This keynote quotes student and teachers they dont use £1000 tablets lol this will be new macs or ipads designed for classrooms so cheap, the new ipad pro with face id will be on june keynote
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Apple to Host March 27 Event in Chicago: 'Creative New Ideas for Teachers and Students'
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The hand-drawn sketchy style certainly hints at the Pencil (and thus iPad) - I wonder if the non-Pro iPad is getting Pencil support?
Yes, obviously, but look at the invite. Pencil support is obvious, now whether it's for Pro's or for the budget, we have no idea.
I still have one in working condition sitting in a closet somewhere (upgraded with a SE/30 board and a 10baseT network card), the only thing I need to replace every now and then is the cmos battery - not bad for a 30 year-old computer.
At a lower price do you think the specs are going be better or worse than the current 9.7-inch 2017 iPad model? Do you think it'll have a laminated display? Apple Pencil compatibility? 12MP rear and 5MP front camera? I don't care much about the RAM, chip, speakers... I'm fine with the current model in that regard.
March 27th? Damn. Guess I'm not getting that new 9.7" iPad before leaving for vacation on the 31st.
Low cost iPad with Pencil support seems obvious looking at the invite. Thats gonna be great for education.
holding it in Chicago is interesting and inviting the media, i agree that the invite is very obvious within the Apple Pencil also the tagline of "Join us to hear creative NEW ideas for teachers and students" i wonder what they have cooking.
I wonder if only the media can come to this? I'm an IT guy for a school district in Chicago's suburbs. I'm on spring break that week, so I wouldn't have to take the day off.
Would be very surprised if there were any hardware announcements - the last education event they did (if I remember correctly) just announced some things to do with iBooks: https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/11/2699684/apple-education-event-set-for-january-19th-in-nyc
AirPower, new iPads, cheaper laptops could easily just be announced via a press release.
AirPower, new iPads, cheaper laptops could easily just be announced via a press release.
Apple is arming teachers!
(with iPads)
(with iPads)
Yup, interesting for sure. I can't see them adding Pencil support, but it's definitely possible.
All these comments about hope and hoping. Do not fear, Apple will dash your hardware hopes on the shoals of services income.
this. probably just some education announcements at this event. no hardware.
iOS 11.3, airpower, ipads or whatever else will be press releases only.
Some of you need to get out of your bubbles ... it's as if you think (aside from the two coasts) nothing else happens in this country from a tech and innovation perspective. Chicago gets a bad rap in the media due to gang violence, which is a little comical given 90%+ of it is isolated to a few bad hoods on the south and west sides (miles away from the city center). There's nothing "odd" or "curious" about this event being hosted in Chicago ... a global, world class city that just so happens to be one of the fastest growing tech incubators in the nation.
They have also invited media from here in the UK as well as the US according to 9to5 Mac
"We’ve seen two invitations so far, in the USA and UK, both inviting people to an event taking place at a high school in Chicago."
https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/16/appl...ducation-events-around-the-world-on-march-27/
I'm not sure we will see the iPad Pro's at this event, but it would be great to see this rumoured low cost MacBook Air with retina display that has been rumoured for a while now.
I don’t think so. This is in line with what people have been speculating all along, the launch of a new budget iPad. They’re not going to be marketing iPad Pros at the education sector.