Those of you who are easily amused at my ever changing signature have noticed the demise of the “MacOS for iPad Pro” moniker and the “iPad Pro 11” in the device list. I still have the iPP11 sitting on my desk at home for reading and photo/video editing, but its not making the commute to the office anymore.
I have given up on the quest for MacOS on the iPad because I have been convinced by higher authorities in these matters that it will never happen BECAUSE Apple’s ultimate goal is to “iPadify” MacOS. I have also come to the conclusion that as between Windows 11 and MacOS, Windows 11 is hands down better for business workloads (yay for snap and hierarchical file storage).
I also still struggle with my VOIP business phone provider, almost to the point of porting my number out of RingCentral to a second SIM in my phone or a separate second phone (YUK!).
So I want to refocus my energy on the truly needed pairing - where will I head in search of the best smartphone to pair with my SP8? Of course Apple has a bruising lead in this category given my family connectivity (well documented elsewhere around here) and need for a good camera. Still I watch more than a few of you Androiding (with Duo, Duo2, Note, Folds) and still wonder how I could get to that level integration with Windows 11.
It’s going to be a hot-mess battle this year, with a Pixel Fold on the horizon; Fold 5 with possibly a real zoom camera and S-pen silo; and iPhone 15 Ultra with its own zoom camera and (FINALLY) USB-C.
FWIW, I’m still quite pleased w/ my Samsung Galaxy Book 12, matching Galaxy Note 10+, and my Kindle Scribe has swayed me to purchase a Wacom One graphics screen tablet to use w/ my MacBook — this will be something of a recreation of the high-water-mark of my graphical computing experience:
a NeXT Cube w/ a Wacom ArtZ graphics tablet
NCR-3125 running Go Corp.'s PenPoint
Newton MessagePad
So I’ll be back to being able to use the same stylus to interact w/ all my devices (I would use a Wacom stylus on my Newton’s resistive display).
I’d give my interest in Hell for the KS to have Newton Intelligence and a decent scheduling/calendar app (if Amazon had any sense they’d persuade Microsoft to port Outlook to it) and a note-taking system which afforded handwriting recognition and vector graphics (say something like FutureWave SmartSketch)
Yes, but I have ALREADY made the decision (conditional logic) - it’s the iPhone 15 Ultra UNLESS the Fold 5 has a siloed S-Pen, then it will be Android try number 3, 4, 5…20? can’t remember which…
Have to admit, the rumored teardrop folding screen design (eliminating the crease) is intriguing, and it does offer the convenience of the same pen for both it and my Surface Pro 8…
