iPad needs this way more than iPhone as a platform. Not saying iPhone doesn’t need it, just that the benefit is bigger on iPad. Both need to be opened up worldwide, not just in the EU.

I agree. If anything this is going to put pressure on the EU DMA to crack down on Apple. Apple is using their position to effect competition in Europe and this is the result. Free elsewhere and costs money in the EU.

Most of the time ios’s location service uses wifi access points. I was able to look like I was in maine using the mac address and ssid of a wifi router there. As easy as that sounds, if there are a lot of routers around you would probably have to block them out.

I’ve used both keyboards and I’d say the MK is the better typing one. I personally rarely use the trackpad myself. I been using iPads since the first one came out and muscle memory has me jumping to touch the screen on the iPad. I don’t have that issue on my desktop. :)

I’d personally suggest looking for sales or a good used one as I think both are grossly overpriced. For your use cases an iPad is definitely fine. One thing to note is you basically only get Safari for web browsing. The 3rd party one are just skins at the moment. I am hoping one of the EU laws will change that soon.

I’d like a true Firefox(not webkit) and Emulators.