How about a DualPad - it's a clamshell with an upper and a lower iPad. When you separate them, they're just iPads, but when combined they become something more powerful with different features.
Well, one of the nice things about a split screen view is that you don't need two iPads if you want to open a pdf on one and write notes on another, which is a problem I have with my reMarkable tablet. There's definitely better ways of implementing that than the way iPadOS currently does it though.
I will wait until this ships, but I don't think that I will like it more than quickly switching apps with a sideways swipe. For example: I write a lot on my iPad, keeping a text editor open to a markdown file and a PDF open in an adjacent app. I sometimes quickly swipe back and forth when making edits.
I recently bought a keyboard cover for my iPad, which I don't often use, but an iPad Air with a keyboard cover overlaps some laptop use cases, and the split screen might be useful.
Everyone knows two screens are better than one. So take both, and use the iPad as the second screen when using the laptop, and as a tablet when you’re not?
The thing I wish the iPad had was a keyboard and trackpad it locked into securely. When traveling I use my laptop on my, well, lap all the time. I usually travel with a tablet but it’s for entertainment. If I could turn it into something closer to a laptop, I’d ditch the laptop more often.
I'm so used to having two large monitors that even working on a laptop is sometimes frustrating for me. There's no way I could use an iPad exclusively.
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