This week on The CultCast: Apple has powered up the new iPad so much, it’s hard to resist! We’ll tell you why we’re so excited. Plus: What you need to know about iOS 11.3; everything Apple revealed at its “field trip” event; a reliable report says Apple Watch Plus is incoming; and you asked, we answer — from the best Home apps, to our Mac mini predictions, to Commando versus Predator, we answer your most burning questions.
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CultCast #329 – The new iPad EXCITES us
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This week’s stories
Apple is finally selling a space gray keyboard and mouse
- Mac fans that love the look of the new space gray iMac Pro — but don’t want to plop down four grand — can finally buy the computer’s coveted accessories separately.
- The space srey keyboard costs $149. That’s $20 more than the normal silver keyboard Buying a space gray
- Magic Mouse will set you back $99, while the normal version costs just $79. The black Lightning cable that comes with the iMac Pro is still exclusively available to iMac Pro owners, though.
iOS 11.3
- New Animoji
- Battery tools
- Privacy popups
- HomePod update
Everything Apple revealed at its ‘field trip’ event
- New 9.7inch iPad
- Updates to iWork
- Updated Classroom and new Schoolwork Cloud Apps
- ClassKitAPI
- More iCloud storage for students and teachers
iPad vs. iPad Pro: Which is right for you?
- According to early benchmarks, the new iPad is the fastest Apple device behind the iPad Pro and the latest iPhone lineup. It also outperforms both the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus.Geekbench: The 2018 iPad managed a 3,254 single-core score, right below the iPhone 7. It achieved 5,857 in the multi-core test, making it faster than the iPhone 7 Plus
- $329 for 32GB, $429 for $429
- Three times faster than iPad Air, and almost twice as fast a as the Air 2. Almost 80% faster than the 2017 iPad.
Next Apple Watch might be plus-size
- KGI Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo predicts the 2018 Apple Watch display will be 15 percent larger than the current one. That would give it a 1.9-inch screen.
- A larger display would make room for a bigger battery. Apple likely will build new health features into its updated wearable as well.
- The 2018 Apple Watch models are expected to launch between July and September. That’s roughly a year after Series 3 debuted.
- KGI analyst said: “We also see Apple (US) seeking to improve the health monitoring functions of Apple Watch.”
