Mouse support for iPad pro

iMister wrote:

The ipad pro is not a supercomputer, dont believe eveything Apple tells you.

Eexactly! And clearly some people here have no real clue of what the term supercomputer really means. There is no consumer level desktop, laptop, tablet, or even enterprise grade single server that even remotely qualifies as a supercomputer. Any use of such a reference is clearly tongue in cheek.

Even the current smallest of the worlds top 500 supercomputers has more than 5,000 physical compute cores, and draws over 400kW of power at peak use. Clearly the use of the term "super" in regard to any consumer electronics product is pure marketing hyperbole.

bchliu wrote:

Sorry. I do not have the time or patience to search through hundreds of ads from Apple within the last 3-4 years from hundreds of countries. There are a number of ads if you look through it that has water based events that would seriously void warranties under those situations. There's plenty more other examples and situations of false advertising that I will not go into here, but they have been pulled up every so often by Australian Consumer affairs on these claims.

So you can't supply some proof, as I thought, there are none.

Difference is that Apple got FINED for their malpractices with evidence presented in law courts and institutions around the world.

Show us the findings specifically for their "Super. Computer." claim and take this thread in a new direction.

Show us a successful action by any government that speaks to Apple's reluctance (avoidance?) to enable mouse usage on an iPad and how this behaviour violates any consumer law.

How Apple's advertising misled any reasonable consumer in to believing they would be able to use a mouse with an iPad.

Show us any claim of harm from Apple's behaviour re: non-mousing ability of iPads.

Thanks for your post bchliu. I see your point about Apple. I'll check out the Samsung Tab S2. It's too bad Apple can't at least enable a mouse with the iPad Pro. It then really gives it parity with products like what you're suggesting.

Csound1 wrote:

How much do high officials cost these days?

Somehow that dredged up from my memory a NY Times headline from the 1960's - "Federal government growing marijuana for research; locations known only to high officials"

I was forced into using the ipad by IT department. Now that I have used it for a while I can honestly say that for the amount that it costs it is very poor value for money. I am disappointed with it. People get fooled by the marketing hype and end up paying so much for so little. Out of the box my $100 windows 10 tablet is more capable, it can even do split screen which the ipad has not had for that long. It can also directly access my NAS files without the need for third party software, allows the use of a mouse. In the real world where integration with other devices. I have an infra red camera that I was trying to bluetooth transfer, I was not able to do this, and could not even put it on a usb drive to transfer files over. Both of these things I can do with the cheap tablet.

The ipad is a nice piece of hardware that is well made, but when in the situation of trying carry out a simple task and are not able to, then this counts for nothing.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

Csound1 wrote:

How much do high officials cost these days?

Somehow that dredged up from my memory a NY Times headline from the 1960's - "Federal government growing marijuana for research; locations known only to high officials"

Are volunteers needed for that project?

Because I was forced into using the ipad by IT dept. They have been sucked in by the marketing hype. They are "iWashed" their eyes glaze over and they can't think anything but apple !! People pay so much for so little, one thing I will give apple they have a good marketing department.

I have used android and windows tablets and I can say that both of these work better for my use. If I just wanted something to sit there and look nice then I guess I would choose an ipad.

No, I am stuck with this lemon for now. As time goes by and they see the loss of productivity across employees then change may happen, but for now management blindly follow the recommendations of the IT dept.

Just wanted to make others aware that the ipad is not so capable in the real world of having to work with equipment that is not apple. I am new to apple products and had now idea of how limited it is. If I had known this then I would have questioned the purchase of ipads. I am not an it person, so am not up with the specifications / tech side of things, but as a user I certainly know what works from that perspective. If other peolple are aware of this then they can make their purchase accordingly, and avoid finding themselves in the situation that I am in.

Why would you think I would be debating for a Surface? The iPad works far too well in the field for us to consider using a Surface. When we return to the office, we either suffer along on our iPad without mouse support to use another Windows based computer (unfortunately).

An ipad should never be compared to a surface, the surface nearer to a full on laptop. The comparison should be made to lower level windows tablets which are lighter, are more compact and have longer battery life than a surface. Even these devices support the use of a mouse and are compatable with more devices.

Never say never. Apple may implement it in their own unique and original way but inevitably they will. A control device for an ipad pro, that can rest on a table so one can work with it for an extended period of time, unlike a pencil or finger, while providing finer control than the finger, would be a useful addition to the existing inputs of touch, gyro, pressure, pencil, keyboard and sound.

puniad wrote:

A control device for an ipad pro, that can rest on a table so one can work with it for an extended period of time, unlike a pencil or finger, while providing finer control than the finger, would be a useful addition to the existing inputs of touch, gyro, pressure, pencil, keyboard and sound.

Just because you think it would be useful does not mean it's inevitable. The fact that the iPad has been out for seven years and the only external control devices that Apple has released are the Pencil and the Keyboard, I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.

Submit your feedback to Apple.

puniad wrote:

At least i (and others) make an argument about usefulness, the naysayers just have the fact that apple has not supported a mouse on ipad as the reason it should not be supported.

Why would I bother to make an argument for why it's useful when I don't think that it is? I have no need for a mouse on my iPad. It appears, at this time, that Apple and I are in agreement. I'm not being a "naysayer". I'm stating facts. You may feel the need of a mouse. That's fine. But, it doesn't appear that Apple shares your view. Whether they change their thinking on this is something no one here can answer. All you can do is buy the device that best meets your needs and submit your feedback to Apple. It is no particular concern of mine what you chose to believe.

Best of luck.