And the rumor was right: Apple today announced that it will start selling the iPad Pro online this Wednesday (11/11), with the product arriving at its stores by the end of the week.
Although it has already been approved by Anatel (Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi + Cellular), the iPad Pro does not reach the Brazil in the first wave that is huge, including more than 40 countries: Germany, Anguilla, Antwerp and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, El Salvador, United Arab Emirates, Slovenia, Spain, United States, Finland, France, Gibraltar, Greenland, Guatemala, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Hungary, Isle of Man, Cayman Islands, US Virgin Islands, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey and Uruguay.
«The initial responses to the iPad Pro from app developers and our customers have been incredible, and we are excited to take the iPad Pro into the hands of consumers around the world this week,» said Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing for Apple. . ?The iPad Pro is the most powerful iPad we’ve ever created, giving users the ability to be even more creative and productive with the 12.9-inch Retina display, the powerful 64-bit A9X chip, the revolutionary Apple Pencil and the new Smart Keyboard. We can’t wait to see what they do with the iPad Pro. ?
In the US, the iPad Pro will cost $ 800 (32GB Wi-Fi) to $ 1,080 (128GB Wi-Fi + Cellular) and be available in silver, gold and space gray. Along with the tablet itself, Apple will also start selling its two new accessories, Apple Pencil ($ 100) and Smart Keyboard ($ 170), in addition to Smart Covers ($ 60) and silicone cases ($ 80).
Update · 11/09/2015 s 17:43
Taking advantage of the impending arrival of the iPad Pro on the market, Adobe published a video demonstrating some of its apps in use on it:
Not itself press release published by Apple in the morning there is a quote from Scott Belsky, vice president of products at Adobe:
IPad Pro enables new forms of mobile creativity that will help transform how creatives work. With the bigger screen and super-fast performance of the iPad Pro, creatives will be able to fully explore mobile apps from Adobe’s Creative Cloud family. For example, the ability to manipulate a 50-megapixel image directly on the iPad Pro with Photoshop Fix and then upload it to Photoshop CC on a desktop, for further refinement, the kind of industry breakthrough collaboration with which millions of customers Adobe and Apple can benefit.
On a related note, Tim Cook was in today Touchpress in London (United Kingdom) to see how the company is creating classic music using iPad Pro:
Amazing what @Touchpress is doing with classical music on #iPadPro and #AppleTV -great visit at their London office pic.twitter.com/T8mowQIoBo
– Tim Cook (@tim_cook) November 9, 2015
Special visitor at the @Touchpress office today. @tim_cook pic.twitter.com/oQjkjDiENG
– Touchpress (@Touchpress) November 9, 2015
. @tim_cook trying out Touchpress Classical Music Reimagined on #AppleTV pic.twitter.com/NQTld2yOLD
– Touchpress (@Touchpress) November 9, 2015
Thanks @tim_cook for coming to @Touchpress! Lots of fun talking about #AppleTV & #iPadPro! pic.twitter.com/bjpxtS19t8
– Touchpress (@Touchpress) November 9, 2015
Sam Aspinall, CEO of Touchpress, spoke a little about the visit on the company’s blog. O The Independent he also published an article covering her work.
The Apple CEO commented that Apple Pencil is much more than a simple stylus, with a slim / elegant design and very low latency. «We are not trying to replace the touch of the fingers, we are complementing them with Pencil.»
(via 9to5Mac: 1, 2)
Update II · 11/09/2015 s 21:16
Apple just posted an ad for the iPad Pro on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AZR8a5XVSs
There is a great new universe in the new iPad Pro. The biggest iPad ever created and takes your creativity and productivity to a huge scale.
