Get iPad Pro Online 11-11, In Stores Later This Week

Apple® today announced iPad Pro™ is available to order online on Wednesday, November 11, from Apple.com and will arrive at Apple’s retail stores, select carriers and Apple Authorized Resellers starting later this week. Apple Pencil™ and Apple’s new Smart Keyboard, also available to order on Wednesday, bring breakthrough levels of precision and utility to iPad Pro.

The new, larger iPad Pro features a stunning 12.9-inch Retina® display with 5.6 million pixels, the most ever in an iOS device, and groundbreaking performance with the new 64-bit A9X chip, rivaling most portable PCs. It is thin, light and delivers all-day 10-hour battery life* that users have come to expect from iPad®. Apple Pencil for iPad Pro makes drawing and sketching feel remarkably fluid and natural, and delivers incredible accuracy for activities like fine art illustration and detailed 3D design. A built-in Lightning® connector on Apple Pencil makes for quick and easy pairing and charging. Apple’s new Smart Keyboard further extends the utility of iPad Pro, offering a full-sized keyboard in a thin, durable design so you can take it anywhere. The Smart Keyboard attaches to iPad Pro’s innovative Smart Connector port, eliminating the need for a separate battery, on/off switch or Bluetooth pairing.

iPad Pro has already inspired developers of the next generation of advanced apps for everything from productivity, design, illustration, engineering and medical, to education, gaming and entertainment. 

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iOS 9.1 Update Causes Touch ID Problems

Apple's Support Community website has been flooded by posts from disgruntled customers who are complaining about the latest update for iPads and iPhones, which they say only served to break the gadgets' software instead of fixing it.

Released on Oct. 21, the iOS 9.1 update included 11 features that were designed to address bugs in the gadgets' system, such as issues with incorrect unread email counts, activation errors and unresponsive Calendar and Game Center apps.

Instead of fixing the bugs, however, Apple product users wrote on the company's official support forum that the update caused the Touch ID across iPads and iPhones to break.

Many of the complaints focus on the Touch ID's inability to recognize the fingerprint of users. Customers pointed out that the system is no longer reliable as fingerprints pressed against the gadgets do not seem to register anymore.

Apple's decision to discontinue granting permission to install the iOS 9.0.2 update within days of launching iOS 9.1 has also prevented affected users to downgrade back to the older version of the software.

The recent issues with iOS 9.1 have once again raised questions regarding the Apple's strategy of rushing update releases.

While it has become a standard practice to release subsequent updates after launching a new product, observers believe Apple should rethink its strategy to avoid running into similar problems with the last year's iOS 8, which is considered to be the buggiest update the company has ever released.

Tech experts also criticize Apple's discontinuance of providing downgrade routes that would have allowed users to switch back to a more usable version of gadgets software in case they experience issues with newer releases.

For the moment, users affected by the iOS 9.1 issues will have to wait for Apple to launch a new software update to fix the bugs.

Credit: techtimes.com