Tag: iPad

Apple is now classing the 4th generation iPad as obsolete

Apple has this week marked the iPad 4th generation from 2012 as officially obsolete. The fourth generation was introduced just a few months after the third generation, which itself was the first iPad to feature the now standard Retina display, which at the time the only other devices to feature it was the iPod touch 4th and 5th generation and the iPhone 4 and 4s. As of 1st November the […]

The new cellular iPad mini doesn’t support mmWave 5G

The new iPad mini Apple introduced earlier this week has a cellular option like all iPads have had, but the new iPad mini does support 5G but not at mmWave levels, like the iPhone 13 line does and the iPhone 12 line. mmWave is supported on the latest 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models as well as the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 ranges. mmWave uses 24GHz and above to […]

Apple gives the entry level iPad some small updates

At its event on Tuesday, Apple revealed a small update to its entry level iPad, the price remains the same at £329 UK / $329 US and Apple has given it the A13 Bionic SoC from the iPhone 11 in 2019. The previous iPad had the A12 from the iPhone XS and the new chip offers 20% better performance. Apple has been borrowing a few features from other iPads in […]

Apple introduces new redesigned iPad mini

At the Apple Event on Tuesday, Apple unveiled the new iPad mini, now in its sixth generation and with its first proper update in two and a half years, Apple has made it look like a small iPad Air, with a larger screen than before, USB-C instead of Lightning and no Home button. It really is a mini iPad Air, the screen has jumped from 7.9-inch to 8.3-inch thanks to […]

Scottish schools to receive 39,000 iPads thanks to CGI grant

Schools in Edinburgh, Scotland are set to receive 39,000 iPads for use by teachers and students, thanks to a grant supplied by the City of Edinburgh Council’s IT services provider, CGI. The program “Edinburgh Learns for Life” will be looking to provide each child with an iPad between the ages of 10 and 18 with 27,000 being brand new models and 12,000 being refreshed models. The main aim is to make […]

New eighth generation iPad now available

Earlier this week on Tuesday, Apple unveiled the new eighth generation entry level iPad, and while this week you could order the iPad, starting today it is now available fully. Apple has left everything on the iPad the same, aside from the chip – Apple has updated the chip from the A10 to the A12 Bionic, bringing the neural engine to the entry level iPad for the first time. iPad eighth […]

Apple launches new 8th generation entry level iPad

Yesterday, at its ‘Time Flies’ event, Apple introduced a new updated iPad, bringing the entry level model up to the eighth generation with this new relatively minor update. The seventh generation from 2019 was the first model to jump from a 9.7-inch screen size to the larger 10.2-inch screen and the new eighth generation is visually identical to the outgoing model. Apple has updated the chip from the A10 to […]

Microsoft Office apps on iPad will soon get trackpad support

According to The Verge and TechCrunch who both had reports today, Microsoft will soon add trackpad support to its suite of Office apps, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Support is due to come this autumn. This news comes shortly after Apple updated iPadOS recently with native support for trackpads and mice, with iOS 13.4 and then even more recently, the new Magic Keyboard case for iPad Pro. via: The Verge

Microsoft is testing multi-window support for Office on iPadOS

The iPad has had multi-window support for a couple of years now, since iOS 9 and as time goes on more and more apps are being updated to support split screen support, with multi-windows for each application the support came with iPadOS 13. Safari has had this support for a while too, and now Microsoft is testing support for iPadOS so users can open up multiple Word documents and PowerPoint […]

Apple releases iPadOS 13.4.1 with fix for the FaceTime issue

Today Apple has released iPadOS 13.4.1 as well as iOS 13.4.1 for iPhone and iPod touch, the main headline change is the fix for the FaceTime bug which was introduced in iOS and iPadOS 13.4 a few weeks ago. A bug was discovered recently for FaceTime where users running iOS 13.4 or iPadOS 13.4 were unable to video call users on iOS 9.3.6 and earlier as well as those on […]