Apple has sent out invites for their second fall event and it will be taking place later this month on 10/30. Unlike the last event which Apple held on its campus, this time around they are headed to Brooklyn for the keynote.
Apple is expected to announce new iPads, there are also rumors of updated laptops as well. Specifically, the MacBook Air is expected to be refreshed at this event. Also, there may be new AirPods but we shouldn’t have to wait too much longer to find out what the company has planned.
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Apple is hosting the keynote at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City; the image above is of the current-gen iPad Pro that should be significantly updated.
I’ll be curious to see if Apple makes any mention of their Air Power wireless charger that has been delayed and was not talked about at all at the iPhone event. As always, we will be covering the event and keep you posted on what’s coming down the pipeline.
m_p_w_84
<p>I'd really like to see some Apple (NOT, and I repeat NOT Beats) branded noise cancelling over-ear headphones like the new MS ones (but more attractive). </p>
provision l-3
<p>Given the location I'm guessing there is also going to be an education tie in for whatever the announcement is (NYC school district getting iPads?). Seems similar to what they did in Chicago earlier this year. </p>
PeterC
<blockquote><em><a href="#354742">In reply to Daekar:</a></em></blockquote><p>Well actually – more power is exactly enough, if your setting out for the ipad to be able to do more. ipads have had a historical sales point of content consumption. The ipad pro's introduction started the change to content creation. The apple A series of chips being designed and built around iOS clearly outperform Qualcomm's offerings already and likely going forward for some time. Qualcomm get even next year but <u>only in chip designs with more power consumption and for devices more akin to traditional PC form factors</u>. So apple are now moving the ipad pro into a content creation scenario, using less power, being more portable with excellent graphics – compared to its competitors who are still predomitaely laptop/desktop orientated. History will likely see this as Intel's true failure, more than MS or others.</p><p><br></p><p>I am not a fanboy. But I applaud the senior management vision to invest heavily in their own chip designs to give them leading edge going forward – they're a company built on hardware sales and they've delivered the tech to continue to do so for alot longer – more than most people have appreciated in recent years. </p><p><br></p><p>Whilst many journo's and critics saw apple stagnating with S type revisions and high prices – they were investing on their next-gen product offering built on their chip designs.</p><p> </p><p>It would appear Nadella was retrenching and cutting hardware investments to focus on enterprise/software whilst apple were ramping up hardware investments to create new product categories. hmmm that's a different narrative than we've been led to believe.</p>
PeterC
<blockquote><em><a href="#354781">In reply to Daekar:</a></em></blockquote><p>Im not in the know so to speak, but I suspect your wish will be granted regarding mouse and keyboard, or similar control mechanism. Would make sense.</p>