iPad

The Apple iPad Pro 12.9 is a large piece of iPad hardware, larger than we've been accustomed to in the past. A good case for it has to meet many expectations. It has to protect, yet be light. It has to accomodate all the iPad Pro technology, including the Apple Pencil. It has to be…

_____________________ During Apple's 2016 Q2 Earnings Report, Apple reported iPad sales of 10.25 million. This can be compared to the most recent non-holiday quarter 2015 Q4 of 9.88 million. This was the last quarter before the iPad Pro (12.9-inch) was introduced in November, 2015. If there was a rush on the iPad Pro (12.9-inch) in…

The iPad mini 4 changed that, of course, bringing the iPad Air 2's guts and power to the mini form-factor (well, almost the mini form factor… it changed ever-so-slightly, but enough to render all previous cases unusable). I wondered, though, does all this new speed – and RAM – matter for daily use? I moved to…

All you need to see your Apple Pencil's charge is the Batteries widget Apple included with iOS 9. It displays in the pull-down Widgets and Notifications view on your iPad Pro. If you don't see the Batteries widget, that means you need to enable it. Here's how: Swipe down your iPad display from the bezel…

To make this more confusing, Apple announced on Tuesday that preorders would begin Wednesday, but the company didn't tell us when on Wednesday, nor did it announce a firm shipping date. Instead, Apple's press release said they would ship “later this week.” In the meanwhile, this is what we're seeing on Apple's online ordering system…

Unlike Split View, in which apps run side by side (50-50 split) on only the latest iPads (including the iPad Pro), Slide Over runs on many more models. See the table below. Image credit: Apple System Requirements for Slide Over iOS 9.0 or later iPad mini 2,3,4 iPad Air, Air 2 iPad Pro 1. There…

iPad Pro may have 4 GB RAM Adobe detailed its iPad Pro support for Creative Cloud apps in a blog post Wednesday and called out some of the tablet's specs. Along with the 12.9-inch screen size, Adobe's post mentioned the A9X processor, 2732 x 2048 screen dimensions, and that it includes only 2 GB RAM.…

_____________________ Those who are jaded will claim that Apple limited some new features of iOS 9 to the more recent iPads or the iPad Air 2 in a callous attempt to force customers to upgrade. But is that really true? I don't think so. Here's why. I think Apple lost its way a little with…

iPad Air 2. Image credit: Apple Typically, when Apple reports its financial results each quarter, either Tim Cook or CFO Luca Maestri talks about a terrific year-over-year growth of some number, such as revenue or iPhone sales. But that was noticeably lacking in the case of the iPad sales last quarter of only 12.6 million,…

Seeing in B&W takes practice. I've found that it's best to start with a very simple scene where you focus on a single subject. Reducing the number of colors you have to deal with may reduce the headache of imagining how your final photo will look like and lets you concentrate more on composition. This…