WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.
March 7: Apple´s announcements. Full coverage. iPad HD (3)
At the Apple´s San Francisco today event March 7, 2012 the company announced:
New Apple store in Amsterdam.
Apple is up to 362 retail stores, 110 million visitors in Q4 2011.
Siri with an Aussie accent, speaking French and German...
And today, announcing Japan!
Part of iOS 5.1 available today, rolling out to Japan "over the next few weeks."
App Store. 585,000 apps currently in there
iCloud now. "iCloud keeps all of your content synced across all of your devices."
100 million iCloud users.
iTunes in the cloud now supports movies!
You'll be able to re-download movies you've purchased on any device, and movies and TV shows now support 1080p.
new Apple TV!
Supports 1080p with a "streamlined new user interface." Still not a basic iOS interface.
New UI is full 1080p and is "gorgeous" says Eddy. You have big billboard images for movies.
You can also get your iTunes playlists from iCloud right on here too.
Naturally, photos are pushed here directly, pulled straight from the ether.
Third-party apps are easier to get to as well. He's pulling up Photo Stream.
price is $99. Available next week and you can order today. "I would encourage you to do that."
The new iPad
Ipad 15.4 million sold in the last quarter.
"When we set out to create the iPad we set out to create not just a new product but a new category. In order to do that the iPad had to be the best device for doing some of the things that you do most often."
"When we asked iPad users who had a notebook a desktop and a smartphone about their favorite device for email, they responded 'iPad.'"
Over 200,000 custom apps specifically for the iPad. "These apps are gorgeous and groundbreaking. They help you create or learn or do almost anything."
Retina display
"Photos are just going to look amazing on that gorgeous high-resolution display."
It's 2048 x 1536, sure enough. That's 3.1 million pixels. "The most ever in a mobile device."
1 million pixels more than HDTV
We're looking at 264ppi "and that is enough to call it a retina display."
The iPad, now, is expected to be held at 15 inches.
40 percent better color saturation than before, too.
A5X cpu
A5X processor is confirmed, quad-core graphics!
Comparing to a Tegra 3, Apple says the A5 is "twice as fast" and the A5X offers "four times the performance."
That's 44 percent greater saturation in the display, to be specific.
iSight camera.
5-megapixel backside illuminated sensor on the back, 5-element lens, IR filter, and ISP built into the A5X chip.
Auto-exposure, auto-focus, we're looking at pictures from the beach.
Flowers, beetles, sunglasses, a smiling Border Collie.
Third feature: 1080p video recording. No big shocker there. "Wherever you are, you want to grab a video for work or play or school you've got a great camera to grab that with."
There's software stabilization happening and it's a clear improvement.
voice dictation.
"The iPad like all great iOS devices has a great keyboard and now you'll see there's a new key on the bottom: a microphone."
iPad HSPA + and DC-HSDPA.
New iPad now has 21Mbps HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA at 42Mbps, with LTE taking the cake at 73Mbps.
"Performance is amazing and you're going to love using it on these new high-speed networks."
demo, HSPA vs. 4G LTE.
clicking on an email with embedded photos.
AT&T LTE
Photos are, predictably, loading a heck of a lot faster on LTE.
Verizon LTE!
Verizon, Rogers, Bell, Telus and AT&T will be the LTE partners.
It will also support two other faster network technologies — HSPA+ and dual-channel HSDPA. That’s important because LTE is rolling out slower globally than it is here in the U.S.
all will be 3G world-ready, which is good news. "Whichever one you pick you can roam anywhere around the world."
The iPad can now be a personal hotspot too -- if the carrier supports it.
10 hours of battery life still! 9 hours on 4G!
9.4mm thin, weighing 1.4lbs.
That is slightly heavier.
$499 for 16GB, 32GB is $599 and 64GB for $699. Same prices as current iPad, available on March 16th.
4G it's $629, $729 and $829.
pre-orders start today."
US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan..
All launching on the same day. Apple's biggest rollout ever.
existing apps will be scaled up and text will automatically be rendered in higher-res.
"But, if the developer takes a little bit of time... they can do little things with their apps that are mindblowing."
