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Show Notes
This week: Appleās about to overhaul the iPad, and itās long overdue! Ā Plus: why Steve Jobs was cool with your kidsĀ using an iPad, but not his own; how theĀ technology we loveĀ might be making us all stupid; Ā and we wrap up with an all new CultCast Choices, the game of great gifts with strange side effects...
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Westworld-style folding phone might get real this year
- Smartphones that fold out into a tablet are one of the many awesome inventions the creators ofĀ WestworldĀ promised we have to look forward to in the future. But according to a new rumor, Samsung might make them a reality in 2017.
New iPads to arrive next month during first Apple Park event
- Apple will announce its next-generation iPad lineup next month during its very first event atĀ Apple Park, according to a new report.
- Sources say that production of the new 10.5-inch iPad Pro has been brought forward for the launch. The device is expected to be accompanied by an updated 12.9-inch iPad Pro and a more affordable 9.7-inch iPad.
- Apple āis expected to unveil the new iPad at a product event to be held in early April to mark the inauguration of Appleās new headquarters in California,ā
- TheĀ new 10.5ā³ iPad would have the exact same resolution as the 12.9ā³ iPad Pro (2732 x 2048), but the same pixel density of the iPad mini (326 ppi instead of 264 ppi). Crunch the numbers, do a little Pythagorean Theorem, and you end up with a screen 10.5ā³ diagonal
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Server logs reveal Apple is testing four new iPad models
- Device logs obtained by mobile marketing firm Fiksu appear to show that four different iPad models are currently being tested in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Just because four model numbers have been discovered doesnāt mean Apple will release four different iPads this month.
- Last year, Fiksu saw new device model names pop up in its logs about a month before the new iPads were announced.
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