 9HZZRfNlpR 7y ago
      How come? If you are an american: https://www.amazon.com/Nokia-Unlocked-QWERTY-Dedicated-MicroSD/dp/B003V4AJSU/ https://www.amazon.com/Nokia-Unlocked-QWERTY-Dedicated-Micro... They are being sold a lot on ebay etc. too. Refurbished and cheap, if you are willing to wait for the package. I use C3-00 and non of it's (primitive) smart features. It's still a dumb phone.
- srndh 7y ago
  I am doing something close. My main phone is iphone SE. The only apps in that is my podcast & my personal email account. My rest social media including whatsapp in another device.