Remember how Apple seemingly āleakedā the iPad version of Affinity Publisher? Well, now itās official that news of the long-awaited app is coming soon.
Free yourself from the confines of your desk, without compromising the quality of your work with Affinity Publisher for iPad. A professional page design app that allows you to create on the go, it has everything you need to produce stunning brochures, posters, portfolios, magazines and much more, no matter where you are.
Affinity Publisher is a great app for laying out, well, just about anything for print. Iāve personally used the Mac version for apps and books, as well as billboards and posters. Itās great, and I canāt wait to see how it translates to the iPad.
And no, itās probably no surprise that we get this just before WWDC 2022 hits. Might we see Affinity on stage, perhaps? If the pro apps rumors are true, then it surely is an obvious choice. It doesnāt get much more pro than desktop publishing, after all.
Howās your Sunday going? Mineās just fine, some kind of summer finally reared its beautiful face here in Stockholm, so Iām going outside to enjoy that, sans iPad, but with my camera. But before I go, I just wanted to remind you that WWDC, Appleās developer conference, starts tomorrow, and while most of the things there are strictly developer-focused, itās also a glimpse into the next big update for iPadOS. There are rumors aplenty, talking about better multitasking, and possibly some sort of windowed controls, but the truth is that we just donāt know.
The keynote will be live-streamed on the Apple Event page, as well as through their various channels, including the TV app, of course. It starts tomorrow, June 6th, at 10:00 a.m. P.T., which is in the evening for yours truly. Next weekās issue of the Switch to iPad newsletter will surely be about what the future holds, but if you canāt wait, I did a hopes and dreams issue with some friends of mine that is free to read.
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How are you? Did you have a good day? This week, I thought Iād tell you about mine. It might illuminate some issues and compromises, as well as strengths, of using an iPad, foremost.
It’s Wednesday, which means that it’s newsletter time! From the intro of the 98th issue:
This week, I thought Iād tell you about mine. It might illuminate some issues and compromises, as well as strengths, of using an iPad, foremost.
So, tag along for a day.
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Magnetic iPad stands are all the rage these days, and itās easy to see why. Just like the Magic Keyboard invites you to be productive in a familiar, laptop-like sense, a magnetic stand does the same with a more desktop-y feel to it. Iāve tried quite a few, and what they all have in common is that they offer the same sense of usage freedom as the Magic Keyboard does. Type away, then pull the iPad off to do something else. Itās no surprise that Apple went with magnets for this sort of thing.
Apple doesnāt make any stands, though, and while I do like the Magic Keyboard, I definitely donāt think itās the perfect angle or setup. At home, I have my iPad Pro wall-mounted, and I control it with a bluetooth keyboard and Magic Trackpad. Thatās not always possible, however, and might be a bit extreme for most people. Hence, getting a stand, and that stand could very well be the Lululook Magnetic iPad Stand.
I mean, they wonāt, but what if? And, maybe they will?
So, there are speculations that Apple might be interested in buying Electronic Arts (or EA as they brand themselves), a big games company. Itās one of the gigantic ones, known for the EA Sports line, as well as franchises such as Need for Speed, The Sims, Apex Legends (recently launched on mobile, by the way), and Battlefield. EA is looking to sell in the wake of the mammoth Activision Blizzard deal, where Microsoft paid $68.7 billion.
One of the potential buyers is Apple. There have been talks, reports say, although how serious those talks have been, or are, is unknown at this time. EA is surely looking for a serious payday, although itās hard to see them being worth as much as Activision Blizzard these days. Other people can probably guess better than I, so Iāll refrain, but suffice to say, whoever picks up EA will have to have a deep wallet.
Apple has a deep wallet. Theyāre also notoriously bad at games, despite raking in cash on games through the App Store.
So, does EA make sense for Apple, and what would happen if they bought them?
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So, there are speculations that Apple might be interested in buying Electronic Arts (or EA as they brand themselves), a big games company. Itās one of the gigantic ones, known for the EA Sports line, as well as franchises such as Need for Speed, The Sims, Apex Legends (recently launched on mobile, by the way), and Battlefield. EA is looking to sell in the wake of the mammoth Activision Blizzard deal, where Microsoft paid $68.7 billion.
One of the potential buyers is Apple. There have been talks, reports say, although how serious those talks have been, or are, is unknown at this time. EA is surely looking for a serious payday, although itās hard to see them being worth as much as Activision Blizzard these days. Other people can probably guess better than I, so Iāll refrain, but suffice to say, whoever picks up EA will have to have a deep wallet.
Apple has a deep wallet. Theyāre also notoriously bad at games, despite raking in cash on games through the App Store.
So, does EA make sense for Apple, and what would happen if they bought them?
I love my iPad mini 6, as you probably remember, and I’ve got this idea that pairing it with a small keyboard could be an awesome portable writing station. So, that’s what this week’s issue of Switch to iPad is all about, featuring five portable keyboards.
Iām typing this on a Keychron mechanical keyboard, but that will soon not be the case. You see, I went on Amazon and bought a number of tiny keyboards to see if any of them were a worthy addition to a small iPad kit. Iād love it if I could get away with a small bag, packing just the iPad mini 6 and a small keyboard, as well as the Apple Pencil, for creative forays into the city. Smaller is sometimes better, after all.
The problem with this isnāt the iPad mini, you donāt need a big screen if youāre setting out for a writing session. What you do need is a decent keyboard, and, traditionally, these are at least close to full-sized. There are tiny keyboards out there, too, but Iāve stuck with models that are at least reasonably sized, not directly set up to fail by sheer lack of size.
So, letās see if thereās anything worth getting for a truly tiny iPad workstation, shall we?
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How are you? Iām typing this on a Keychron mechanical keyboard, but that will soon not be the case. You see, I went on Amazon and bought a number of tiny keyboards to see if any of them were a worthy addition to a small iPad kit. Iād love it if I could get away with a small bag, packing just the iPad mini 6 and a small keyboard, as well as the Apple Pencil, for creative forays into the city. Smaller is sometimes better, after all.
The problem with this isnāt the iPad mini, you donāt need a big screen if youāre setting out for a writing session. What you do need is a decent keyboard, and, traditionally, these are at least close to full-sized. There are tiny keyboards out there, too, but Iāve stuck with models that are at least reasonably sized, not directly set up to fail by sheer lack of size.
So, letās see if thereās anything worth getting for a truly tiny iPad workstation, shall we?
So, are you missing Fortnite, still? Is PUBG and New State not doing it for you? Well, hereās another Battle Royale game for you: Apex Legends Mobile. Released today, the initial reactions to the game is pretty positive. Thereās even an mobile first legend to play, Fade.
Iāll see if I canāt give this a go this weekend, and get back to you.
