Apple Announced A New iPad For Students Today In Chicago
Guess its time for kids to own an iPad. Before now Apple iPads are known to be expensive, but today during the education event held Lane Tech College Prep High School Chicago, Apple unveiled a new affordable iPad model that supports an Apple Pencil. The device is compatible with all new version of Apple’s word processing spreadsheet and presentation apps will be offered to schools for $299 ($329 for consumers). The new device will bring some of Apple"s high-end specs, like Retina display, Pencil support and A10 Fusion chips, to a lower-end device. It will also take the iPad back to its roots with new digital book creation features. At the event, CEO Tim Cook emphasised the company"s investments in community colleges, as well as expanded classes at Apple"s retail locations. Today, Apple has 200,000 apps made for education, according to Apple vice president of product marketing Greg Joswiak, who discussed the iPad. The New iPad apps are taking advantage of Apple"s au...