M4 and AI in the house
It’s finally time for the iPad to shine. After a long break between updates, Apple’s iPad lineup looks like it will get more than a major update and design refresh during the May 7 ‘Let Loose’ Event. It could improbably be the showcase for the newest piece of Apple Silicon and Apple’s Generative AI strategy.
There’s much about this May 2024 Apple iPad Event that’s unusual. First, it’s being held early in the morning on May 7, starting at 7 AM PT in Apple’s hometown of California. Apple usually starts events hours later in the morning, Pacific time.
Second, it’s a virtual event but Apple is calling this, what I expect to be a pre-taped video presentation, a ‘Keynote.’ Keynotes are usually the first speech in a bigger, ongoing event. To my knowledge, there’s nothing ongoing beyond whatever Apple CEO Tim Cook and his cohorts deliver in what is expected to be a 35-minute presentation, according to reliable leaker Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) is now just a little more than a month away, but Apple has apparently chosen this iPad event to reveal a new piece of Apple Silicon: the M4 Chip.
But wait, it gets weirder.A very different event
Most rumors put that new M4 inside Apple’s anticipated, high-end iPad Pro 12.4 inch tablet (just one of multiple, anticipated new iPads that includes a pair of new iPad Air tablets).
Typically, Apple introduces Apple Silicon updates in its popular Mac line.
