Apple Education Event: all you want to know, in one article! [16:15 pm]

Started by a few minutes, the last Apple event dedicated to the world of education will likely be packed with information, news and previews which will be discussed in this article constantly updated. It is thought (striamo writing before the event, for more detailed information, read the entire article) to a new store devoted primarily to educational books in electronic format, the result of a partnership with leading publishers in the industry.

Hoping not to spoil the surprise too, reported here is an interesting excerpt from the 37 chapter of the biography of Steve Jobs made out of aWalter Isaacson:

In fact, Jobs had his eye on textbooks as the next target of a digital transformation. He was convinced that that sector of 8 billion dollars a year was ready for the digital destruction. He was also struck by the fact that many schools, for safety reasons, no longer put at the disposal of lockers for students and that, therefore, they had to go to school every day with heavy backpacks. "The iPad can solve the problem," he said. His idea was engaging the main authors of manuals and textbooks to allow them to produce digital versions of their works, making them available on the iPad. In addition, he was organizing meetings with the major publishers of school, such as Pearson Education, assuming the partnership with Apple. "The process by which the school authorities certify the state school textbooks is corrupt," he said. "But we can make free textbooks, and integrated iPad, so that should not be certified. This crappy economic system at the state level will continue for ten years, and we can offer the opportunity to bypass the entire process and save money. "

Update 16:03

To go on stage is Phil Schiller, that definitely will start to talk about numbers and then introduce the main topics of the day.

Update 16:15: 2 iBooks

 There is talk of 20,000 applications, which are present in the App Store, for educational purposes and 1.5 million used in the field of educational iPad. And here is introduced iBooks 2. The new application, signed by Apple, offers numerous advantages over traditional school books, as books in it are portable, durable, interactive, offering the possibility to use the contextual search and add to the text various media.

Original: A Case for iPad 2S-like body armor

Last year, China had launched various accessories generation cases for iPhone 5 before its not out. Finally, as everyone knows, no iPhone 5 was born but it did not prevent the whole web whole agitated. Today, a few weeks before the release of the new iPad (which is thought will not be a transition model, but an iPad "3"), a Chinese manufacturer has already begun to sell stocks of cases for iPad "2S". Given the fiasco of last year, it will be necessary to take the initiative with suspicion Asian ...

From the images provided by the manufacturer, the new tablet could be the same as her older sister. The manufacturer claims, however, that the hull is made ​​to accommodate a digital slate thicker than 1 mm, as the rumor suggests the last few days. Therefore identical in appearance, but slightly different when examined more closely.

The question is: "How this constructor can know in advance the design of the new iPad? . " In fact, many manufacturers of equipment often entrust plans before marketing their products, so that compatible accessories come as soon as possible after discharge. In the case of Apple's (almost) the opposite, as the apple in secrecy as possible. Nevertheless, in the case of this case, which is furiously to think of a bulletproof vest, the 'new' design would have been revealed by sources of production lines from Apple. Hum hum.

Note that the next iPad could pick an HD camera crane, better sensor in the rear, a new processor and a screen Retina A6. The rumor of a keynote at the end of February is also on the agenda .