lundi 3 novembre 2014

APPLE - New iPad: all that will change on October 16




TABLET - For the keynote of October, Apple is expected to introduce the new generation of its iPad. MetroNews reviewed the latest of these tablets.  After the smartphone, the tablet. After the iPhone, the iPad. About a month after introducing the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus (remember, it was on September 9), Apple should take in the month a new keynote. The date of Thursday, October 16 has been advanced but not yet official. Anyway, it should be less impressive than the last. Apple has also provided a keynote in a less broad place: Town Hall Auditorium in Cupertino (California). Meanwhile, here's what should change in the new iPad: 

► What name? 
6 iPad or iPad 2 Air? No one knows yet for now the final name of the new iPad. Whatever it is, one thing is certain: it will be for Apple to the sixth generation of the iPad and the third for the iPad mini. 

► A new chip 
Like every year, after the integration of a new processor in the smartphone, it is added to the latest generation iPad. The house A8 processor, integrated into the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, should be announced as the new nerve center of the new Apple tablet. Unless this is a model boosted, called A8X, which would be installed on a brand new version Large, iPad Pro (see below "Two sizes, two screens?"). 

► The Touch ID 
Type the code is so old generation ... Like the iPhone 5s and the last two smartphones Cupertino, it will now show their credentials to unlock the machine. The new tablets are expected to be in effect with the Touch ID button that identifies the footprints of his or its owners (up 5 fingers). 

► A screen with anti-glare filter? 
Nothing certain but here it was mentioned the possibility of adding an antiglare screen on the tablet. A very good idea that would use the iPad even in bright conditions. Moreover, it will be a real comfort to watch videos and movies. 

► New Color 
To comply with the trio of the iPhone, the iPad should be submitted either in two but three colors. Gold entered. We must therefore rely this year on the sidereal gray version (with black face), silver (with white face) and, for the first time, gold (with white face). 

► Two sizes, two screens? 
And if Apple offered two models of its iPad Air? In addition to the 9.7-inch version (and the iPad mini with a screen of 7.9 inches) for the Apple brand could launch a new model bigger. This would measure 12.9 inch (32.8 cm) from one edge to the other and would be called "iPad Pro" or "6 iPad Plus". In addition, this new model would be available in two screen resolutions: 2K and 4K (that is to say four times HD resolution). However, there is nothing to confirm this rumor. 

► From WiFi boosted 
As with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, we hope that Apple will have thought about giving a boost to the WiFi iPad, thanks to the 802.11ac standard. 

► No new Retina iPad mini? 
At least not right away. From a strategic point of view, this is understandable. Due to the size close between an iPhone 6 Plus (5.5 inches) and a retina iPad mini (7.9 inches), Apple could decide to delay the release of the new model of this device early next year (March 2015?). So as not to overshadow his phablette.

The iPad Air 2 has the powerful A8X chip,



 We’ve made the iPad mini even mightier.
 It not only has the powerful A7 chip
and brilliant Retina display,
but it also comes with the versatile
 Apple SIM, and now,
for the first time ever, the revolutionary Touch

     

The iPad Air 2 has the powerful A8X chip, revolutionary Touch ID,



 We’ve made the iPad mini even mightier.
 It not only has the powerful A7 chip
and brilliant Retina display,
but it also comes with the versatile
 Apple SIM, and now,
for the first time ever, the revolutionary Touch

     

Our test Mac mini 2014


  Deux ans ! Deux ans que l'on aura attendu cette mise à jour du Mac mini que l'on avait qualifié de « presque parfait » à l'époque, lors du test de la génération précédente.

Mais cette année, c'est une immense déception qui entoure ces machines. Quelle mouche a donc bien pu piquer Apple pour autant brider et dégrader ce petit Mac qui frisait pourtant le zéro-défaut en 2012 ? Absence de quadri-coeur, RAM soudée, démontage plus difficile... Ces choix -parfois incompréhensibles- paraissent en total décalage avec l'usage qui était fait du Mac mini jusque là.

Nous verrons donc dans ce test que :

- Tim Cook a osé sortir une machine plus lente qu'avant
- Le GPU n'a pas beaucoup bougé
- Le modèle de conception de Jony Ive est désormais... la boite de conserve
- La consommation électrique est incroyablement faible
- Les tarifs sont quand-même pas si mal
- Tout n'est pas à jeter dans ce nouveau Mac mini

Mac4Ever : test du Mac mini 2014
             


                                             



                                    
                            

Test : Souris Mad Catz R.A.T. M.M.O TE



 La souris Mad Catz R.A.T. M.M.O. TE est, comme son nom l'indique, la déclinaison pour les jeux massivement multijoueurs de la R.A.T. Tournament Edition. Elle reprend donc le châssis et le code couleur de la R.A.T; TE mais se dote de 20 boutons programmables.