We haven't heard very much about the iPad Pro since Apple
first showed it off last month. Apple said to expect the 12.9-inch tablet in
November, but when?
According to the latest rumors from 9to5Mac,
Apple will start selling the iPad Pro on Nov. 11 online and in
stores. The blog didn't mention a pre-order option.
On that date, Apple will also start selling the iPad
Pro's two big accessories: a Smart Keyboard and a stylus, the Apple
Pencil. The latter, as we just found out today, will require its own special adapter
to charge using a standard Lightning cable. No word on how much that might
cost, though it's certainly possible Apple might slip the adapter into
an iPad Pro bundle as a free accessory.
The Smart Keyboard will set you back $169 (see video below)
and the Apple Pencil is $99. That's on top of the iPad Pro's fairly commanding
price of $799 for a basic 32GB version with Wi-Fi. If you want all the bells
and whistles, it'll cost you as much as $1,079 (more than a MacBook Air) for
the 128GB version with built-in LTE connectivity.
"The iPad Pro is definitely in an uncanny valley for
tablets," PCMag's Sascha Segan wrote in
September, after he got some hands-on time with the tablet.
"It is not something you want to stand around using. It
is not a small, cozy thing for your lap and the couch. It is not like curling
up with a book. And yet, it doesn't run "real" multi-window desktop
apps like the Surface Pro 3 does. With its 2,732-by-2,048 screen, I can see
iPad Pro being a big deal for artists, architects, educators, and CAD
designers. As for everyone else, I think the enterprise software needs to come
before we can see this one flourish."
Be sure to check out PCMag's
recent comparison of the iPad Pro versus Microsoft's Surface Pro 4.
And if you love really big tablets, see our hands on with
the 18.4-inch Samsung Galaxy View.
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