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iPad 1 is stuck on iOS 5, which is 17 million units according to this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad

by engtech 14y ago

reidmain 14y ago
And there are over 400 million iOS devices. If you think you can get a large enough percentage of iPad 1 users to make it worth you while then develop for it. I'd much rather spend my time ensuring it works well on 300+ million other devices.
- adambyrtek 14y ago
  I smell some false dichotomy here. I don't know much about iOS development, but it sounds baffling to hear that iOS 6 is so different that it would take "hundred of hours" just to make sure the app is usable on the previous release.
  - phil 14y ago
    As always, depends what you're doing, but this is not a crazy statement. There are certainly fewer bombshells in iOS6 than iOS 5, but it's no stretch to say that adopting iOS 5 early on was worth 100s of hours -- it had huge improvements for dev. Also keep in mind that the fewer OS versions you target the less testing you have to do.
dmorgan 14y ago
And what makes you think this "stuck in iPad 1" user base is the target for a paid for tech geek Magazine by Marco?
- barrkel 14y ago
  I still only have my iPad 1. I don't use it often enough (maybe 10 hours a year) to justify getting a newer one. I mean, it's good entertainment on a plane, but otherwise it's just a handy thing to lend to non-technical people who are uncomfortable with keyboards. If I'm not in front of my computer, my phone is more useful for getting to the web.
  - d0ugal 14y ago
    It sounds like you don't use it enough to justify having that one! ... but basically what you said backs up the target audience argument.
  - dmorgan 14y ago
    >If I'm not in front of my computer, my phone is more useful for getting to the web. Outside the house maybe. In the bedroom/sofa/crapper the iPad cannot be beat by the phone or the laptop, though. What it does is, it frees you from having to be tied to a chair and office in your own house, for browsing, checking your mail and reading stuff.
engtech 14y ago
what I find really weird is why iOS 6 doesn't run on iPad 1? I know there's an issue with memory, but I think if you disable background apps you essentially get past that.

iPad 1 is stuck on iOS 5, which is 17 million units according to this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad

by engtech 14y ago

iPad 1 is stuck on iOS 5, which is 17 million units according to this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad

reidmain 14y ago

And there are over 400 million iOS devices. If you think you can get a large enough percentage of iPad 1 users to make it worth you while then develop for it. I'd much rather spend my time ensuring it works well on 300+ million other devices.

adambyrtek 14y ago
I smell some false dichotomy here. I don't know much about iOS development, but it sounds baffling to hear that iOS 6 is so different that it would take "hundred of hours" just to make sure the app is usable on the previous release.
- phil 14y ago
  As always, depends what you're doing, but this is not a crazy statement. There are certainly fewer bombshells in iOS6 than iOS 5, but it's no stretch to say that adopting iOS 5 early on was worth 100s of hours -- it had huge improvements for dev. Also keep in mind that the fewer OS versions you target the less testing you have to do.

dmorgan 14y ago

And what makes you think this "stuck in iPad 1" user base is the target for a paid for tech geek Magazine by Marco?

barrkel 14y ago
I still only have my iPad 1. I don't use it often enough (maybe 10 hours a year) to justify getting a newer one. I mean, it's good entertainment on a plane, but otherwise it's just a handy thing to lend to non-technical people who are uncomfortable with keyboards. If I'm not in front of my computer, my phone is more useful for getting to the web.
- d0ugal 14y ago
  It sounds like you don't use it enough to justify having that one! ... but basically what you said backs up the target audience argument.
- dmorgan 14y ago
  >If I'm not in front of my computer, my phone is more useful for getting to the web. Outside the house maybe. In the bedroom/sofa/crapper the iPad cannot be beat by the phone or the laptop, though. What it does is, it frees you from having to be tied to a chair and office in your own house, for browsing, checking your mail and reading stuff.

engtech 14y ago

what I find really weird is why iOS 6 doesn't run on iPad 1? I know there's an issue with memory, but I think if you disable background apps you essentially get past that.