Month: August 2022

Last year’s iPad Pro range brought significant changes to the premium iPad duo. As well as an upgraded Mini-LED display on the 12.9in model, Apple introduced its desktop chipset – the Apple M1 – to the range, allowing the tablets to harness the impressive processing power and battery efficiency usually exclusive to desktops and laptops.

While that’s impressive enough, Apple is hard at work on the next iPad Pro range behind closed doors. We round up all there is to know about the iPad Pro (2022) range right here, including the latest release date rumours and what to expect from the upcoming tablets.

When will the iPad Pro (2022) range be released?
With the iPad Pro (2021) now around a year old, Apple is expected to release an update soon – though not as soon as some might hope.

Going back to the release of the first-gen iPad Pro 11 in 2018, here’s how the iPad Pro release schedule looks:

iPad Pro range (2018): November 2018
iPad Pro range (2020): March 2020
iPad Pro range (2021): May 2021
As you can see, it’s not quite as clear-cut as the Apple Watch or iPhone, which tend to debut in September every year, but there is a vague first-half-of-the-year schedule over the past few years.

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iPadOS 16 is arriving in a couple of months and brings a whole host of new features: improved multi-tasking, new collaboration tools, and most important of all, the very first built-in weather app for iPad.

Even though it isn’t out yet, you can get excited about iPadOS 16 because Apple has unveiled the key new features, which we’ve outlined below. If you’re brave enough, you can download and try out the beta version of the update right now.

When will iPadOS 16 be released?
Apple has confirmed that iPadOS 16 will launch in “fall” (or autumn, if you’re in the UK), but this is no surprise as it releases a new version every year.

iPadOS 15 was released in September 2021, so most would assume iPadOS 16 will roll out this September alongside iOS 16, which we expect to be released at the same time as the iPhone 14.

However, a recent report from Bloomberg suggests that, for the first time, the release of iPadOS 16 could be pushed to October. The news comes from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman citing “people with knowledge of the matter,” who suggest the delay is down to several reasons.

Per Gurman, the big reason behind the delay is that an October release would line up better with the rumoured release of the new iPad Pro and entry-level iPad, though there are other benefits to an October release. It gives Apple a little bit longer to test out issues with Stage Manager, the new iPad multitasking interface that’s particularly buggy in current beta builds, and it’ll also free up resources in the short term to work on iOS 16 ahead of release next month.

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Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 30 Series offered a significant jump in performance compared to the RTX 20 Series, and rumours suggest we could be seeing a similar jump from the next-gen RTX 40 Series currently in development behind closed doors at Nvidia HQ.

The latest leaks point towards a 5nm process node running Nvidia’s Ada Lovelace GPU architecture that could offer a 2x jump in performance, and Nvidia has confirmed that it’ll officially reveal the next-gen architecture at an event in September. Here’s all there is to know about the Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Series right now.

When will the Nvidia RTX 40 Series be released?
Nvidia’s next-gen RTX 40 series of graphics cards were originally rumoured for release sometime in late 2022 – and given the two-year gap between the RTX 20 series and RTX 30 series, that shouldn’t come as much of a surprise.

Twitter leaker @Greymon55 claimed back in July 2021 that the graphics cards will launch “no earlier than end of 2022”. That aligns with previous Nvidia graphics card releases, which tend to appear towards the end of the year, although the leaker has also suggested that this could potentially slip into Q1 2023, which runs from January – March.

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Logitech’s flagship gaming mouse, the G502, has gone through a few iterations since its launch in 2014 – but for the first time Logitech has revamped the range entirely with a top-to-bottom rebuild and a trio of mice dubbed the G502 X series.

At the heart of the redesign are brand-new Lightforce hybrid switches, which combine the speed and reliability of an optical mouse switch with the crisp feel and click of mechanical. Essentially, this is as satisfying as any mechanical mouse to use, but packs all the performance benefits of the latest optical options.

All three G502 X models benefit from the company’s Hero 25K high-DPI sensor, adjustable with a side-mounted DPI Shift button. Following feedback from fans, this switch is now reversible, which lets you set it closer to or further from your thumb to suit different grip lengths – or you can take it off entirely and swap in a sleek switch cover if you’d rather.

Available in black or white, the G502 X is also impressively lightweight for its feature set: the wired entry model weighs just 89g, a 32g reduction from its predecessor.

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It’s been two years since Nextbase launched its Series 2 dash cams and, to coincide with CES 2022, the UK-based manufacturer has announced what’s coming next.

The iQ is a range of connected dash cams which give a 540-degree view of your vehicle, whether you’re driving it or it’s parked. The unusual angle is derived from the fact it has three 180-degree lenses: one facing forward, one backwards (to the car’s interior) and a third camera mounted in the rear window capturing everything going on behind.

It’s the first fully connected model from Nextbase, having a built-in 4G SIM to provide alerts, location data and a live video feed to your phone, wherever you happen to be. As far as we know, this makes it the first dashcam in the world to offer 4K resolution, three lenses and 4G connectivity.

Design-wise, the iQ is completely different to any previous Nextbase dashcam. For a start, it doesn’t have an LCD screen. This means it relies more on the new Nextbase iQ app than previous models did on the old app, though there’s also a built-in voice assistant that allows you to control certain functions completely hands-free.

It’s designed to sit behind your rear-view mirror with the cabin camera poking out below it, as you can just about make out in the image below.

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AMD has had a doozy of a reveal at CES 2022, covering not only new entry-level desktop GPUs but a whole suite of laptop-focused upgrades including the reveal of both new and updated laptop-focused graphics cards that’ll bring a significant boost to laptop performance in 2022.

Let’s start with the new addition to the laptop market, the AMD Radeon RX 6000S Mobile Graphics. Designed to be used in thinner and lighter gaming laptops than the flagship 6000M series, the 6000S can be used in laptops 20% thinner than standard gaming laptops, and it’ll weigh around 2Kg maximum too.

Of course, being a mobile GPU designed for thin and light laptops, it has to be power-efficient, and AMD says that the S-series graphics cards have been optimised for better efficiency and performance per watt, but specifics will likely depend on the specifics of the laptop in question.

The top-end RX 6800S is capped at 100W overall, though AMD says it’ll offer “the ultimate in thin-and-light gaming” with around 10% boost in performance compared to the competition.

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Nvidia teased big announcements in the worlds of gaming and design in the run-up to CES 2022, and it has delivered in the form of two new GPUs, the RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 Ti, bringing a significant performance boost to laptops in 2022.

As revealed during today’s CES 2022 announcement, the flagship RTX 3080 Ti brings the ’80 Ti’ class of graphics cards to the laptop for the first time. On paper it’s a mobile powerhouse, offering 16GB of GDDR6 memory, and the company claims it can outperform the Titan RTX – a top-end graphics card that cost $2499 when it launched in late 2018.

The mid-range Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti follows in the footsteps of the 3080 Ti, with performance up to 70% faster than that provided by RTX 2070 SUPER-equipped laptops.

The RTX 3070 Ti and 3080 Ti for laptops offer the same raytracing support for gaming and content creation. Importantly for gamers, the GPUs boast DLSS support that uses AI to upscale – and even improve the quality – of games without a performance hit.

There’s also the Nvidia Studio platform to consider. Focused on digital creators like animators, 3D artists and videographers, Studio-certified laptops offer tweaked drivers and other optimisations for 3D content creation. Studio supports over 200 creative apps, along with Nvidia’s video processing tech, for a smooth creation experience.

Nvidia is confident of its optimisation too, claiming that when coupled with the latest CPUs and RTX laptop GPUs, Studio-certified laptops are seven times faster at 3D rendering than the Apple Silicon-equipped MacBook Pro 16.

While it isn’t possible to upgrade a laptop’s graphics card as you can with a PC, the good news is that there are plenty of laptops in the works that’ll take advantage of the new GPUs.

Nvidia says over 160 laptops will go on sale in 2022 from companies including ASUS, MSI and Razer, in all kinds of shapes and sizes. The company teased dual-screen form factors, easels, convertibles and new 14in “portable powerhouses” with many sporting 1440p displays with G-SYNC support.

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Today at CES 2022, Nvidia unveiled the GeForce RTX 3050 GPU, expanding its line of Ampere architecture-based GPUs.

This entry-level GeForce RTX GPU is designed for 1080p gamers and comes with 8GB of GDDR6X memory and 2560 CUDA cores. The GPU also boasts 9 Shader cores, 18 RT cores and 73 Tensor cores.

This new GPU offers gamers the chance to play the latest AAA games such as Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and Doom Eternal at 60fps, something that older GPUs such as the GTX 1650 and the GTX 1050 Ti would struggle to do.

Pricing starts at $249, though with the recent GPU shortages there’s a chance that it could retail for a little more than that. The GeForce RTX 3050 GPU will hit shelves in just a few weeks’ time, on 27 January 2022, a little over a week after AMD’s competing RX 6500 XT.

To get your hands on the GPU, head on over to the Nvidia Partner website to find one local to you.

Alongside this, Nvidia also unveiled the highly-rumoured RTX 3090 Ti BF GPU. This will come with 40 Shader cores, 78 RT cores, 320 Tensor cores and 24GB of 21GB/s G6X memory, the fastest ever seen from Nvidia.

The company will host another live stream next month dedicated entirely to the TX 3090 Ti BF GPU.

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Until relatively recently, Intel was the undisputed top dog when it comes to laptop processors. It was synonymous with devices from the top PC manufacturers in the world, as well as being the only CPU manufacturer used on Apple’s MacBooks.

However, that’s begun to change in recent years. Since the release of its first Ryzen processors in 2017, AMD has emerged as a major rival to Intel in the laptop space. The same year, the first ARM-based devices were released, powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 chipset. The company has gone on to partner with Microsoft on two generations of Surface Pro X, although it looks like Microsoft has ARM plans of its own.

AMD is also expected to expand into ARM-based chips, which aim to boost responsiveness and battery life without compromising on performance. That’s what we’ve seen with Apple Silicon, which has seen the company successfully ditch Intel for its own laptop CPUs.

The ARM revolution looks set to continue, with Samsung set to announce its first ever laptop CPU imminently. Here’s everything you need to know.

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The iPad mini had a new lease of life with the release of the sixth-gen tablet, offering a substantial upgrade over what came before it. As well as a boosted 8.3in display in the same form factor as its older sibling, the iPad mini 6 sports a refined design similar to that of the iPad Air and iPad Pro, along with A15 Bionic performance and support for the second-gen Apple Pencil.

It’s a great tablet, but the next-gen iPad mini 7 is likely in the early stages of development behind closed doors at Apple Park – and early whispers suggest a moderate, but still interesting, upgrade could be in the works.

Here’s what to expect from the iPad mini 7, from release date and pricing predictions to the latest rumours and our predictions for the next-gen tablet.

When will the iPad mini 7 be released?
The big question is, when will we see the reveal of the iPad mini 7? While it’s far too early for Apple to officially confirm the existence of the next-gen tablet, we can look at previous releases to get a good idea of what to expect.

That’s the good news. The bad news? The iPad mini doesn’t get regular updates like the entry-level iPad and iPad Pro, which tend to get updated once a year. Like the iPad Air, the iPad mini’s history is a little more complicated, with varying lengths of time between each generation.

Here’s how that shapes up over the past few generations:

iPad mini 6: 24 September 2021
iPad mini 5: 18 March 2019
iPad mini 4: 9 September 2015
As you can see, the release schedule is sporadic. It’s arguably got a new lease of life with the redesign and price increase, so Apple could update it more regularly going forward, but we’d still expect a longer gap between updates than others in the company’s tablet collection.

With all that in mind, we’d say the chances of seeing a new iPad mini in 2022 are slim – but not impossible.

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