iPad mini with IGZO-screen production Sharp will cost $ 249 - $ 299

In an effort to maintain market leadership Tablet PCs Apple will release to the market a compact model iPad. Price of the device which according to the authoritative edition of The Wall Street Journal will be released in October of this year will not exceed $ 300.

 

According to the journalists, iPad mini will use the LCD panel of the Japanese Sharp, made on technology IGZO. Supplier selection is simple: the Taiwanese mobile garbage Apple, the company Foxconn, more recently, also owns a controlling stake in Japanese manufacturer.

Sharp, in turn, has developed displays that have the pixel density of up to 330 dots per inch (the third generation of the iPad, the figure is 264, the novelty Google Nexus 7 - 216). As the newspaper notes, Cupertino company probably will not "lower the bar" for a miniature version of the iPad, to a decent performance against competitors.

A source said that the cost of iPad mini range from $ 249 to $ 299, and the tablet will have a 7.85-inch screen. According to preliminary information, a California corporation has already ordered the components for the gadget.

Earlier  it wasreported that in October, Apple will release an updated version of the new iPad, which will also receive an improved display IGZO, will be provided with easier battery and have an alternate location for the camera.

Narcissism, "occupational disease" iPhone and Android

The American sociologist Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sherry Turkle talked about the impact the iPhone and other "smart" phones on our lives.

 

Unambiguous answer to the question of whether positively or negatively affect the emergence of smart phones with touch screen, performing a wide variety of functions in our lives, the expert does not.

"One way or another iPhone has revolutionized the way our lives - said Sherry Turkle. - With him I feel comfortable: I take with me to bed and do feel it as a part of themselves, and perceive themselves as a human-robot "- so, according to Turkle, according to the younger generation.

In the same vein, Professor mentions another, no less important change in the minds of users: people are more likely to write than talk.

"In place of real conversation among people increasingly come chat via SMS, e-mail programs and instant messengers. Such communication can reduce personal contacts and to hide from a variety of social situations, "- said the expert, pointing out that this leads to a picture of the world in which man becomes a kind of a loner.

This, according to Sherry Turkle, inevitably leads to a third psychological effect. According to him, representatives of the younger generation actually forgotten how to be alone with his thoughts. They feel an urgent need to share your thoughts and ideas at the moment they occur.

"I will not say that a lot of people have some mental disorders. However, the trend is the essence of which is reduced to the necessity to report any thought or feeling that makes talking about the symptoms of pathological narcissism, "- said the expert.

Sherry Turkle considers dangerous to turn iPhone into a "friend". With all due respect to technical progress, he says, "smartphone - first and foremost a machine that does not know how to empathize."