The new iPad is here, and it’s great.They are also expensive and they are a lot of iPad. Do you really need an OLED screen, an M4 processor, all the engineering that makes it so thin and light, and new controllers that are increasingly powerful but also increasingly expensive?
As far as this episode is concerned edge broadcast, Let’s discuss this issue edgeChris Welch, he uses the iPad in many different and powerful ways, you’ll find. We discuss the advantages of OLED, the advantages and disadvantages of larger screens, and the true beauty of the iPad.
Afterwards, we chatted with Chris about what’s going on with Sonos. It looks like we’re just a few weeks away from the launch of the company’s first headphones, which will be called the Ace and they look damn good. We’ve also had the new Sonos app for a week, and it’s… not great. So we discussed how Sonos is changing, what kind of company it wants to be, and whether it can make a dent in the headphone market.
after that, vejicastle Producer Will Poole joins the show to tell us about his latest adventures in the world of restoration rights. New bills are being passed, company policies are changing, and we’re still trying to figure out what this means for regular people who just want their stuff to work. Will buys some broken phones and tells us what happens next.
Finally, we answer questions from the Vergecast hotline (866-VERGE11 or vergecast@theverge.com, we’d love to hear from you!) about why so many people want the iPad to be more than just an iPad. The answer is complicated—one part has to do with the iPhone, and another part has to do with the fact that it’s really hard to make a universal device.
If you want to learn more about everything we talk about in this episode, here are some links to get you started, first on the new iPad:
