1 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: Apple updates its most popular iPad. I'm Rich Demiro. This 2 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: is Rich on Tech Daily. Apple held an event today 3 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: to update its most popular iPad, that's the nine point 4 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: seven inch model that starts at three hundred and twenty 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 1: nine dollars. They held an event in Chicago that was 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: at a school and it was all about education. Apple 7 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: really wants to get the iPad in more classrooms, and 8 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: this is what they're doing to it to make that 9 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: possible with a better processor and now it can support 10 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 1: the Apple pencil. And that's a big deal if you're 11 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: in a classroom, because you want to be able to 12 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: jot down notes, you want to mark up screenshots, you 13 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: want to do all that good stuff that you can 14 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: do that the Apple pencil lets you do. This isn't 15 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: necessarily a new iPad. It's basically the same iPad we've 16 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: seen before, that three hundred and twenty nine dollars model, 17 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: just above the Mini and just below the iPad Pro. 18 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: And this is the model that I think most people 19 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: are going to be interested in for the everyday user. 20 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: The new iPad now as the A ten fusion chip inside, 21 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: which is faster than before. This is not a brand 22 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: new chip. It's been around since twenty sixteen. It was 23 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: first introduced in the iPhone seven, but now it's in 24 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: this iPad as well. Apple says it's forty percent faster 25 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: and fifty percent faster for graphics. The new iPad's going 26 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: to come in silver, space, gray, and a new gold finish. 27 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: It will sell for three hundred and twenty nine dollars, 28 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: which is the same price as the model it replaces. 29 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: That's for a thirty two gigabyte Wi Fi model. If 30 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: you want that cellular connectivity built in, that's going to 31 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,839 Speaker 1: be four hundred and fifty nine dollars for a thirty 32 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: two gigabyte model. Now, if you want that Apple pencil, 33 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: it is not built in. You don't get that for free. 34 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: It is still a ninety nine dollars add on. Apple 35 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: has some educational pricing for the iPad. Schools can purchase 36 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: it for two hundred ninety nine dollars. That Apple pencil 37 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: just ten dollars off. At eighty nine dollars, you're looking 38 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: at three hundred and ninety dollars for just one student 39 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: to get the iPad along with the Apple pencil. That's 40 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: kind of expensive. The iPad, the new one is available 41 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: to order today. It's going to arrive in stores later 42 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: this week. Now, this is all very interesting because Apple 43 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: is big. We know a lot of people have iPhones 44 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: and I still think the iPad is definitely the gold 45 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: standard when it comes to tablets. But if you look 46 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: inside the classroom environment, a lot of schools that I 47 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: visit are using chromebooks, and I think with that in mind, Google, 48 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: if you heard the news they unveiled a tablet yesterday, 49 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: a tablet sort of aimed at schools as well. This 50 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: is their first tablet that's running the Chrome operating system. 51 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: It's called the Acer Chromebook Tab ten and this is 52 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: also three hundred and twenty nine dollars. But the difference 53 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: between this tablet and previous Android tablets is that it 54 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: doesn't run Android software. It's running Chrome OS. It's the 55 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: same software that Chromebook laptops in a lot of classrooms 56 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,839 Speaker 1: are running right now. The device also has a stylus 57 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: built in, so you don't have to pay extra for 58 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: that stylus. So this is three hundred and twenty nine 59 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: dollars for everything. There you have it. New products from 60 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 1: Google and Apple aimed at the classroom, and at the 61 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: end of the day. I think it's great if kids 62 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: are exposed to a combination of these products. So they 63 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: have an iPhone, they know what iOS is all about. 64 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,359 Speaker 1: iPads are great, they run that same thing. But it's 65 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: good for them to also know what Android is all about, 66 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 1: what chromos is all about, and of course what Windows 67 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: is all about, because they all offer different things and 68 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: work in different ways, and for the kids to be 69 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: the most successful in their lives, I think it's going 70 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: to be great for them to be exposed to a 71 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: combination of platforms. Thanks so much for listening. If you 72 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: like this podcast, please rate and review it in the 73 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts app. That way more people discover it. I'm 74 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: Rich Jamiro. You can find links to everything I mentioned 75 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: here Rich on tech dot Tv. Thanks so much for listening. 76 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: I'll talk to you real soon.