New Videos from Me from the Vision Australia Parramatta Store

 

Using Bar Code readers, and

Using various fitness devices.

 

https://shop.visionaustralia.org/david-woodbridge-s

 

New App In The OCR iOS Market Place - Voice Dream Scan

 

From the same developer of Voice Dream Reader, we now have Voice Scanner.

 

https://shop.visionaustralia.org/david-woodbridge-s

 

Some Initial Thoughts on the New Airpods

 

Hands free Hey Siri is fantastic.

Wireless charging works well (yes, no AirPower).

Very responsive with VoiceOver on iOS.

Connects very quickly.

 

$319 for the full wireless case and AirPods.

 

Podcast demo from me on the new AirPods.

 

https://s124.podbean.com/pb/89bd5cdf3c5319932043e3e8a1a47dc2/5ca96463/data2/fs54/339150/uploads/New_AirPods_2nd_genreation_demo.mp3?pbss=9a329a48-cf61-5564-b546-471bc8e00c4a

 

Apple also announced the new Beats Power head phones due for lease in May, here is an article comparing the new AirPods to the wireless Beats Power from 9 to 5 Mac.

 

https://9to5mac.com/2019/04/03/airpods-2-powerbeats-pro-comparison/

 

In Australian  dollars the Beats Wireless Power is $349.

 

iPad Round Up

 

iPad 9.7 10 fusion chip starting at 32GB.

iPad mini and iPad Air same specs, just different size.  12 bionic chip,  back camera 12MP, and 7MP front camera.

iPad Air 10.5 inch.

All iPads besides the iPad Pro have the Home button, and the 3.5mm head phone jack.

All iPads with the option of a physical SIMM, have the ability to work with an ESIMM, great when traveling OS.

iPad Pro 11 and 12.9 inch.

iPad pros Face ID, all other iPads Touch ID.

iPad pros have edged sides whilst all other iPads have rounded edges.

4 speaker grills on the iPad Pro at top/bottom (8 speakers in total), all other iPads two speaker grills.

Very high display features on the iPad Pro.

iPad pros support USB C charging, and the ability to plug in UsB C devices such as monitors, network, audio devices, drives etc.  Can also charge iPhone from the iPad via a UsB C to lightning 

cable.

iPad Pros go up to 1TB.

Smart keyboards for the iPad Air, and iPad pros.  3rd keyboards for the iPad, and iPad mini.

Smart Keyboard connecter moved to the back right hand side middle.

Appencil 1 generation do not work on the iPad Pro, all other iPads.

Apple 2nd generation iPad Pro only.

 

iPad 9.7 entry level

iPad mini aimed at consumers who want a smaller footprint device.

iPad Air for consumers who want an up to date device plus the larger screen.

iPad pros aimed at professional market.

 

iPad mini faster than last years iPad Pro 10.5 inch which is now discontinued.

 

Appencil 1 generation comes with a lightning adapter to allow the Apple Pencil to be charged from a lightning cable rather than having to plug it in to the lightning port of the iPad.

Apple Pencil 1 generation will only work with the iPad mini, iPad, and iPad Air as it needs the lightning port to pair.

 

Apple Pencil 2nd generation has a flat side where it magnetically connects to the iPad.  For people who have fine hand motor issues for gripping, the 2nd generation is easier to hold/grip.

 

Note for VoiceOver users - to perform a Quick Nav Perform Action command it is Left, Up, and Down Arrow keys rather than the usual Up/Down Arrow keys (this is due to the Down/Up Arrow keys being moulded in to the same key housing).

 

Did You Know? There is an adapter with the Pencil 1 to plug it in to power.

 

And no, I didn’t know after all these years.