Apple's new iPad Pro loses headphone jack, gains optional USB to headphone jack dongle

Apple's new 11 and 12.9-inch iPad Pro adopt an all new design and bring USB Type C to iOS for the first time. The casualty of this innovation has been the beleaguered headphone jack. Now, the headphone jack has been gone from iPhones for years now and it was just a matter of time before Apple deep sixed the 'legacy' port from its other products. 

For buyer of new iPad Pros, they will have to purchase an optional USB-C to 3.5mm headphone jack adaptor to connect to wired headsets. What happens if you want to charge your iPad Pro and listen to some music, no dice unless you connect through Bluetooth. Such is the price of progress. 

Apple's iPad Pro gets biggest design and performance overhaul for 2018

Where the iPhone treads, the iPad soon follows. For 2018, Apple is revealing an all-new redesigned iPad Pro in 11 and 12.9-inch sizes. Now with edge-to-edge and near bezel-free displays, Face ID,  USB Type C and upgraded processors with up to 1 Terabyte of storage, the iPad Pro is starting to look like the PC killer that was promised.

Also new are the Apple Pencil and the Keyboard Cover, which offer refinements over previous versions. The all-new design pushes 11-inch and 12.9-inch Liquid Retina displays to the edges of iPad Pro and integrates Face ID to securely unlock iPad with just a glance.

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iOS 11 Public Beta is now available for download

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The biggest Apple iOS update, specially for iPads, is now available as a public beta ahead of the expected Fall release. Previously only available for developers since WWDC 2017, iOS 11 can be installed on compatible iOS devices today. Head over to beta.apple.com and sign up with your Apple ID. Note that as with most beta software things may not always work and there will be bugs.

Apple strongly reccomends backing up devices and that beta testers use secondary iPhones and iPads so as not to experience problems that could affect your data. Note, too, that few of your apps will work as expected since devs still need to tweak them for iOS 11.

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WWDC 2017: iPad Pro gets demoed in video with iOS 11's new features

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

San Jose, CA - iOS 11, which will come as a free upgrade to iOS devices this fall, brings a lot of iPad specific functionality that make Apple's tablets more sensible PC replacements or, at least, approximate familiar use cases. 

The video above shows an iPad Pro using multiple item drag and drop, the new Files application that brings a file system to iOS. These features will change the way we work on iOS and on the iPad and are sure to gain popularity with enterprise users and professionals making the iPad Pro their primary computing device.