Tom, Something isn’t right, the Pro should run circles around the older model, the A9X chip is quite fast.
John > On May 5, 2016, at 10:54 PM, tom holloman <[email protected]> wrote: > > My iPad Pro 12 is much slower than my iPad air2. Anyone else experience this. > I didn't realize how large SAP is until the notice showed up on my watch and I > Mentioned it to my doc on Maui. He said every year they rent the entire > Marriott, four seasons, and grand Hyatt. So they must be huge. > > > Sent using Email > <https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id922793622?pt=814382&ct=Email&mt=8> > > >> On May 5, 2016 at 2:34 PM, <John Robinson <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> >> Thought you folks might like to see this…it’s really a big deal, now Apple >> has Cisco, IBM, and SAP….the latter is most likely going to be the most >> beneficial. >> >> As far as the performance of the Pro, it’s outstanding. I needed the >> fingerprint use for ApplePay (for on line payments by the end of the year) >> and access to a brokerage account…I traded in an older iPad and purchased >> the 12 inch Pro. >> >> REALLY fast, like being on a laptop. The split screen is great for my use >> and in our residence the demarcation for all the mechanical and technical >> equipment is in the lowest level in the furtherest corner in the house. >> Nothing, be it a laptop or any of the iPads or iPhones are barely usable in >> the top floor on the opposite end of the house, video streaming is >> completely out of the question. >> >> No longer, the Pro has almost full bars connectivity, and I stream a video >> off YouTube every morning as I am getting ready for the day. No hesitation, >> no buffering…FINALLY. >> >> John >> >> >> Apple and SAP to Develop IPhone, IPad Apps for Businesses >> Aaron Ricadela <http://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AP-2waDPaS4/aaron-ricadela> >> May 5, 2016 — 2:30 PM EDT >> >> >> >> Apple Inc. and SAP SE are joining up to deliver software for iPhones and >> iPads, opening a new avenue for Apple to reach businesses at a time when >> sales of its mobile devices have tapered. >> >> SAP will develop hundreds of apps specifically designed for Apple’s iOS >> operating system for doctors, industrial field technicians and retailers. >> The two companies will release a software development kit by the end of the >> year to let SAP customers and consultants write native apps for Apple >> devices that take advantage of features such as location and touch sign-in. >> The deal has the potential to attract millions of software developers and >> sell millions of devices, Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook and SAP CEO >> Bill McDermott said in an interview. >> >> “I think back to 2008 when we opened the App Store for consumers,” Cook >> said. “This is sort of the equivalent of that for the enterprise space. >> Enterprise has not really taken advantage of all the great things that >> happen with mobility.” >> >> The agreement, which the two CEOs sealed last October, would give Apple >> access to tens of thousands of companies that run SAP’s business software >> and some 2.5 million developers who customize its programs, which manage >> operations including accounting, manufacturing, sales and human resources. >> >> Apple two years ago teamed <http://apple.co/1r3yvDF> with International >> Business Machines Corp. to create dozens of iOS apps for industries >> <http://www.ibm.com/mobilefirst/us/en/mobilefirst-for-ios/industries/overview/> >> including energy, health care and air travel. Last year, the Cupertino, >> California-based company inked an agreement >> <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-31/apple-teams-up-with-cisco-expanding-corporate-sales-push> >> with Cisco Systems Inc. that makes it easier for white-collar workers to >> take calls and videoconferences from iPads and iPhones. In September, Apple >> introduced the iPad Pro, a tablet for business users with a bigger screen >> and a stylus. >> As of last October, Apple’s 12-month sales to large businesses had increased >> 40 percent to $25 billion from the year earlier, Cook said. >> >> New Markets >> >> Getting access to customers of big IT suppliers including SAP, IBM and Cisco >> could help Apple at a time when its era of blockbuster growth has come to an >> end >> <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-26/apple-forecasts-another-sales-decline-as-iphone-demand-cools>, >> as the consumer market becomes saturated. Apple’s fiscal second-quarter >> sales fell 13 percent as it sold 10 million fewer iPhones and iPad sales >> continued to slide. Cook has said the smartphone market isn’t growing, and >> Apple shares have lost more than a quarter of their value in the past year. >> >> “This is all about transforming the way people work,” Cook said. SAP’s >> platform and the new development kit “really unleashes millions of people >> writing apps for iOS -- we think we can do that in a major way.” >> >> The agreement also illustrates a shift in how businesses roll out software. >> Protracted projects have yielded to shorter ones that make new functions >> available more quickly to workers. That means SAP is succumbing to the same >> forces that have stung software sales at Oracle Corp. and IBM. The German >> company’s software license sales >> <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-20/sap-sees-2016-sales-on-track-after-sluggish-start-to-the-year> >> fell 13 percent in its most recent quarter and McDermott said it’s taking >> longer to sign deals. >> >> McDermott said he can see millions of device sales happening as a result of >> the agreement, which will serve as a counterweight to rival Salesforce.com >> <http://salesforce.com/> Inc.’s programming tools. >> >> ‘Better Idea’ >> >> “Where they were getting traction was Force.com <http://force.com/> and that >> became a billion-dollar business for them,” he said of his competitor. >> “That’s a great strategy until someone else comes along with a better idea.” >> >> McDermott has long advocated Apple devices as a showcase for SAP’s software >> -- he once got a phone call >> <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-08-30/sap-s-mcdermott-says-call-from-jobs-confirmed-tablet-push> >> from Steve Jobs after ordering 4,000 iPads for SAP’s sales staff in 2010 >> before the tablet’s introduction. >> >> SAP’s new wave of i-applications will be written in Apple’s Swift language >> <https://developer.apple.com/swift/>, promising faster response times and >> better access to underlying iOS technologies as the apps connect to SAP >> systems in companies’ data centers. The software development kit for outside >> programmers will also let them build native iOS apps in Swift that talk to >> SAP’s S/4 Hana >> <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-03/sap-refreshes-flagship-software-for-speedier-business-management> >> software suite and pull information from its Hana database. >> >> SAP is also setting up technology training centers for customers and >> partners in Palo Alto, California; Bangalore, India; and at its Walldorf, >> Germany, headquarters. >> >> “Two things stop people from enjoying mobility benefits: They worry about >> security or they worry about integrating with their back end systems,” Cook >> said. SAP’s and Apple’s strengths can address that, he said. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> Archive: Answers to questions: > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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