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Apple Announces Redesigned Magic Keyboard for New iPad Pro Starting at $299
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The one that came before was awesome, but there were five common complaints. Apple solved the four we could reasonably hope for (and left the price high)
Backlighting on a white or silver keyboard is pretty terrible too; in dim but not dark lighting the backlit letters and keycaps blend together.
It wasn’t a device to device comparison. Just that price of iPad Pro is in MBP range, rather than MBA. I
And avoiding a long overdue touch screen on a macbook .... please
I would also add that the accessories are the same price as their predecessors, for a deeper feature set. Give it time and Best Buy and Amazon will have them on sale.
Yeah. When Tim was done introducing another obviously overly powerful M4 iPad Pro that does literally nothing that a M1 couldn’t do, he was like “and remember WWDC with new software features in a month!”. I interpreted that as, I want to believe, they know already that iPadOS is not OK. The iPad doesn’t have a big enough market share for developers to mantain iPad + Mac pro apps. macOS won. I hope they give us macOS on iPad, but sadly I think they will do something like “and now you can install [selected] Mac App Store apps on the iPad”. And that selection will of course be terrible.
Ugh I´ve got a Pro M1 that I want to trade, but keep the magic keyboard and 2nd Gen pencil... is useless with the new Pro
their growth needs to come from somewhere right? They lost the ability to actually create new products, so things like this (and new colours) are really their main lever at this stage.
but dont worry, Tim is not wrong, most of the target audience will absolutely love it, and hand over the lube smiling.
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As much as I hope for this I really don’t think so. It seems like a waste of resources to develop “Logic Pro for iPad 2” just to announce Mac OS being on iPad a month later. It just doesn’t seem like this convergence is going to happen even though it makes a lot of sense.
Though to be fair Mac can run iPad apps…
I almost puked when I had t purchase the $399 CAD keyboard for my iPad Pro. There is no way in HELL that I will be buying the keyboard if it costs $479.. what opioids are Apple popping and can I have some?
☝️ an example of an apple fan who drank the koolaid who thinks apple could create 1cm out of 1mm of space. Take a look at the pictures, they used the extra space at the upper portion of the keyboard.
It simply means that it connects through the Smart Connector instead of Bluetooth. When you press a key, some data goes from the keyboard to the iPad.
As a dev I am glad Apple did.
Just because an app of mine is compatible with iPadOS doesn’t mean I want it to be. iPad apps require tweaking the layouts to better utilize all of the blank space which in some cases means a complete redesign off current apps. That is a lot of work and so I am happy to omit certain devices because some apps just won’t be used as much as others on iPads.
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Relax skippy. The hinge changes allowed more of the back part to be accessible. Thats what's being discussed.
Because the new iPad Pro is significantly thinner than the iPad Air. An iPad Air wouldn’t fit in a case designed for the new iPad Pro’s thinner profile, and a thinner iPad Pro wouldn’t fit well in a oversized iPad Air case.
According to the Overview on the new Magic Keyboard case, it does have backlight keys.
I love my v1 with my ipad air so much I bought a second one when I managed to break the first one (definitely my fault, the thing is actually pretty durable), it’s not cheap but it really does add a lot. The new one being lighter, with a better trackpad, function keys, and a cheaper pricetag to boot seems like a pretty good deal to me for the new ipads
And hey, no one is forcing you to buy it, if you dont want one there’s a plethora of third party cases and keyboards (though not many that use the smart connector sadly) in a variety of shapes sizes and colors around.
Yes, but the MacBook function keys don’t have those labels either. So that doesn’t necessarily mean they won’t be assignable. 👍🏻
Are you sure? I don’t see a mention anywhere of backlit keys:
Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro 13âinch (M4) - British English - White
Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro is thin and portable with multiple viewing angles and a built-in trackpad with haptic feedback. Buy now at apple.com.www.apple.com
