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Tuesday 22 October 2013

Apple announces iPad Air and new versions for iPad Mini and Macbook Pro laptops


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Apple introduced the new iPad version, named “Air” for design changes which were made. With a weight of 400 grams and a thickness of 7.5 mm, the new iPad is the thinnest and lightest yet. The company also announced an enhanced version of the iPad Mini and new Macbook Pro laptops.

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After the "new iPad " Apple brings a new standard tablet name change of the company. "Air" is the thinnest version thus far, with a thickness of 7.5 mm and a weight of 28% less than the previous version - 400 g design is close to the rounded forms introduced with the iPad Mini last year, kept same 9.7 -inch diagonal screen, but comes with a smaller width of the edge around it. Changes made to the tablet are the most important since the advent of the iPad 2 in March 2011.

iPad Air enjoy A7 processor with 64-bit architecture, shown to be two times faster than the previous version so that the computing power and graphics processing. M7 motion coprocessor, already available inside the new iPhone 5S, the main processor of the tablet easier calculations related gyroscope, accelerometer and compass, increasing the autonomy of the device. Camcorder tablet has a resolution of 5 megapixels, and the device receiving dual microphones with noise reduction function used FaceTime calls.

Air iPad versions will be available in black silver, white, "gray space" and black and will start at a price of $ 499 in the U.S.

New iPad Mini
Now in its second version, the iPad Mini gets a screen with a higher resolution than standard HDTV, already known under the name Retina Display, but no change in design. With a diagonal of 7.9 inches, the tablet is powered by the same processor that equips A7 all mobile Apple devices released this year.

The tablet will be available in silver version and "gray space" and will have a starting price of $ 399, ready for delivery in the second half of November ( in the U.S. ).

Updates MacBook Pro Line
A year has passed since the presentation version of the Retina MacBook Pro laptops benefiting from a higher resolution, and the considerably reduced size. The new 13-inch model is even smaller, measuring 1.31 inches thick and weighing less than 1.5 kilograms. According to the company will have a range of 9:00 and supports 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard that allows data transfer three times faster?

15-inch model is available with an Intel integrated graphics chip Iris Pro, promises a range of 8 hours and transfer files via Thunderbolt 2. According to The Verge, prices start at $ 1.999 for the version with Core i7, 8 GB RAM and a hard disk of 256 GB SSD. For version with Nvidia GeForce GT 750M graphics card, a 2.3 Ghz processor and 16 GB RAM and a storage capacity of two times the U.S. price is $ 2.599.

Software Updates
Also at the conference on the evening of October 22, Apple officially launched the new version of its operating system: OS X Mavericks. Also paid versions of programs or applications far as Apple iLife suite (Consisting of iMovie, iPhoto and Garage Band) and iWork (which includes Pages, Numbers and Keynote) are freely available for newly purchased laptop. Similarly, the iPhone and iPad versions of the two suites will be free.

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