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iPad Pro + Logitech Create Pro keyboard + iOS 9.1 was a dream convergence device and portable terminal (ssh, vnc, rdp) with 2732x2048 (274 dpi) resolution in 3:2 format. The vertical space was amazing for text editing, after years of 16:9 height-challenged laptop screens. It can also be an external monitor for Windows/Mac via http://www.duetdisplay.com.

Until Lenovo Retro or another vendor offers a 4:3 screen, the iPad Pro was a rare and positive outlier with portable editing and long battery life. Then Apple iOS 9.2 arrived, which dropped and delayed keystrokes from the Logitech keyboard, https://discussions.apple.com/message/29656057. The amazing, out-of-box experience lasted about 2 weeks, a new record for technology obsolescence. It has not been addressed in iOS 9.2.1 or iOS 9.3 public beta 1.




Apart from dropped keys, the other problems with iPad Pro as an SSH terminal are:

* iOS doesn't let SSH apps to keep the connection open if not on foreground, and there are no mosh apps

* None of the SSH apps are yet built to support the iPad Pro resolution, so you get a scaled-up "normal iPad" screen


Text book example why regular people have learnt not to update software.




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