Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine July 2014 | Page 32

TECHNOLOGY
up quickly , and becomes almost too hot to the touch . This is not terribly surprising , as it is a tablet running like a laptop ; just like your laptop , it will get warm .
It also has been described as “ laptop enough .” A tablet , even the Pro 3 , will never have all of the capabilities of an actual laptop . But this one comes pretty close .
IPAD AIR Although the iPad was not the first commercially available tablet , it is the standard by which all other tablet computers are judged . The first iPad from Apple was released in 2010 . In 4 short years , it ’ s had five generations ,
culminating in the iPad Air and the iPad Mini .
The iPad Air is one third less heavy than the iPad 4 , and thinner . The device ships with iOS 7 , but iOS 8 has recently been announced for the fall of this year . It will include greater access to the iCloud for your photos , a smarter keyboard and an option called Family Sharing , allowing up to six people to share iTunes , iBooks and App Store purchases . iOS 8 also gives developers more power , so businessspecific apps can be even stronger and better suited for you and your company .
The 10-hour heavy-use battery life is impressive , and the device itself has
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