Best Buy is hoping you’ll want to walk out with more than just an iPad Air this weekend. To entice the expected influx of Apple fans coming into the store to either buy or ogle the iPad Air, the retailer is offering a promotion on the MacBook Air, the non-Retina MacBook Pro and iPad fourth generation.
Starting November 1st, Apple is changing its iPad lineup for the holiday season. The company will stop selling the iPad fourth generation and will replace with the iPad Air. The iPad 2 will remain in the lineup as the low-priced model. Changes to the hardware lineup means there likely will be changes in the accessories that Apple will sell for that hardware. According to a report by iLounge, Apple is no longer selling the Smart Case or the Smart Cover for the iPad 2 or the iPad 3/4 generation.
It’s looking inevitable that Apple’s Remote app will be updated in the very near future. For the second time in less than a week, a new iOS 7-inspired icon for the Remote app has been spotted in the wild. The Remote app allows iOS owners to control their Apple TV or iTunes using their iPhone or iPad.
Prospective iPad customers are spending time thinking about the iPad they will buy and the many options they can choose for each model. One important criteria that many people don’t consider is connectivity. Unlike the iPhone, the iPad is available in both a WiFi-only and WiFi+Cellular option that allows you to use the device on your cellular plan just like your phone.
Google today launched the highly anticipated Nexus 5 on the Google Play Store, but unlike Apple, the company didn’t host a special event to unveil the device.
The Nexus 5 comes with a 5-inch full HD 1920 x 1080 pixels display with a pixel density of 445ppi, an 8MP rear-facing camera with Optical Image Stabilisation, and Android 4.4 KitKat, the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system.
Apple stores in the US are prepping for the big iPad Air launch tomorrow. While most stores are ready for lines of customers, some stores are preparing for a deluge of web orders by holding back inventory to accommodate these online shoppers.
Normally, when you search for an app on the App Store, you’d expect the apps in the results to be available on the App Store. But in what seems to be a recent change, Apple has also started showing its preinstalled system apps like Safari and Messages in the search result list.
The thinner, lighter iPad Air, unveiled last week, goes on sale in a number of countries on November 1st, which might be tomorrow in your time zone, but is already today in Asia-Pacific countries.
Not surprisingly, the launch of the iPad Air has been greeted with long lines around the world.
As expected, iPad Air is now available on Apple’s Online Store in Asia Pacific region.
Apple had unveiled iPad Air at its media event last week. The 5th generation iPad is thinner, lighter, sports an iPad mini-like design and is powered by Apple’s faster A7 chip.
