The Bite Magazine - Summer 2012 - Issue 5

H aving finally released the much awaited and anticipated iPad 3 on March 16 this year, Apple announced they sold 3 million of the new model three days after its launch, resulting in what was described by Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Philip Schiller, as “…the strongest iPad launch yet.” Since then sales have c o n t i n u e d to increase daily and has rolled out to countries worldwide. The third generation of the Apple iPad is bursting with new and improved features.The new Retina display, with an increased colour saturation of 44%, delivers four times the number of pixels of the iPad 2 and is so dense that the human eye is unable to distinguish individual pixels when held at a normal distance, making your viewing experience of the iPad screen one of ease, realism, and high quality. The total number of pixels on the new iPad is 3.1 million, over a million more than what you’ll find on the screen of a High Definition Television. Other benefits include the iPad’s A5X chip, specifically designed by Apple for greater speed in uploading and downloading, as well as sending emails with large attachments, and supporting the Retina display. There is also the 5 megapixel iSight camera, which installed with advanced optics technology allows you to take pictures in low-light environments with no problem, thanks to its backside illumination, and when you want to film footage, the hand-held disadvantages of bumps and shakes are banished by a video image stabilisation feature. Afterward, the iPad’s Photos App allows your pictures to be edited and enhanced, and of course, shared with your friends. And yet the iPad offers even more. With support for dictation in English, French, German, and even Japanese, typing will no longer be an issue as you’ll be able to get things done quicker by simply tapping the microphone icon, and saying what you want to say.Your words will be converted into text by the iPad, creating a perfect way to browse the web, write messages and notes, make Facebook updates, and even Tweet. And as if this wasn’t enough, almost every one of the App Store’s 585,000 apps can run on the new iPad. The success of the iPad 3 is quite a phenomenon, and the 3 million sold in its first three days is testament to this statement. If you can’t get enough of the rapid growth of technology and all of its benefits and wonders, the iPad 3 will either be on your immediate wish list, or already in your hands. www.apple.com Apple iPad 3 bitegadgets