Last month, I was speculating that the unannounced 2021 iPad, in other words the 9th generation main iPad would be placed in the shell of the former iPad Air 10.5, just with some new hardware. And now the famous Japanese Apple followers at Mac Otakara are actually quoting Chinese supply chain sources who says that’s pretty much what’s going to happen. That will make the new iPad thinner, at 6.3mm … more…
Adobe started its annual Adobe MAX conference today, and for us tablet users they announced the inaugural release of the ‘Adobe Illustrator on the iPad.’ Adobe Illustrator for the iPad is different from the Illustrator app for desktop computers in two ways. First of all it offers the same Illustrator features you get on the desktop, but from the approach of a smaller screen with touchscreen features and digitizer support. … more…
The latest research note form Apple analyst Kuo Ming-Chi has shed some light on the latest development in the anticipated mini-LED adaption for Apple’s iPads and Macs. Mini-LED displays are more expensive than the LCD displays Apple have traditionally used in the iPad, but now it looks like some competition between mini-LED manufacturers Epistar and Sanan might bring the prices down little by little when Apple is believed to introduce … more…
While the new iPad 10.2 is being released today, the new iPad Air 4 won’t be released until next month. But that hasn’t stopped third party tablet accessory companies from launching new iPad accessories, since Logitech has just launched a new keyboard for the upcoming iPad Air 4. Called Logitech Folio Touch, this is is an iPad keyboard cover that consists of a backlit keyboard with a trackpad, and a … more…
The current iPad 10.2 that’s simply known as the iPad colloquially, was released in September 2019. But now the latest iPad rumors has it that a successor might be launched in the second half of 2020. In a story on MacRumors today, it is reported that the so far reliable leaker Lovetodream on Twitter, tweeted today that the 2020 iPad will feature an Apple A12 chip. This would be an … more…
A report from The Information this week has it that Apple is working on an iPad keyboard with a touchpad / trackpad too. I have no experience with the reliability of leaks from The Information, but at least Mac Rumors found the leak believable enough to mention. Apple already have their own series of iPad keyboards, but they didn’t launch any keyboards with trackpad when they made cursor support through … more…
Adobe is in the middle of its popular Adobe MAX 2019 gathering right now and have used the occasion to show a strong and increased commitment to developing apps for iPad and tablets. To begin with, Adobe launched the Adobe Photoshop on iPad, which supports the same range of layers, full-size PSDs, and resolution as the desktop version. Adobe says that this is only the first release, which focuses on … more…
In today’s largest Apple news, MacRumors is once again quoting reputable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities who has mentioned that he believes Apple will launch 4 new iPads for the 2019 model year. These are the new iPad mini 5, two new iPad Pros, and iPad 10.2, which would be the first time we would see this new form factor from Apple. It has been believed since 2018 … more…
So Apple is finally holding their large autumn event on Wednesday, September 12th. The three new iPhones have been leaked a lot beforehand, but the iPads not so much, because Apple have made an effort to plug the holes that leaks information since last year. (UPDATE: With no iPads being unveiled at today’s event, the financial analysts believe that we will see these tablets unveiled at the later October event … more…
A rumor started circulating on Monday that Apple will launch an 11-inch iPad this year, even though no analyst or insider source have mentioned this possibility before. Of course it could still be true. Another possibility is that imprecise reporting multiplied with poor translations have resulted in a rumor with little credibility, since the source is a supply chain insider in Taiwan mentioned in Economic Daily News, that may have … more…
Some very interesting news came out a few hours ago after Monica Chen and Joseph Tsai reported in Digitimes earlier today that Apple may once again cut the prices of the next 8th gen. Apple iPad 9.7. Apple first cut the iPad price significantly this year with the launch of the 7th gen. Apple iPad 9.7 for just $329 with 32GB of storage. This was made possible mainly by Apple … more…
Two reports on the 2018 iPads came out this week, with one saying that Apple will intensify its price strategy next year, and the other report focusing more on features. According to Bloomberg, Apple is working on a new 10.5 iPad Pro that will get some iPhone X features like facial recognition and slimmer bezels, but no AMOLED display for this iPad yet, at least according to Bloomberg’s sources. The … more…
It’s been a couple of years since we wrote about Microsoft’s Touch Covers, since these thin alcantara/leather like keyboards for the Surface tablets were discontinued by the time the Surface Pro 3 came along, where the main keyboard since then have been the Type Cover. But now computer journalist Roland Quandt have just discovered that Microsoft have on record a keyboard called “iPad Touch Cover” with Microsoft’s model number 1719. … more…
A report in Digitimes yesterday suggested that the upcoming first 10.5-inch Apple iPad Pro 10.5 will see 5 million units of the new iPad ship to stores in 2017, after the iPad Pro 10.5 production that started in March will get cranked up by 20% in July, from 500 000 monthly units to 600 000 monthly units. The Apple iPad Pro 10.5 is expected to feature a 2224 x 1668 … more…
This definitely and by far the thinnest possible rumor we have ever given any cover of, but at the same time it could be real. Either way, MARC_intosh on Twitter wonders if not the the first official sighting of something iPad Pro 10.5 related have turned up, through a Spanish accessories distributor, where two folio covers for the iPad Pro 10.5 in blue and pink can be seen, along with … more…