If and when someone gets an iPad Pro I would be interested in hearing if it enhances (size) or detracts (weight) from the reading experience.
Interesting question. I'd like to know as well. My guess is that most users would find it unwieldy. A regular iPad is ideal for reading and taking notes. A kindle paper white is ideal for casual reading. I think the pro would make Rick Moranis look like Arnold Schwarzenegger [:P]
I am enjoying it. I have been working on it all day. In preparing a message for tonight, I was able to split screen Logos with Bible and commentary, then split screen Logos and Pages. I had three panels to work as I was studying. It was easy to study and write my message. The sound of IPad Pro is amazing as I listen to music while studying.
Reading on it works well, and I am finding that I spend most of my reading in landscape.
I think it will be like my iPhone plus, at first it seemed too big, and now I would never go back to smaller phone.
Perhaps not the best for reading in bed, which is where I am with my iPad Pro now. If I'm reading with it over my head, and I fall asleep, it might injure me to the point I never wake up!
Funny. [:)]
I am also curious how it works with the Proclaim iOS Remote App. I should make reading notes easier during sermons.
I would really love to know if Logos is going to push put an update to take advantage of the iPad Pro screen size. It could really benefit from some text optimization and really could use tabs or something. I plan to use it for my daily study but was hoping it would display a little more closely to my MacBook Pro. It's not too optimal for reading at the moment.
Anyone at Logos know if a resolution update is in the works?
p.s. it's certainly not terrible or anything because the text size can be adjusted (many of my favorite apps look pretty bad), Logos is certainly one of the better looking apps on this massive screen
In case you don't get an official response, I'll venture one. Will there be an update? Maybe, but only if the market needs it. Firstly, I question how many logos users will buy the thing. I even wonder how many non logos users do. I am perplexed by cook's "death of laptops" comment. Until it runs OS X and comes with MUCH more storage, I question who its target is. I certainly see creative users working on illustrations. In essence, it is an awesome deal tablet in the Wacom sense of the word. I think Keith was suggesting it as a TelePrompTer of sorts, which is interesting. Time will tell. In any case, FL is unlikely to spend much time on it unless it's really easy OR there is market demand.
I've had mine for a day and a half now and have found that the iPad Pro is an incredible reading experience. In full screen mode, it is so nice to see so much of the text on the screen at once. However, my favorite is to go split screen and have OneNote open on the opposite pane for notetaking.
The iPad Pro is hard to hold one handed without being propped up against something for a long period of time. However, propping it against a leg or even laying it flat on a table is fine. I read much today and didn't ever feel like it was too big or bulky. And for the size it is incredibly light
I would absolutely love Logos to take advantage of the pencil, even if it was just for markup. It works really well with the large size as is right now.
If it is hard to hold without propping it up, why is it better than a MacBook, which does have a built in stand after all.
I think the most compelling logos use is as a TelePrompTer, where it will be laying down. I could see the Bible! App open split screen with Keynote on the other. I wonder if that would work...
I think the two most compelling things it has over my Macbook Pro to me is #1 mobility (if you buy the cellular version, which I did), and #2 the artistic nature of the device. If you are any bit of an artist whatsoever or even want to learn to be, there is nothing that matches the pro (Apple Pencil yet to be seen as it's on backorder).
I did not buy it to run Logos, but I am a daily user of Logos and plan to use the pro as heavily as possible with all apps. The "stand" part doesn't bother me as I will pair it with the Logitech keyboard case or Apple keyboard.
The main difference really is whether you want to run iOS or OS X and whether you want a touch screen or not (both have advantages and disadvantages). The screen, sound, and visual experience is better than my MBP visually, even if it can't power OS X items.
Personally, all the pundits of "laptop replacement" view is an invalid look at two different devices. It's not a laptop replacement, the MBP and the iPad Pro are different and should be viewed and used for the uniqueness that comes with each. I don't want a tablet-laptop, I want a powerful laptop and a powerful tablet.
Either way, Logos looks great on both, I just wish the iPad Pro could do tabs instead of just one split view.
Telemprompt 3+ running in split screen mode with an outline of my notes = awesome!
Or just preaching from notes...the screen is so big that you can see so much more than on a standard iPad.
Honestly, I know it's just a bigger iPad but it feels like a whole different kind of device. Like how the iPad was just a bigger iPhone but that made it different. This is enough bigger that that same phenomenon has happened again, at least for my use which involves much reading and note taking.
Firstly, I question how many logos users will buy the thing. I even wonder how many non logos users do. I am perplexed by cook's "death of laptops.
My number one reason for buying one would be to use as a music book. I enjoy using my current iPad with a Bluetooth pedal for hands-free page turns. The iPad pro would be the perfect size for a sheet of music.
I would also love to have one of these for the pulpit, though probably not any other teaching situation.
I agree that it won't be a laptop killer, especially without osx. I can't fathom using a tablet for programming or any context-switch-heavy input process. But it does seem excellent for some niche processes.
