CultCast #329 - The new iPad EXCITES us 🤜🏼💥🤛🏼

This week: Apple has powered up the new iPad so much, it’s hard to resist!  Plus: what you need to know about iOS 11.3; everything Apple revealed at its “field trip” event; report says  Watch Plus is incoming; and you asked, we answer—from the best Home apps, to our Mac Mini predictions, to Commando Vs. Predator—we answer your most burning questions.

 

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Apple is finally selling a space gray keyboard and mouse

https://www.cultofmac.com/537711/apple-is-finally-selling-a-space-gray-keyboard-and-mouse/  

• Mac fans that love the look of the new space gray iMac Pro — but don’t want to plop down four grand — can finally buy the computer’s coveted accessories separately. 
• The space srey keyboard costs $149. That’s $20 more than the normal silver keyboard Buying a space gray 
• Magic Mouse will set you back $99, while the normal version costs just $79. The black Lightning cable that comes with the iMac Pro is still exclusively available to iMac Pro owners, though.

 

New in iOS 11.3

• New Animoji
• Battery tools
• Privacy popups
• HomePod update 

 

 

Everything Apple revealed at its ‘field trip’ event

https://www.cultofmac.com/537703/everything-apple-revealed-at-its-education-field-trip-keynote/

• New 9.7inch iPad
• Updates to iWork
• Updated Classroom and new Schoolwork Cloud Apps
• ClassKitAPI
• More iCloud storage for students and teachers

 

iPad vs. iPad Pro: Which is right for you?

https://www.cultofmac.com/538053/ipad-vs-ipad-pro-which-is-right-for-you/

• According to early benchmarks, the new iPad is the fastest Apple device behind the iPad Pro and the latest iPhone lineup. It also outperforms both the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus.
• $329 for 32GB, $429 for $429
• Three times faster than iPad Air, and almost twice as fast a as the Air 2.  Almost 80% faster than the 2017 iPad.