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For years the industry standard in creative design software has been Adobe and their Creative Suite products. Just over a year ago Adobe released their Creative Cloud. As I talk to many design professionals in the industry, there seems to be either a complete lack of understanding, or some misconceptions about the product and program. Having sold hundreds of copies of the Creative Cloud, I talk about the product on a regular basis.


Here are a few things you might not know about the Adobe Creative Cloud.

1) Traditional Licensing is Ending 
If you've purchased any Adobe creative products over the last ten years, you're familiar with their licensing program. You call your reseller, or go on Adobe's website, tell them which products you want, pay a one-time fee, and the software is yours to use. This traditional licensing program is ending. For corporate accounts, Adobe will stop selling traditional licensing April 2014. For non-profit/education customers, it will happen sometime before the end of 2014.

This is significant, because if you don't want to move to the Adobe Creative Cloud yet, you will want to load up on licenses before the traditional program ends. Once that cutoff date happens, your only choice will be to purchase on the Creative Cloud.

2) Non-Creative Products Can Still Be Licensed 
One big misconception we see is that people think all Adobe products are now only available through the subscription model. This is not true. Any product that is considered non-creative, such as Acrobat and EchoSign, are still available to be licensed. These products are included in Creative Cloud, but don't have to purchased through the subscription model.

3) Teams Versus Single Apps 
In the traditional licensing program, you had a lot of options. You could purchase the Master Collection, Design & Web Premium, Production Premium, Design Standard, or any individual item you want. This is no longer the case for the Creative Cloud. As of right now, you have two choices: Creative Cloud for Teams or Single Apps. The Creative Cloud for Teams is a one size fits all type solution. It includes every creative product that Adobe has to offer and a few products that are only available through the CC (TypeKit, Kuler, Story CC Plus, ProSite, etc).

If this plan is too expensive for you, or it's a bit overkill for what you need, you can purchase a number of items as a Single App. Here's a list of Single Apps available: Acrobat Pro, After Effects, Audition, Dreamweaver, Flash Pro, Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, Muse, Photoshop, Prelude, Premiere Pro, SpeedGrade, and Story CC Plus.

4) The VIP Program 
How you purchase CC now is completely different. You can't just call up your reseller and purchase the license. If you want to subscribe to CC, you have to apply to the VIP program through your reseller and get a VIP ID. You will receive a link from Adobe asking you to accept their Terms & Conditions to complete the process. This ID needs to be referenced on every purchase you make.

I caution you, be careful who your initial purchase is made through. Once that reseller applies for your VIP ID, that ID is attached to that reseller. If you need to make a subsequent purchase, you will either need to go through the same reseller, or ask them to help get it switched to another. Good luck with that.

5) Subscriptions Are Pro-Rated 
Once you receive your VIP ID, you establish the base-line for your renewal month. Any subsequent purchase you make will be pro-rated to the initial purchase month. Please note: this only applies when purchasing an annual subscription.

6) Installation Media is No Longer Available 
If you've depended on installation media kits before, you will no longer be able to purchase them. Adobe has done this to reduce the amount of illegal copies being created and sold online. You can now only download the products through the licensing website.

7) Free Updates 
This is one of the reasons why Adobe switched to a subscription based model. If you are using a CC product, any updates that Adobe releases for the product will now be included. This will eliminate the issue of compatibility for any organization with multiple users.

Under the traditional licensing program, upgrades were an option that you could purchase either upfront on the maintenance plan, or when you were ready to upgrade. This created several problems. What if the contact at company changed, and the new contact didn't know there was a maintenance plan? They would turn around and purchase new licenses when they were entitled to the upgrades for free. Also, some resellers weren't giving a company the discounted upgrade price at the time of purchase, they were charging them the full price for the product. Both of these meant the customer was spending money they didn't need to spend.

8) The Only Thing Cloud About CC is the Storage 
This is the biggest misconception I see about the Adobe Creative Cloud. I will say this very clearly. Your software is still installed on your computer. You do not need to be connected to the internet to use the software. Your software is not somehow "streamed" online through a web browser.

The only thing cloud about CC is the storage. You have the option to store your files in Adobe's data centers... if you want to. I've seen a huge concern from users as to the security about cloud based storage. Listen, if you don't feel comfortable putting your files in the cloud, you don't have to use it. You can still save the files on a server or external hard drive. Administrators can disable the cloud storage. The downside is you miss out on some of the collaboration tools Adobe offers, but you can keep your peace of mind.

9) Buyer Beware- The Lure of Promotional Pricing 

I have heard a number of times people say, "Well, I can get it for such and such price on Adobe's website". Beware of the promo pricing you see, whether on Adobe's site, or through a reseller. Adobe has lured many users in with promo pricing from time to time, only to jack the pricing up after a year. Also, resellers have offered promo pricing only to hi-jack your VIP ID and make it impossible to switch to a different partner, and charging you significantly more on subsequent orders.

The point here is DO YOUR HOMEWORK before purchasing. Make sure that you are comparing apples to apples when reviewing different offers. Ask your reseller their process for transferring the VIP ID if you want to purchase the next order through somebody else.

10) Adobe CCT Support Calls 
This is possibly one of the biggest upsides that people don't know about with the Creative Cloud for Teams. Any time you purchase a Creative Cloud for Teams subscription, every year Adobe will give your company two one-on-one phone calls with an Adobe expert. This will allow your team to ask questions, learn cool tricks, find new ways of doing things, learn a more in depth understanding of products they're not familiar with, and so much more. As long as you renew your subscription, you can continue receiving these support calls every year. Note, this only applies to CCT, it does not apply to any Single Apps or other purchase plans.

What about you? What has your experience with the Creative Cloud been like? What bits of information have you learned that others can benefit by knowing?

Buying order management software requires extensive pre-purchase research. Not only do you have dozens of potential solutions to evaluate, your existing system processes may need to be updated. As you know, the fulfillment process has grown increasingly complex. Investing in an enterprise order management system can help you streamline your processes, integrate with existing CRM software, and manage transactions across multiple channels. That said, it's not a simple matter of picking a product, installing it, and watching the magic happen. Use these best practices to make the best buying decision possible.


Look at the Big Picture 
Start by looking beyond your current need for order management software and consider all aspects of a transaction such as customer relationship management and receivables. What systems do you currently have in place for these extended system processes? Is it possible to integrate your existing systems into your new system solution? Does it make sense to start from scratch?

While you're at it, consider your infrastructure. How will implementing an order management system affect your current and future IT plans?

Gather Order Management Software Requirements 
After looking at the big picture and making some broad decisions, it's time to identify actual requirements. Start on paper by documenting your end-to-end order management process. What happens when? What is needed to support this?

Next, critically evaluate your existing process. Does it make sense? Could it be streamlined? What can be automated? It's a good idea to get input from those who carry out these processes on a regular basis as they'll be able to share their frustrations, ideas, insights, and wish lists. For example, your accounts receivable clerk may find certain data entry tasks time-consuming, redundant, and error-prone and wish that certain data could automatically carry forward.

As you get feedback, separate your requirements list into the following color-coded categories:

1. Absolutely necessary (Green)
2. Would be nice (Yellow)
3. Unnecessary (Red)

Now it's time to evaluate various order management solutions such as Dolphin's SAP Order Management which automates various processes and helps you to maximize service levels to your customers.

As you compare your software solutions, label each feature with the color that corresponds with your categories. If a solution is loaded with red features, it's not a good match. Your ideal solution will have all of your green features as well as a fair amount of yellow ones. A few unnecessary features may be inevitable, but try to limit them as you don't want to pay for a large amount of features you don't need.

Plan for the Order Management Software Implementation 
Bear in mind that buying the software is just the beginning. You'll need to work carefully with the vendor to implement it properly. These implementations tend to be highly customizable, making it important to invest the time and effort up front to get it just right. As you plan the implementation and modify your system procedures in the process, make sure to document your new procedures. This will come in handy during training and operations.

Provide Order Management Software Training 
Finally, ensure a successful launch by providing ample training for your team. It's not easy transitioning to new software. It's even more difficult if you modified some of your system processes as part of the implementation.

The Pebble Watch review has become necessary so that buyers of smartwatches can make informed decisions when shopping for this device to pair with their smartphones.

Consumer demands for function and aesthetics have inspired the release of this new smartwatch that promises to be a great improvement when compared to its predecessor. A close look at the Pebble Steel's features will reveal more about the product, so let's go ahead and do that now.


Design

The first version of the Pebble Watch had a plastic face that had dull colors, while the new version features an attractive chassis made of stainless steel. There are significant improvements in the band too because, unlike its predecessor that came with a rubber strap, you can choose between a steel bracelet and a black leather band that are included in the packaging.

This means that you can now wear this smartwatch to work. The Pebble watch is attractive, scratch resistant and strong. As you can see, these watches are the "real deal", and definitley have a lot to offer.

Function

The Pebble watch is simple to use. This is evident in the straightforward navigation that is enabled by four intuitive buttons, which make this product worth buying. There are no hitches when it comes to the displaying pf your smartphone's functions on your smartwatch because you will receive an instant alert once it is received on your phone. This allows you to decide whether you should take out your smartphone or not. It performs perfectly with the iOS and Android through Bluetooth technology to give you convenience and flexibility.

Extras

The Pebble Watch Steel's lithium-ion polymer battery is desirable because it can be used for 5 to 7 days before the next recharge. Other attractive features include its ability to download watchfaces, and allowing you to make your own.

You can control your phone while running or driving without messing your phone. Its silent alarm wakes you without disturbing your sleeping partner unlike other devices that wake everyone in their vicinity. During exercises, you can check your pace without interfering with it, in addition to attaching it to your bike to get cycling speed, distance and time.

It's worth purchasing this device because it performs desirably when it comes to notifications. Add this to its beauty, which makes it a piece of jewelry that you will never leave behind. It is appropriately priced considering that it is the best smartwatch in the market.

The iPhone is probably one of the biggest products of the past decade. It was the first phone to jump on to the smart phone bandwagon and it introduced an array of different features that were previously unknown to most. As a result, it quickly rose to the top of the industry and became a massive hit in the industry. The iPhone 4 and 4s were also major hits in the industry, and sold millions of units.

However, the iPhone 5 and the 5S were major improvements over their predecessors, featuring more powerful processors, better cameras and much more importantly, a larger screen size. Now, as is known to all, the iPhone is a pretty expensive product. Encased in premium metal and other fine products, this is a product that retails for a very expensive price. As a result, most people aren't very willing to discard their iPhones just like that. Instead, they are selling off their iPhone 4 as well as 4S in order to generate finances to buy the newer models.


Privacy Protection

The iPhone integrates quite deeply with all of your internet accounts, such as Facebook, Gmail, Outlook and various others. Most people even use PayPal and other applications on it to transfer funds, which means that the iPhone automatically keeps a lot of your information handy. Hence, before you sell off your phone, the first and foremost thing that you need to do is to make sure that you clean it up thoroughly. It is important to remove all personal photos, emails, any remaining data that might be present on the phone before you hand it over to the buyer.

If you fail to do so, people are likely to use your pictures, emails, text message numbers and even your contacts in order to harass them. Most people believe that just deleting information off their phone is enough, but it is not. Information that has been deleted off your iPhone can be recovered as long as the same clusters on the iPhone's hard drive have not been used already.

So in order to remove all related personal information, you need to do the following things in order to protect your privacy:

First, you must remove your SIM card. The SIM card can be used in your new phone and also it includes all your important contacts.

Second, you should use the 'Default Erase Setting' on your phone to clear all data. You can do so just by Settings > General > Reset > Erase all Content and Settings.

Third, as it mentioned above, The Default Erase option is designed to clear your phone completely and to make it as good as new from the inside. However, your data can still be recovered by somebody who uses sophisticated software programs. This means that you need to make use of a professional software program like PhoneClean or SafeEraser if you wish to permanently remove the data from your iPhone 4 or 4S.

Finance Burglary

People can use your account in order to steal information, make purchases and even gain access to your bank account information, creating a major compromise. The worst part is that they won't even have to insert a password, as the iPhone saves passwords automatically. Hefei Newspaper in China reported that people used Alipay linked with the lost iPhone to run out all the money about RMB 300,000 in the owner's card. So before selling your iPhone, you should erase all data and check all your bank accounts that you have ever used on your iPhone. And then disable all bank account related settings.

Selena Lee is a Senior Editor from Wondershare Software. Mrs. Lee has rich knowledge in the PC utility field. She mainly writes some useful tips on how to recover data, optimize data space, password protection, data protection and privacy protection.

Having a gadget like an iPad or iPad Mini at your disposal is not just for maintaining a status in society or for playing cool games. The real purpose of a gadget like an iPad is to simplify your life. Most people download a number of apps but most of the times are they barely make good use of them to organise their work. This article will serve as a guide for you to make the maximum use of your iPad, so much so that you will never feel the need for a human executive assistant again!


Jack Up the Memory of Your iPad

Your iPad comes with its internal memory for sure, but you should also make an attempt to increase the memory of your device by making best use of cloud sharing. Do make maximum use of apps such as Evernote, Dropbox and iCloud. For only a few dollars a month, you can use the apps to sync all your data and important files on cloud. You can also sync all your data with your other devices on a real time basis. This will eliminate your worries of losing data in case your laptop crashes.

Managing Your Projects On The Go

Are you a business owner or a senior level officer in an organisation who needs to travel often? In that case, project management on the go can become difficult. But you need not worry anymore if you own an iPad. You can use your device to keep a hawk eye of all your projects in progress. You can use an app like Basecamp that can serve as a great project management tool. It has file sharing facilities, offers to-do lists, web based document correction facilities and a tracking and messaging system.

Attend Meetings On The Go

Do you need to attend client meetings constantly over video conferences? Your iPad can be a great tool to help you host such meetings then. You can use the inbuilt face time or use apps like Skype or GoToMeeting to make video calls anytime. With an excellent 10 hour battery life and easy wireless facilities you can literally carry your office with you anywhere and host meetings without a worry.

Saving Articles To Read Later

It's not for anything that we said that your iPad can serve as your faithful executive assistant. You can use an app called Instapaper that like a faithful executive assistant makes a note and saves all the articles and web pages you would like to read in leisure. You can have them saved and read them when you are commuting or waiting in line to get something done. There is also an Editor's pick feature in this app that gives you access to the most popular reads in the week.

Your iPad or iPad Mini is not just a high-end gadget; it is a great hand held device that can make your life much easier. Use these tips to maximize the productivity of your iPad.

A complete take-over of the human race has been predicted by some for a long time. It has not happened yet, nor does it look very likely in near future. One theoretical limit is that unless artificially created intelligence can exceed that of human beings, the takeover cannot happen. Unless this happens, and the robots equipped with the artificial intelligence learns what human beings know in its totality, the translation problem is also not going to be won by the machines.


For complete and accurate translation, not only the machine translator has to be knowledgeable in the pair of languages involved. They need to know a lot about the people who use the two languages. Human translation professionals not only know the languages, they know the phraseology, the context of the use of languages, the various nuances of each word, etc. The words with shades of meaning and the exact use of context, any special use and the historical and cultural backgrounds of the two language user groups are also known to them. It is with this kind of specialized knowledge; it is possible for professional translators to do a complete job of the translation.

It is this large amount of peripheral knowledge. That is essential for accurate translation. It is also necessary for the translator to know even the exotic languages when it is one of the languages involved in the translation project. Unless, machines doing the translation become knowledgeable to an equivalent level, it is impossible to become as capable as the professionals. Artificial intelligence, learning capabilities are to be developed by researchers to those levels before machine translators can reach and exceed the levels of the human professionals.

If one were to look at the developments in AI, it has not really delivered on the promise. There are examples of the use of AI in very limited domain areas, but it has taken more time than predicted. Intelligence levels and the learning capability of a human child is far from being equalled yet. It is difficult to foresee a time when a machine would exceed the general capability of human beings. A specific machine beating a chess grandmaster or a machine beating the top human player in "Jeopardy" is exciting news. However, do they represent a general progress towards human intelligence being overtaken; hardly.

Natural language processing is the mainstay of the building of the translation capability in machines and has a lot of hurdles to be crossed. It will be difficult to predict how long it will take to surmount those problems. One would then need a combined processing capability of additional skills brought to use by human translators. These extra capabilities would be the intimate knowledge about use of the languages and the nuances of meanings of words as used by the actual users. Equipped with the right algorithms and armed with all this contextual knowledge will the machines be able to equal (may be exceeded) human capabilities!

Debasis currently holds the chair of two departments, Computer Science and Information Technology departments in a 4 year Engineering & Technology college. He also consults on Embedded Systems, Software development & Testing, coaches students of Electronics & Computer Science, and manages content development. He has worked with technology companies for close to four decades, 25 years of which has been with IT consulting companies. He has managed software and Geospatial industry outsourcing from India for International clientele. He has worked with customers from US, Europe, Japan and China. He is widely traveled.

With a properly administered server management process, it is entirely possible to run multiple operating systems and several applications simultaneously. The process of improving efficiency has been slow and deliberate and many IT managers spend an inordinate amount of time deciding the most suitable route.

One growing area that shows a lot of potential is in the area of virtualization. Recent reports indicate that close to 50 % all severs in use, will make use of virtualization with the next 24 months. The enterprise scale operations are steadily moving to the fore when it comes to deployment of virtualized systems, but there are still some challenges that must be overcome.


Smaller operators are faced with the decision whether using outsource support service providers makes any sense, and even enterprise scaled business must appreciate the challenges that are involved. To the SME there may be multiple benefits to using outsourced support for IT functions, and in business environment, that involves more planning than processing, server management may be a bit more difficult to manage with physical servers.

There are number of different tasks involved with server management, and it is essential to have a plan in place, before any virtualization process in deployed in production the environment.

Virtualization introduces complexities when multiple systems must be patched, and there is no absolute certainty that patches are properly applied in virtual systems. Some of the bigger issues, when virtual server management is compare to managing physical machines, are the process of standardizing and following consistent patterns.

Virtualization may simplify deployment, as there is now support and ability to define operating parameters for the servers that handle the database and application operations. It is believed that accuracy is critical in the virtual environment, as there is often more potential for drift.

As a component of the server management process, focus must be placed on preventing drift with templates that detail the operating system, vendor software, patches, code and even architecture. New servers when introduced should remain consistent with the standard, and patches are also expected to fall in line.

One of the key issues involved in server management is perhaps performance. Outsourced support may provide some degree of exemption, but with complex virtual environments, finding root cause of performance issues becomes even more challenging.

There are a number of very useful tools available to assist and even automate some of the process of server management. It is possible to remotely monitor CPU and network resources using the right tools. Competency in the use various technologies for monitoring system events and compliance to operating parameters are beneficial.

The goal of mobile optimization is to work seamlessly across a variety of platforms and browsers. This is bound to help a restaurant gain a more loyal customer base. The majority of people today have smartphones and use their phones frequently throughout the day. Having a website or application that is meant for the size of a smartphone adds convenience and ease to the customers life. This is a major factor that customer tend to look for. Generally, optimizing websites for phones requires one of two main methods: using a Dedicated Mobile Site, or using a Responsive Website Design (RWD). While both methods have an optimization strategy in mind, and the associated benefits and weaknesses, they are chiefly different in composition.

Dedicated Mobile Site is essentially a condensed version of the existing site, which highlights the most popular pages with simpler, user-friendly navigation, thereby eliminating the need for tedious resizing, panning, and scrolling. However, since a DMS is separate from the original site, it requires separate maintenance from the original site. Therefore, this method tends to be cheaper, but also more time consuming.


Conversely, a Responsive Website Design (RWD) is one website that automatically adjusts to any device, screen size or resolution, or orientation. While this method tends to be more popular, despite also being more expensive, its maintenance also tends to be less time consuming.

Applications for your smartphone The alternate route to explore regarding going mobile is the creation and use of smartphone applications. Apps have been proven to be easier to use and locate for those who are frequent phone users. Apps are actual applications that are downloaded and installed on a cellular device, rather than being rendered within a browser. Apps meant for a cellular device can come in many ways, through a native app, a web-based app or a hybrid of the two applications. Native Apps have installation-based accessibility, which allows users to visit device-specific portals such as Apple's App Store and Android Market in order to search and download apps for their given operating system.

Web-based Apps are the ones with browser-based accessibility, such that they require Internet connection. These apps are more difficult for customers to discover and buy, due to lack of a central app store.

However, there is also approval process necessary from stores like Apple or Google unless its developers seek "hybrid app" capabilities. Hybrid Apps are Web-based Apps "wrapped" in native code and available on native apps stores. Which Is Better-An App or a Website for your restaurant?

Both certainly have their benefits, yet seem to serve different, yet not totally opposing, purposes. Unfortunately, the appropriate answer to that question depends on the desired end goals of your restaurant. If interactivity, regular usage and offline compatibility are your main goals, then an app would probably suit your preferences. Yet, if simply offering mobile content to the widest possible audience is at the forefront. Offering access through smartphones to your many customers is sure to help improve the experience they have.

A Little History of March in previous years...

Five years ago, in March 2009 Google was in the news for creating a $100 Million venture fund. Bell Canada bought "the Source" and the break-up of BearingPoint, post Chapter 11, benefited Deloitte and PwC amongst others around the world.

March 2010 saw a continuation of the economic recovery. It was a quiet month for M&A activity with CA buying both 3Tera for about $90 million and Nimsoft for $350 million. Chordiant was bought by Pegasytems for a little over $160 million, and the other notable deal was Avnet's $340 million purchase of Bell Microproducts.


Three years ago, in March 2011 world events included Japan's earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear woes. The big technology event of the month was AT&T's announcement of a $39 Billion deal to buy T-Mobile... which later failed, costing AT&T a reputed $4 billion. While there were no other mega-deals of this nature it was a fairly busy month in the M&A world. Montreal's Radian6 was snapped up by Salesforce.com for about $276 million; Facebook made a couple of acquisitions in the mobile space Snaptu and Beluga; YouTube paid about $50 million for Next New Networks; McAfee bought database security firm Sentrigo; Cisco bought portal company newScale; Teradata bought data analytics startup Aster data... a continuation of the consolidation in the red hot data space; and OpenText bought a mobile app development tool vendor WeComm.

In March 2012 there was some activity with a couple of (then) young companies receiving significant capital Appirio ($60 million) and Hootsuite ($20 million). Cisco made a couple of acquisitions, paying a wopping $5 billion for video software and content company NDS Group in addition to a smaller network management buy, ClearAccess. NEC paid $450 million for the information management business of Convergys and Avaya paid $230 million for an Israeli videoconferenceing and telepresence company Radvision. Other companies on the acquisition trail were DELL, EMC, SafeNet, Avnet and The Utility Company. Finally, SAIC agreed to pay close to a half billion dollars to the City of New York related to charges it overbilled and paid kickbacks!

Last year, in March 2013 some of the "usual characters" were making acquisitions, but there were no billion dollar deals announced. Oracle continued its move into the telco space with the purchase of Tekelec; Google bought a small Toronto University based company DNNresearch in the machine learning vertical; Microsoft sold Atlas Advertiser Suite to Facebook; and Yahoo bought Summly. Microsoft ran into some difficulties in the EU, having to pay a $732 million antitrust fine related to Internet Explorer and Evernote suffered a security breach affecting 50 million users.

Which brings us back to the present...

March 2014 was not a banner month for acquisitions but there was one big deal with Facebook making a, somewhat surprising, $2 Billion acquisition of virtual reality company Oculus VR. Intel also expanded its horizons with the $150 million acquisition of smart watch maker, Basis Science. Some other interesting moves saw a fair bit of investment in "big data" company Cloudera with both Google (as part of an investment consortium) and Intel involved. SAP added to its purchasing software suite with the acquisition of Fieldglass and Telus made a couple of buys, Enode a management consulting company out of Quebec and Med Access an addition, in British Columbia, to their healthcare division. There were a few other smaller deals plus Embarcadero bought the ERwinDate Modelling software from CA.

Other than M&A activity there were a number of companies making news, and not all for good stuff! IBM's server sale to Lenovo has generated some significant labor troubles in China, Google was ordered to pay $85 million to SimpleAir for patent infringement and NetApp announced it was laying off almost 5% of its workforce representing 600 jobs. A couple of Bitcoin exchanges ran into serious trouble with Mt.Gox "losing" $500 million in bitcoins and Vicurex freezing all of its accounts after a serious hack. Notable "people events" in March saw Target's CIO Beth Jacob resign in response to the recent major data breach and Symantec fired their CEO Steve Bennett.

Economic news was at best "tepid" in Canada, with the unemployment rate unchanged and indicators generally "blah" (that is one of my best economic terms). Indicators in the US however were generally positive with growth in GDP, several confidence indices showing promise and an outlook of increased hiring.

That is it for my look at what was happening in the technology space over the last month, compared to the same month in previous years. I'll be back at the end of April, until then... walk fast and smile!

Are you planning to upgrade your tablet to the latest generation iPad with Retina Display? Each device brought out by Apple generally gets a great deal of attention by users eager to lay their hands on the latest technology. While this is without doubt a very popular tablet, but it is best to do the necessary research before buying it. There are many types of tablets available in the market these days since people increasingly prefer using them for education and entertainment since they can be carried anywhere.


Following is the broad overview of the pros and cons of the iPad with retina display:

Pros:

The tablet has a high tech dual-core A6X processor that enables it to work very fast, especially when it comes to opening apps. Its 9.7 inch LED backlit display is very impressive and detailed thanks to its 264 ppi resolution. The screen also has an oleophobic coating that makes it resistant to fingerprints. The iPad's FaceTime camera takes 1.2 MP photos whereas the iSight camera takes 5 MP photos. The video quality is quite stunning and FaceTime is especially good on this device.

The device also has excellent connectivity. It has very sturdy construction and can withstand a fair amount of rough use. It also has excellent battery life; you can use it to surf the web for 9 to 10 hours depending on whether you use Wi-Fi or a mobile data network to access the net.

Cons:

Even though the iPad is a very impressive device, it has to be admitted that it has quite a few drawbacks. For starters, most users complain that it is not much of an upgrade to the iPad 3. After all, it has the very same screen as the previous generation tablet. In fact, most buyers were hoping for the phone to be lighter than previous ones and they have been disappointed.

The iPad with Retina Display is quite a costly phone when compared to other tablets available in the market even though it is not the most expensive one offered by Apple. However, many reviewers agree that its many advantages outweigh its disadvantages. Even so, it is best if you examine the device in detail before you buy it so that you are absolutely certain that it is the right one for you. You should also buy it from a reliable seller who offers it at the best possible price.