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MacBook Pro or MacBook Air? The Choice Is Clear as Retina

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Retina Evolves Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro With Retina Display boasts the same 2,560 x 1,600-pixel display as last year, but also includes many enhancements, including support for 802.11ac Wi-Fi networks and faster read/write speeds. It's a little buggy out of the box, but it's a very solid machine. It starts at $1,299. Aluminum Unibody The 13-inch MacBook Pro keeps solid the aluminum-unibody design, although it shaves off some bulk and weighs about 3.5 pounds. Apple Logo The Apple logo in back still lights up when the screen is active. Going Retina The sharp retina display makes photos and text look their best, and it doesn't lose detail even at maximum brightness. Superb Keyboard Apple's backlit keyboards are some of the best in class, and this one is no different. Big Trackpad Apple's trackpads  are  the best in class, bar none, responding to taps, clicks and swipes fluidly and reliably (barring bugs, of cour...

Apple iPad Event: The 10 Biggest Rumors

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Apple  is expected to launch two new iPads — the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 — at an  event next week  in San Francisco. As usual, the rumor mill has cranked out a lot of speculation surrounding the next-generation tablets, as well as buzz around other possible product announcements, including a new MacBook Pro line. But what we'll see for sure will remain a mystery until Tuesday. Will the iPad mini get its first "retina" display, despite rumors that suggest the supply chain is holding up the process? How about Apple's new fingerprint sensor Touch ID making its way to the tablets? And what about a few surprises? Here's a look at the biggest rumors circulating the web about Apple's Oct. 22 event, and what we might actually see debut next week. Whatever happens, you can be sure  Mashable  will be live on the scene to bring you the up-to-the-second developments. Until them, digest these rumors and speculate away! 1. iPad Mini With Retina Display Rumor ...

The World's First Phone With More Pixels Than an iPad

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A full HD smartphone isn't cool. You know what's cool? A Quad HD smartphone — one with 2,560 x 1,440 pixels, like the one China's Vivo just  announced . The Vivo Xplay 3S will be the world's first smartphone with a 2K HD screen, with more pixels than a full-size iPad. The company didn't specify exactly how big the display would be, but Engadget   suspects  Vivo is using a 5.5-inch Quad HD panel made by LG. That would translate to 538 pixels per inch (ppi). Driving all those pixels will be a  Qualcomm Snapdragon 800  processor, a system-on-a-chip that includes radios for China's main LTE networks. Other specs, as well as the price and launch date, remain unknown. So why would you want a phone with so many pixels?  After all, if Apple's  "retina"  claims are to be believed, once you go north of 300 ppi, there's essentially no benefit — the human eye can no longer discern individual pixels at normal viewing distances. Screens that are ...