Aparentemente, Apple planea introducir iPads con pantallas más grandes en unos años. Pero, ¿para quién son y vale la pena a menos que realice grandes mejoras en la interfaz de usuario?</p><h2><strong>¿Quién necesita un iPad más grande?</strong></h2><p>Algunos grupos pueden querer un iPad de pantalla más grande con la versión actual de iPadOS. Los diseñadores gráficos y arquitectos pueden necesitar espacio adicional para diseñar con Apple Pencil; el análisis estadístico podría resultar un poco más fácil; los fotógrafos, videógrafos y editores de música que utilizan iPads en su flujo de trabajo pueden ver algunos beneficios. Y, por supuesto, un iPad gigante proporcionaría una buena experiencia de juego.
The challenge, however, is that as iPads get bigger, they also get heavier, which means these things can get a bit heavy. Echoing what then-CEO Steve Jobs said when introducing the original iPads, he'll be able to use them on a couch, but not for long. Your wrists will start to ache. This implies that these iPads will be designed to be used on desks and tables, which suggests that you'll be using external controllers such as an Apple Pencil, mice, keyboards, or even third-party game controllers to use them.
Is less more?
This means those larger iPads could end up straddling a strange new market segment where the product is less portable than the current 12,9-incher. model and less capable of multitasking and other tasks than the computers they seek to replace. While there are a small number of business users for whom these things are great, most will opt for a smaller iPad for its portability or a Mac to handle more complex tasks. The case for these things does not seem clear. Again. So let's think about this. Maybe Apple has a strategy to change that? I think that could be the case, since the so-called roadmap would mean that these things won't appear for some time.
Putting the big in the big
This type of schedule implies the existence of a roadmap. The existence of this card implies a global project to create really good large iPads, which also implies that the company plans a series of steps to achieve it. What can these stages be? The introduction of an M1 processor in the higher-end iPad Pros seemed a bit disappointing to many Apple watchers. We now have the same processor inside high-end tablets that we have inside the Mac, which only reinforces some of the limitations of iPadOS. To be fair, Apple has made efforts to improve this, as revealed at WWDC, where we learned of some improvements to multitasking. Critics continue to believe that we have not yet reached that point. iPads are great, but they still don't offer the functionality and ease of use of the more mature Mac, though Universal Control shows how these platforms complement each other. The point is that when you consider the direction of travel of the improvements introduced in iPadOS and add the continuity-oriented features that bring both Mac and iOS closer together, it's hard to ignore the feeling that we're already on that journey.
But where do we go?
The fact is that at this point it is easier to discern the direction than to see the destination. Naturally, we know that this journey should make the user experience across all Apple devices more unified, which means you can take any of them and quickly understand how they work. It also means that the company continues to focus on function rather than form. Ultimately, it should be possible to use any of these devices to achieve anything you want, and over time, that's what Apple has achieved. On the Mac side of the equation, Apple recently started making critical noise around the platform over security concerns. While this is designed to outwit app store reviews, could it mean something else? If you sit down and logically try to gauge the direction of travel, it's hard to shake the feeling that there will ultimately be little difference between the two platforms. You will simply use the solution that best suits the job, the place and the time. The form can become subservient to the function, more than at the present moment, when the function remains limited by the form. Follow me on Twitter or join me on the AppleHolic bar & grill and Apple discussion groups on MeWe.
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