The iPad Pro: Its Size Isn't The Big Deal...
How the Apple Pencil Changes the Game
Apple announced it's biggest iPad yet last week. The iPad Pro has a huge 12.9 inch Retina Display and four speakers to pump out rich sound in such a small package. It has a fast processor and blahdey blah blah blah...
But wait... It's not all the shiny goodies that make it significant, but the addition of a small device called the Apple Pencil.
Artists, designers, architects, and sketch artists love the feel of pencil to paper. Nothing compares to the immediate feedback when creating directly on the paper itself. There have been devices that attach to PCs and Macs over the years to assist with drawing, but you still had to look up at a screen to see your results. The effect was numb and disconnected. But now with an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil you can draw on a digital interface and get immediate results that you can see. You can vary thicknesses via pen pressure, just as you would do on paper -- no more need to select a brush size/width. It is all done immediately and intuitively. Supposedly you can, with a light touch, draw the width of one pixel. Wow!
Not everyone needs an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil, but if your job involves drawing, you should strongly consider one. There are two Wi-Fi only options, and one with Wi-Fi + Cellular.
To learn more about the iPad Pro visit: http://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/
For the Apple Pencil check out: http://www.apple.com/apple-pencil/
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Amazon Prime Video: You Can Take It With You!
Download, Disconnect, and Watch
Streaming is awesome, but if, like me, you need to go off-the-grid to some undisclosed location at a moments notice, it's comforting to know that if you are a consumer of Amazon Prime, their video app now allows you to download content for later disconnected viewing.
You will need to download the Amazon Prime Instant Video app to your iPhone and iPad to take advantage of this service. But keep in mind that you will, of course, need space to hold this content. Keeping all those photos from your trip to Antarctica while downloading all five awesome seasons of Babylon 5 isn't going to be possible.
To learn more, visit Amazon's Help Page at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201460820
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Get a New iPhone from Apple Every Year
iPhone Upgrade Program for iPhone 6s and 6s Plus
More and more carriers are ditching their subsidized phone plans for something more akin to a lease. You make monthly payments, get a phone, and then can upgrade at a more liberal interval. Well, beginning with the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, Apple is introducing an iPhone Upgrade Program. For a set monthly fee you get an unlocked phone associated with the carrier of your choice. After 12 payments you can then upgrade to a new iPhone -- the every year upgrade, as it says. It also includes Apple Care Plus and its famous damage protection.
To learn more, visit: http://www.apple.com/shop/iphone/iphone-upgrade-program
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