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iPad mini with Retina display review

2013-11-14T12:31:19-05:00

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Every inch an iPad.

Last year, the overwhelming message of the iPad mini was simple: the iPad mini was smaller, but it was still an iPad. Tim Cook, Phil Schiller, and Jony Ive all reminded us over and over that Apple had to make hard choices to make the iPad mini - it had a lower-resolution screen and a weaker processor - but said that the iPads' commonalities trumped their differences.

In many ways, that was true: Apple's experience has always mattered more than its specs, and the iPad mini converted buyers and fans alike despite the compromises. But even for those who bought Apple's tablet, there was one feature noticeably missing: a br …

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iPad mini with Retina display on sale now starting at $399

2013-11-12T03:03:41-05:00

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Three weeks after its announcement, the iPad mini with Retina display is now available for purchase in the online Apple Store. The release follows that of the larger iPad Air earlier in the month; both tablets feature the same 2048 x 1536 resolution and A7 processor, so the choice between the two more or less comes down to which size you prefer. Pricing starts at $399 for a 16GB Wi-Fi-only model and tops out at $829 for a 128GB unit equipped with LTE connectivity.

If you're looking to pick up a new iPad mini, time may be of the essence. Reports of severe supply constraints circulated before the tablet was even announced, and Apple CEO Tim C …

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Apple’s iPad Air is now on sale

2013-11-01T03:02:43-04:00

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The iPad Air is now available in the US, China, and dozens of other countries. You can order Apple's thinner and lighter 9.7-inch tablet right now from the online Apple Store, and it'll also be at carrier stores and brick-and-mortar retailers starting at 8AM local time. The tablet is available in silver and space gray colorways; pricing starts from $499 for a Wi-Fi-only 16GB model and goes all the way up to $929 for the LTE-equipped 128GB version.

With a 2048 x 1536 resolution display and A7 processor, the iPad Air is much the same as the new iPad mini with Retina display. That device, however, has no official release date beyond "later in …

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Bryan Cranston now pushing iPads to Apple addicts

2013-10-24T03:37:30-04:00

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The newest member of Apple's iPad family, the thinner and faster Air, was welcomed by the company with a new commercial shown off during Tuesday's event. The star of that one-minute spot is actually a humble pencil, with the iPad Air only making a dramatic appearance right at the end. The point, as Apple puts it, is that an "extremely simple tool" can also be "extremely powerful."

What you might not have immediately noticed is the identity of the person speaking those words - it's none other than Bryan Cranston, the actor who played the iconic Walter White in the recently concluded Breaking Bad. His soft and reassuring voiceover sounds a mi …

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Why would anyone buy an iPad 2 now?

2013-10-23T08:33:35-04:00

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Yesterday, Apple announced two new iPads: the iPad Air and the iPad mini with Retina display. Both carry Apple's speedy new A7 processor, and both come with high-resolution screens. But when the dust settles, Apple will actually carry four different iPads you can buy - including, improbably, the two-and-a-half-year-old iPad 2.

$100 upgrades

At first, Apple's iPad lineup seems perfectly symmetrical. The math makes sense. Small-screen iPads start at $299, big-screen iPads start at $399, and upgrades are $100 each. $299 buys you the original iPad mini, which comes with an Apple A5 processor and a 1024 x 768 non-Retina screen. At the top end, yo …

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Apple updates Podcasts, Find My iPhone, and iTunes Movie Trailers apps with iOS 7 designs

2013-10-22T21:03:22-04:00

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Along with the major updates to headline apps such as the iWork and iLife suites, Apple has refreshed some of its other offerings with designs in line with iOS 7. Find My iPhone, iTunes Movie Trailers, and Podcasts have all been updated with new icons and cleaner UIs; the new Podcasts app in particular sees a total overhaul following a slight tweak to the excessively literal visual metaphors found in the original release.

Although Find My iPhone and iTunes Movie Trailers haven't received any headline new features, Podcasts now supports background downloading in iOS 7, with iCloud keeping your play positions in sync across Apple TV and iTunes. …

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Watch this: Apple’s fall 2013 event in under five minutes

2013-10-22T17:16:03-04:00

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170 million iPads. Two new iPad models. 43 percent thinner. Four times the resolution. 64 percent running iOS 7. Free 10.9. Lots of numbers, lots of announcements. This is everything that matters from Apple's fall 2013 event, in Apple's own words - indeed, there was a lot to cover - in just over four minutes.

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New MacBook Pro with Retina display hands-on

2013-10-22T15:25:34-04:00

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We just got a chance to play with Apple's new MacBook Pro with Retina display lineup, and it's very much what you'd expect: the same basic design, the same glorious display, but a whole lot faster.

The biggest changes are to the 13-inch model, which is now just 0.71 inches thick and weighs 3.46 pounds. That's slightly thinner and lighter than the outgoing model, but it's also faster - much faster. Where the old model would stutter and lag on web pages and while working with images, the new model's Haswell processor with upgraded Iris graphics was totally smooth. Obviously we didn't get to test it too harshly, but if it holds up when we revi …

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Apple’s iPad Air event keynote now streaming online

2013-10-22T15:11:08-04:00

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Apple's keynote announcing the iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display is now available to stream online. Apple had quite a few things to unveil today at its event, from updated software suites to big improvements for its existing lines of devices. You can read our first impressions of the most exciting new products and follow along with all of the latest news using our Story Stream, directly to the right of this article. Otherwise you can kick back, stream the event to your favorite screen, and hear the nearly hour and a half of announcements straight from Apple's own executives.

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From iPad Air to Mac Pro: everything you need to know about Apple’s fall event

2013-10-22T14:58:43-04:00

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After a year in which Appleâ€™s product announcements have largely leaked out ahead of time, today the company delivered something of a surprise: a redesigned tablet, the iPad Air, that is the lightest full-size iPad to date at just 1 pound. Its announcement was coupled with the introduction of an iPad mini with the same Retina display as the bigger model and the A7 processor used by the iPhone 5s and iPad.

The iPad announcements followed a minor update to Appleâ€™s Macbook Pro line of laptops and some more information on the new Mac Pro desktop computer, which is getting its first major redesign since 2006. The laptops go on sale today, wi …

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