NEW YORK — Apple has officially announced it is releasing a new iPad.
The announcement was made at an event in San Francisco, where Apple CEO Tim Cook boasted how the so-called “post-PC” era of computing is being dominated by the iPad and other Apple products.
Cook said Apple sold 172 million “post-PC” devices last year. Those are iPods, iPhones and iPads. Cook says those products now account for 76 per cent of Apple sales.
Cook says “Apple is at the forefront of this revolution. Apple has its feet fully planted in the post-PC future.”
The new iPad has a sharper screen with Apple’s retina display technology, increased processing power, and an upgraded camera.
Apple also announced it is going to start letting users store movies on its iCloud remote storage service, allowing them to access their movies from PCs, iPhones and other Apple devices through the Internet.
The company is also upgrading its Apple TV set-top box so that it can play movies in “1080p” format, the highest-resolution commonly used video standard.
The small box, which comes with a remote, will still cost $99. The upgraded version will go on sale next week.