Linked List: August 15, 2016

Monday, 15 August 2016

The Talk Show: ‘Enjoyably Clicky’ ★

This week’s episode of my podcast, The Talk Show, with special guest Jason Snell. Topics include the latest rumors regarding the upcoming new iPhones and MacBook Pros, Rick Tetzeli’s cover story for Fast Company on Tim Cook’s Apple, the saga of Apple Maps, and the connection between baseball and mechanical keyboards.

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Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple Planning 10.5-Inch iPad Pro in 2017 ★

Eric Slivka, writing for MacRumors:

According to Kuo, Apple is aiming to introduce a new 10.5-inch iPad Pro model next year to go along with a 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2 and a “low-cost” 9.7-inch iPad model. Kuo makes no mention about the fate of the current 7.9-inch iPad mini, although many have assumed that model may be phased out as the recent 5.5-inch iPhone “Plus” models have helped lessen demand for Apple’s smallest tablet.

If true, I’ll bet the aspect ratio changes. I can’t see why else they’d change to something so similar to the existing 9.7-inch size.