Old iPhones Outshine the iPad
By Harry McCracken | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 1:03 am
TechCrunch’s MG Siegler makes a good point: The new features in iOS 4–like multitasking, quick app switching, and folders–are so welcome that they make an old iPhone with the new OS a better productivity tool than a brand-new iPad in some respects. iPads won’t get iOS 4 until the fall; I wonder if Apple has long-term plans to sync up the schedules so that iPhones, iPods Touch, and iPads all get updates at the same time?
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June 22nd, 2010 at 5:24 am
My understanding is that iOS v4.1 will be for iPad, iPhone, and iPod, and is coming in September when new iPods ship. I’m hoping we see the iPod app start to support iTunes LP, and Videos app support iTunes Extras.
June 22nd, 2010 at 9:06 am
I’d pick an iPhone over iPad anyday. Also, the iPhone has better and more features. I’m sure they’ll fix up iPad soon to be better than the iPhone.