“Apple is going to super-size its iPad tablet lineup next week with the introduction of the jumbo-screen iPad Pro,” Patrick Seitz reports for Investor’s Business Daily.
“The iPad Pro reportedly will feature a 12.9-inch display compared with 9.7 inches for the standard iPad. Apple is set to unveil the long-rumored iPad Pro, along with a refreshed version of the iPad Mini, at a media event Wednesday in San Francisco, 9to5Mac reported. The iPad Pro is expected to be released in November, with pre-orders starting in late October,” Seitz reports. “The big-screen iPad Pro is said to have a Force Touch screen that can distinguish between finger taps and presses. It also is rumored to support stylus input, something Apple’s late co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs was against.”
“The iPad Pro is being targeted to enterprise customers and will sport a jumbo-size price to match its screen size. Apple is collaborating with IBM (NYSE:IBM) to sell iPads to businesses,” Seitz reports. “The launch of the iPad Pro would coincide with the release of iOS 9 software, which has improvements ideal for big screens, such as split-screen functionality for multitasking.”
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MacDailyNews Take: We want!
Apple was working on styluses when Steve Jobs was alive and running the company. We’ve been covering Apple smart-pen/stylus patents and reports for many years now. With years and years of work on smart styluses, it certainly seems like Apple’s getting all of their ducks in order for the 12.9-inch “iPad Pro,” at least, where it might make the most sense – as opposed to a 3.5-inch (or even a 5.5-inch) iPhone.
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