Gabe Goldberg

"iPad and Smartphone - Together at Last"

MEETING DATE: May 25, 2017

About six years ago, I wanted to buy a tablet, for the tablet "experience". Though disinclined to buy an Apple device, everything I read and was told indicated that an iPad was the best choice. After at first only mildly interested in it, personal circumstances led me to bond with it and I began using it daily. Years later, intrigued by the iPad Air 2, I convinced my wife that she needed an iPad so I could upgrade. The Air 2 is an amazing device: It weighs less than a pound, has 64 gigabytes storage, and includes much better screen and cameras than the iPad 2 it replaces (which my wife of course inherited).

Features are almost entirely pluses beyond the iPad 2, with just one -- typical -- Apple exception. ast year, my wife and I replaced our very venerable but still fully functional flip phones with iPhones. I'll review my thinking behind choosing iPhones, then describe our very pleasant smartphone experience, brilliantly partnering with the iPads, and mostly also relevant to other models (Android, Windows Phone).