Phil,
Please forgive me, it was not my intent to be disrespectful, as I stated in my opening sentence, and condescending might have been a bit much. I am not on this forum often, and as I was reading the responses to this basic question I would say that a better word was that I was becoming ..frustrated ..and I was not offended. I think we can agree that we have a great admiration for many of the things that iPad Pros iPhones and MacOS have given us. We are on the same side so to speak. I have been on this planet for a while and I guess I should not be shocked by the directness that many people use to communicate. My son is a millenial and it frustrates him sometes as well. I am a Christian. That is not just some fancy title I slap on myself it is who I am, so even though I am not on this forum often and I have come to ignore things that get me frustrated, still it was wrong for me to say that, and it should have been a explained better, and the word condescending really was talking about some of the other posts that I was reading again I ask your forgiveness even though you do not know me. It was wrong because as a Christian I try to be different from this world and respect everyone. Not at all meaning that you have to be a Christian to be respectful please do not misunderstand that either! lol It just seems as I have become older people have become desensitized to things that they write but again I will not go off on that tangent, I try to speak in my posts and my emails as if you were standing in front of me and with the same respect so if I broke my own rule again please forgive me. I will clarify some things I was trying to say and why. First let me put my frustrated comment in context which is important and which I did not do. I am a customer facing technician for a very large telecommunications company and I have been doing so for 25 years and I have been in the workplace for ..many more years than that. Our company has just provided us with a smartphone, a Samsung 6... a horrible decision .. we are a multi multi billion dollar company in 38 states and the best they could do was a Samsung 6? Well, as I work my way around the android device I have come to like it somewhat more but still it is everything that moved me away from the android world it is glitchy the touch screen is not even close to my iPhone and I have been using my personal iPhone and work for the past 5 years so my Samsung 6, kind of just sat there anyway they do provide us with the laptop of course. A windows device ..of course, and I had just learned that we are switching to a tablet which is long overdue with a new dispatch system and I was told the iPad Pro was not even considered. "No usb compatibility" "way overpriced" were some of the reasons that my direct supervisor told me and first of all I disagree with both of those statements. It can become USB compatible quite easily and as far as being overpriced I understand a company's willingness to save money we have over 100,000 employees (JUST FIELD TECHNICINS!), but I still disagree because the company is profitable and spending money for an Apple device would have saved them money in th long run and would have been wise but I will not go on that long rant they have a right to purchase whatever items they choose. I will also say that someone who is in the field, touchscreens can become ...problematical? , regardless if it is an android device or an IOS device, and I understand these are decisions made by people who do not work in the field and you look at cost only. So the Apple penil was an early purchase and a Godsend for those with dirty hands or gloves on..I have been using my Apple iPhones an iPads for five years so I really had no need for the Samsung but I was happy to see it finally come. also my new Vizio 4K 65 inch TV came with an android tablet, and because of the nature of my work I have to be in both worlds no matter what so I am familiar with PC macOS, iOS and android and in my personal life I have chosen to be Apple exclusive although I do have the tablet for my television now and I also have a desktop PC which I use sparingly and it was built by a friend and it works quite well. so the context of my statement was that my company has just decided to ditch the laptops for tablets and even though cost and compatibility really should not have been an issue ...they were ... again someone who purchases these devices are rarely understands that field technicians have unique needs. also that very morning I was trying to connect my guitar to my iPad through a guitar interface that I had just purchased for my MacBook Pro and was becoming frustrated because I learned I had to purchase yet another adapter to make it happen. As a musician Apple no doubt has been kind to say the least, the software that is available to me and the apps if I had them 25 years ago I would be a different guitar player and it amazes me we are living in some of the greatest times ever if you are a musician and I will not go on a long rant about that either lol. And apple blows away many of the PC and android software, many of them are compatible for both but were originally designed for Apple devices. Logic Pro X, Anytune, I could go on and on with the apps and software that have fundamentally changed how I do music and I will be forever grateful and much of it has been because of Apple and many of the apps ARE exclusive to Apple. so the morning that I wrote that paragraph I had decided to move away from my DAW and just jam on my iPad with my new guitar interface that I bought for a software called Helix Native... it's actually a plug-in and it is the best sounding virtual guitar sim I have ever heard. I own the Helix floor device, and although Helix native is not an app I have so many apps and I wanted to just jam in a different room without having to bring my MBP and my Helix floor model with me. Well I brought my Behringer guitar interface with me and I realized I had to buy yet another adapter and so my frustration. And now a confession ..I was wrong. I wrote my ...reaction.. and it is important to understand that it was a reaction ... without first researching and finding out that there are a ton of interfaces that use the lightning adapter for both and in and in and out so much has changed! And also I reacted to another post that said that you get an adapter with the iPhone by thinking sure but you cannot charge it! Vital for for performing musician! Again easily overcome by an adapter, I have one, but that is kind of the point I had to buy one, but I bought it without being informed and doing the research there is actually an interface that will charge and be an audio in and out all through the lightning port..amazing. Now I will standby some of my statements now that I have more information I am not really devastated when I have to buy an adapter .. but I will say it is frustrating and also I happen to be able to afford them and if I think about others well maybe not everybody can afford a $39 adapter that I have to purchase ...yet again. In defense of the Apple, I may be considered a small market so why bother with the vast amount of users who will never need the device to do what I need it to do, and just have everyone else purchase the adapter? Well I will let others debate that lol, there are valid points on both sides. I will say this though, if the iPad Pro wants to win massive contracts with gigantic companies (and I am sure they already have) some built-in compatibility ...might be wise? And as another gentleman said I would put nothing beyond Apple they know their market, and contrary to others in the PC/android world I also believe that they understand the market and would put nothing beyond them...hence my "negative" statement. (again more pointed to..well..almost everyone lol) I will ask forgiveness once again it is quite logical to assume that they wouldn't do these things because they never have but I am frustrated many times by Christian friends, coworkers, evereybody it seems always saying ..never...no...can't happen..is pervasive... and most people say the same thing when I question them about that.." just being a realist"... I get that . Leave room for us creative expressive dreamer types lol...I will beat a dead horse again lol and say please forgive me.. also repeating that there is no more great lover of what Apple has done for me as a musician and me in my personal life with the devices they have created. when I question my friends coworkers brothers in the Lord there seems to be a ..denial?.. about how much better the iPhone is for example ... especially the interface how you use it .. as I struggle with my Samsung phone in my android tablet hitting the wrong things and the touchscreen not being as "perfect" as the Apple I say to myself "this is what they are defending?"... OK to summarize I was wrong there are many devices available that will use the lightning port to CHARGE ...AND as a high quality IN and OUT Auidio/guitar interface..apologies to all. Oh! And the mouse! Still believe it should be included but it already can be...even for a niche market... I hope this puts things in context and if anyone else reads this accept my apologies as well. And also accept my apologies that I cannot respond quickly. Also in the spirit of helping one another, if anyone is interested in the links I have found for some really cool ways to interface the lightning adapter musically give me a shout I can send the link..there is much more than iRig (not putting down iRig) these days lol...God bless. <(((((><
Johnny Ryan
