3 news, which became the leitmotif of the penultimate issue of insider this week devoted to the October announcements of several major innovations: a new flagship tablet HTC Nexus 9 with a rather unusual screen diagonal of 8.9 inches, the smartphone Motorola Droid Turbo with fast charging and, of course, new tablet from Apple - iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3. In addition, we will tell you about the secret project between Apple and the cult rock group U2, which is September 9 appeared on stage in Cupertino and announced a partnership with Tim Cook.
Presentation of the new Apple tablet is held in the second half of October
Last night, several major foreign online publications distributed information according to which Apple may show two iPad tablet in the second half of October, as it did in 2012 and 2013. In this resource Daily Dot suggested that the event will be held on 21 October. It is argued that the source of information was the employee who is familiar with the company's plans directly Logistics unannounced devices. In the future, the same information distributed some of the most respected publications of the Internet - Bloomberg and Reuters. However, a few hours later, Jim Dalrymple of The Loop, a resource that publishes insider information about the devices Apple, wrote a short but weighty "No" under the news.
Thus, we still have no exact information about the date of the next presentation of the "apple" of the company. It is reported that on it, in addition to tablets, will be presented to the final build of the operating system OS X Yosemite, as well as updated versions of the Mac mini, MacBook Air, iMac and Apple TV, though so far this information is not confirmed. In addition, it is alleged that Apple may introduce a 27-inch monitor with a resolution of 5120x2880 pixels. But increased iPad Pro with 12.9-inch screen is likely to be shown only at the beginning of next year.
HTC Nexus 9 will be presented on October 16
MoDaCo founder Paul O'Brien said yesterday that HTC will hold in October, several events, one of which stir the whole segment of gadgets. According to him, October 16, the world will present the new Nexus-tablet - HTC Volantis, better known as Nexus 9. Despite the fact that this is one of the biggest projects of the year, on the tablet very little is known. It is alleged that in 9-inch tablet will be installed processor NVIDIA Tegra K1, which will make the unit incredibly powerful, not only in class but also in the segment of mobile devices in general. Unfortunately, the official confirmation from the company itself did not arrive yet, so it remains only to wait: until October 16, has left less than a month.
This option will allow the Turbo Charger to charge the battery Motorola Droid Turbo in just 15 minutes
This week, CNet exclusively distributed information that Motorola is preparing a new smartphone for the operator Verizon Wireless.According to published data, the device will be officially launched in October, and one of the main "chip" is the ability to charge the battery as quickly as possible, without the agonizing wait at the outlet. Apparently, we are talking about the project "Quark", details of which became known last week.
Curiously, that was then claimed to support any GSM-operator. The phone itself should get top features: quad-core Snapdragon processor clocked at 805 2.65 GHz, 3 GB RAM and 32 GB of internal memory, a display with a resolution of 2560x1440 pixels, support for Wi-Fi 802.11a / b / g / n / ac, Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC. It also reported that, thanks to technology Turbo Charger battery with 3500 mAh can be fully recharged in just 15 minutes. It looks pretty promising, as the current development of batteries high capacity based on traditional technologies goes towards increasing the capacity due to the physical size, while one of the solutions to maintain the autonomy of the device during the day can be just such a method - the accumulation of charge on the battery in minutes .
Apple will record an album of U2 in high quality
As you know, immediately after the presentation of the new iPhone and hours Watch the stage with CEO Apple came musicians from the band U2, led by Bono. Then it was announced that all owners of iOS-devices will be presented with a new album, Songs of Innocence. However, as it turned out, this collaboration and technology giant musical rock band is not over. One of these days the web began to spread rumors that U2 record a new album with the direct support of Apple, And in the course of cooperation will be used entirely new digital technology that lets you record all the tracks in high resolution, and the album will be distributed in electronic form with enhanced protection against piracy. It's no secret that the music business brings significant losses due to piracy, but it is likely that in the near future by Apple with music labels present a new model of distribution of albums and tracks that will be more in line with the level of technological progress. The main idea of cooperation - again to get people to pay for music, but now users will not receive physical media, and the icon in the media player, the notification of the downloaded file.