Gadgetory

it's Wednesday March 7 2012 and work shocked full of iPad announcement news I'm Bridget Carey on cnet com and it's time to get loaded Apple's newest iPad is just called the new iPad it looks the same as the ipad 2 but the big update is in the hardware the screen has been updated to a Retina display which doubles the iPad screen resolution it's a better screen than any current tablet or laptop it also has a better camera on the back with 5 megapixels and the camera can take video in 1080p HD there's also a faster quad-core processor and that means better gaming graphics the Wi-Fi only model starts at the same price 499 and now there's a version for a 4G LTE connection with verizon or AT&T starting at six hundred twenty nine dollars Apple is taking presale orders online and the new iPad hit stores on Friday March 16th also noteworthy with the new ipad apple says the battery can still ask for 10 hours and on 4g it can last for nine hours that's impressive considering most gadgets suffer a battery drain when tapping into 4G connection speeds but it does weigh just slightly more than the ipad 2 and what about siri the voice command personal assistant will not be in the new ipad instead there's a simple voice dictation app that will turn speech to text in typical apple style most of the presentation focused around the software and what users can create Apple has brought a five-dollar photo editing application to iPads called I photo which has features like multi-touch editing of a pitcher there's also updates to the video editing app I movie and the music creation app GarageBand in GarageBand players connect to iCloud and can have a jam session with four other iOS device users and so what about the ipad tube well all models have dropped in price by a hundred bucks apple also announced a new version of its Apple TV the streaming video box it will now support 1080p HD video and will cost the same as the previous version for ninety-nine dollars available also on March 16 movies and TV shows and iTunes will now be playable in 1080p and users can redownload their purchases to the higher resolution now there is other tech news besides the iPad let's turn to a nemesis of Apple Samsung at a spring product launch event in New York Samsung showed off its smart interaction televisions which respond to hand gestures and voice commands to change the channels or browse the web and these TVs will come with a remote control that has a touchpad and no number keypad the remote also has a built-in microphone to listen to spoken commands Samsung is also coming out with a Bluetooth keyboard that works with Smart TVs and it's galaxy line of tablets those are your headlines for today I'm Richard Carey for cnet.com and you've just been loaded