{"id":249242,"date":"2020-03-20T04:22:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T08:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=249242"},"modified":"2020-03-20T04:22:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T08:22:53","slug":"apple-brings-pc-like-trackpad-to-ipad-tablets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/20\/apple-brings-pc-like-trackpad-to-ipad-tablets\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple brings PC like trackpad to iPad tablets"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_249246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249246\" style=\"width: 401px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Apple-brings-PC-like-trackpad-to-iPad-tablets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-249246\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Apple-brings-PC-like-trackpad-to-iPad-tablets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Apple-brings-PC-like-trackpad-to-iPad-tablets.jpg 401w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Apple-brings-PC-like-trackpad-to-iPad-tablets-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Older iPads will also be able to get trackpad capabilities with a free software update, but some will require keyboards from third parties. (File photo: @danielkorpai\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Apple&#8217;s new iPad brings PC-like trackpad capabilities for the first time, as the company seeks to make its tablet even more like a laptop computer.<\/p>\n<p>Apple says the trackpad will offer more precision than fingers in selecting text and switching between apps.<\/p>\n<p>Older iPads will also be able to get trackpad capabilities with a free software update, but some will require keyboards from third parties. For the iPad Pro, Apple is releasing a \u201cmagic keyboard\u201d with a trackpad in May starting at $299. The tablet itself starts at $799, while an Apple Pencil stylus costs another $129, bringing the combined cost closer to that of a Mac laptop.<\/p>\n<p>Apple also announced a new MacBook Air computer with a starting price of about $1,000, down $100.<\/p>\n<p>The new iPad Pro and MacBook Air will be available in stores starting next week, though Apple&#8217;s own retail stores in most of the world remain closed because of the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Apple made no mention of new iPhones in Wednesday&#8217;s announcements. There&#8217;s been speculation that Apple is due to refresh its older models as lower-cost alternatives to the newer iPhone 11s.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Apple&#8217;s new iPad brings PC-like trackpad capabilities for the first time, as the company seeks to make &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":249246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249247,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249242\/revisions\/249247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}