In the beginning, tablets looked more like the televisions that strap onto the back of a car’s seat than something out of “2001: A Space Odyssey.” However, I’m happy to report that the times have changed and so have tablet designs. After Apple released the iPad (let’s give credit where credit is due), aesthetics and …
Read More »
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Apple is getting into the AR game 0:59 Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks augmented reality could be as big as the smartphone. Who wouldn’t want to be part of that? But apps built with Apple’s impressive new ARKit augmented …
Read More »
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: iOS 11: Is your device compatible? 1:11 iOS 11, the latest version of Apple‘s iPhone and iPad operating system, is nearly here — with fancy new features in tow. Perhaps you’re feeling a little anxious to get it, but …
Read More »
Psst! Did you hear that Apple released a new iPad? You’d be forgiven if you didn’t. After all, Apple didn’t bother to hold an event to introduce its newest 9.7-inch tablet, which drops the Air name and gets a $70 price cut along with a faster processor and brighter display. Instead, Apple made the announcement in a press release issued …
Read More »
Apple has replaced the iPad Air 2 with a very similar model, now simply called the iPad. Rather than adding new features, this new iPad instead gets a price cut, to $329 in the US, £339 in the UK and AU$469 in Australia. (There’s a small processor jump as well, to Apple’s proprietary A9 chip.) Apple’s new 9.7-inch iPad is …
Read More »
Apple giveth and it taketh away. Starting at $249, the iPad Mini 2 was the simplest, most affordable iPad, according to CNET reviews. Now it’s getting replaced by something much more expensive. The Mini 2 is gone from Apple’s website, signaling its demise. The only Mini you’ll be able to buy new and direct from Apple is the Mini 4, …
Read More »
Now playing: Watch this: All of Apple’s new hardware announcements 1:22 Say goodbye to the iPad Air. It’s just the iPad now. Apple announced Tuesday morning that it’s replacing the aging iPad Air 2 with a new 9.7-inch model that’s simply called “iPad.” The new iPad, which features a faster processor than the Air 2, starts at $329, £339 or …
Read More »
It’s one of the great philosophical debates of our time: Can an iPad replace a laptop? From day one, way back in 2010, we’ve been trying to turn Apple‘s iconic tablet into a computer replacement, with mixed success. If you’re a media consumer and online reader, then it’s a fairly simple transition, as long as the apps you want are …
Read More »
Now playing: Watch this: How to choose your next iPad 2:18 If you’ve had your eye on the 9.7-inch iPad Pro tablet but couldn’t justify the $600 price tag, now’s the time to take the plunge. Effective today, Target is discounting the tablet by $150 at all storage capacities. That translates to: 32GB iPad Pro for $450 (25 percent off …
Read More »
Imagine shopping for clothes on your iPad and actually being able to feel the fabric before you make a purchase. That’s the idea at the core of Tanvas Touch — a surface haptics technology on display at CES 2017. You might be familiar with ordinary haptic feedback. Smartphones use it to help make typing on a touchscreen feel more tangible. …
Read More »
