Apple’s new iPad Pro is here, boasting 5.6 million pixels packed into its 12.9-inch Retina display, along with a powerful A9X processor that actually outclasses the new 12-inch MacBook. AppleInsider offers a first look at the jumbo-sized, top-of-the-line iPad.
All silver and gold iPad Pros are shipping out next day at modest discounts. Plus the lowest prices ever on key 2015 MacBook Pros ($150-$350 off instantly), $150 -$170 off Apple’s new 2015 iMac 5Ks (or Free AppleCare and cash discounts), half off water-proof iPhone 6 cases and more.
Apple chief Tim Cook had some harsh words for Microsoft during a stop in Ireland on Wednesday, saying that the Redmond firm’s latest Surface Book — which competes with both the iPad and the MacBook lineup — “really succeeds at being neither” a tablet nor notebook.
Early looks at Apple’s gargantuan new tablet have begun to trickle in, with most reviewers coming to relatively similar conclusions: the iPad Pro is an excellent machine and the best iPad yet, but iOS means it won’t be a laptop replacement anytime soon.
In a visit to Dublin on Wednesday, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook revealed that his company will hire 1,000 new employees at its international operations in Cork, Ireland, bringing the total number of workers there to 6,000, some of which are locally assembling Apple hardware.
Just hours after Apple opened the iPad Pro preorder floodgates, Logitech unveiled its first accessories for the jumbo-sized tablet, including the Create Backlit Keyboard Case, a folio-style protector with full-size keyboard, Smart Connector support and more.
Over the past 12 months of Apple’s fiscal 2015 (ending in September), the company “completed 15 acquisitions to enhance and accelerate our roadmap for products and services,” noted its chief executive Tim Cook in the company’s quarterly earnings call. However, the identity of only nine of these are known, and some of those haven’t been confirmed.
Apple on Wednesday initiated preorders sales of its all new iPad Pro, the company’s first ever 12.9-inch tablet with Smart Connector and support for Apple Pencil, and announced the first batch of units is expected to deliver on Friday, Nov. 13.
Less than two weeks before Adele’s highly anticipated album “25” is set to drop, the artist’s camp is at odds with Spotify over limiting playback to paying subscribers, meaning the streaming music firm might see another huge release slip through its hands to land on subscription services like Apple Music.
T-Mobile during its “UncarrierX” event on Tuesday unveiled “Binge On,” a free video streaming program that provides subscribers of certain price tiers access to 480p or better content from select apps including Netflix and HBO.