iPad 4 will be released in mid-2013 - DigiTimes

Apple will release a full-size model of the fourth-generation iPad until the middle of 2013, says DigiTimes, citing sources familiar with the situation.

So seen futurologists future iPad

DigiTimes reports that Apple warned its Asian partners involved in the production of iPad, so they were ready for the emergence of a new iPad update in mid-2013. The company's products are produced millions of copies, and often require collecting electronics for additional resources to meet Apple placed orders.

DigiTimes also reports that the next generation Apple iPad will keep diagonal display at 9.7 inches and some simplify hardware devices, in particular, reducing the number of LEDs used for backlighting. In the latest generation of tablet uses 84 element LED-backlight.

In addition, according to Digitimes, Apple is now making a correction and the current master version of iPad, but the updated model may be delayed until the first quarter of 2013, although it was expected that the new iPad 3, which includes a standard connector Lightning, will be announced together with the mini-tablet.

It is now expected after a compact iPad mini with 7.85-inch display. According to unofficial sources, Apple will hold a press conference on the announcement of the device, a week later, on 23 October.

The new iPod touch is much quicker than its predecessor [Table]

Time to market the next model of media player iPod touch has taken place, so it is logical to expect that he first gets on the table to enthusiasts of iFixit, who will try to take it apart to screw in search of discovery, and then take part in all kinds of benchmarks that determine the speed of the device.

As it turned out in a recent study, iPod touch 5G features dual-core A5, which is based on the architecture of ARM Cortex-A9 and clocked at 800 MHz. At the disposal of the program cover the player is also a graphics chip PowerVR SGX543, which provides unrivaled graphics performance other mobile devices Apple.

However, the wait for the device cost $ 299 for a 32-gigabyte version, performance, top models of the iPhone and iPad do not have to - these devices are primarily designed to play music, and then to run games and applications. According Primatelabs, iPod touch fifth generation is slower than the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S.

Based on the results of benchmark tests, the publication claims that iPod touch 5G significantly performance last modification of the iPad and iPhone, slightly less than the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S, but it works a third faster than the iPad 1 and almost two times faster than the performance of its predecessor - iPod touch 4G.

As mentioned above, the processor in the new iPod touch is exactly the same as the iPhone 4S: Dual 800 MHz. Apparently, the difference in performance "eats" the image processing with greater than a smartphone, a resolution of 1136 × 640 pixels.