Category: 949: Apple Event; Apple TV; iPad Pro; 3D Touch

Very exciting announcements from Apple as we head into the fall. It has been unusually warm for this time of the year here in Vermont with temperatures pushing 90 and high humidity. Nevertheless, more and more trees are starting to turn colors and we know that autumn is not far away. Thank you for reading…

Hope always runs high in the office when an Apple Event is coming. What will be announced? What do you want to see come out? Are you going to get the new ______? As we all know Apple doesn’t tell us or anyone what is coming. Rumor sites continuously post what they believe to be…

Apple announced new finishes on the Apple Watch and some new colors of Sport bands. The new colors in anodized aluminum are gold and rose gold. Perhaps more significantly, Apple announced that watch OS 2 will be released to the public on September 16. It features native third-party apps, third party complications, new watch faces…

Apple didn’t talk too much about the new iPad mini 4 that was introduced at the event but I see one in my future. It is thinner and lighter and has the 7.9-inch Retina display, A8 processor, Touch ID and an 8MP iSight camera. Adding 802.11ac wireless gives you wicked fast wireless access on your…

The new Apple TV features an all-new interface which in combination with the new Apple TV remote, your touch, your voice and Siri allow you to navigate faster. Siri will help you find shows, play music and you can search across multiple apps at once. Initially, it will search iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, HBO and Showtime…

New iPhones! Apple introduced the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s+. They look just like the iPhone 6 and 6+ but there are some significant advances. This is led off by the newly renamed “force touch” to “3D touch”. This is Apple’s proprietary multi-touch and pressure sensitive technology that senses how hard you are pressing…

_Dear Friends,_ We said goodbye to Small Dog’s CDIC (Chief Dog in Charge) as Fantail Shrimp passed away after 15 years of tail wagging. We will miss the little black dog. Dogs are so important to all of us at Small Dog Electronics and it is always hard to see one of our love mirrors…