I jumped on my motorcycle and went down to our store on Truman Avenue to grab the first iPad Pro that we were going to put on demo. I get to play with it first. So, I am literally getting my first hands-on experience as I type this issue of Kibbles & Bytes. Here are a few unboxing photos that I think are required for this type of article. The packaging is up to Apple’s usual extraordinary standards. You open the box and right on top is the iPad Pro in all its glory. After you remove the paper cover you can start it up by holding down the power button.
This one had a 75% charge and within a couple minutes I was able to bypass all the start-up stuff like entering my Apple ID so that I could get to the home page. Under the iPad is the charger and the lightning cable and the little booklet with all the warnings and stuff. The on-screen keyboard is big and easier to type on that with the smaller iPads. It comes loaded with the standard Apple apps and also has the iLife apps pre-loaded.
The screen is spectacular and I can easily see that an iPad Pro could be the only device someone might need depending upon their digital lifestyle needs. It would not work for me since I run a proprietary database for Small Dog but if I was just doing writing, emails, web surfing and watching media, I think it would be just fine. It is like holding a very thin, very light 13-in computer – doh! That’s exactly what it is.
We checked out the fit with our 13-inch Hammerhead neoprene sleeves and in Rob’s words – it fits like a glove. Unfortunately, we do not have the Pencil or the Smart Keyboard in yet and I can’t wait to get this into the hands of some of my more artistically inclined friends to see how it performs as a creative platform.
iOS9 on the iPad Pro makes Slide Over, Split Screen Multitasking and Picture-in-Picture multitasking possible. You simply touch the bezel on the right side and slide to the left to see the tiles of the available apps. Selecting one of those and sliding to the left will enable split screen and you can resize the windows with the grabber.
Picture-in-picture is a great little feature so you can watch the NBA game with the NBA Team Pass in a little window while you are working on that document in Pages. Very, very cool.
If the demand thus far from our customers is any indication, I think the iPad Pro will be a big hit! Come on into any of our stores to give it a try!