The Apple Beat: 10 things you might have missed from Apple’s September event

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple’s September announcement was definitely a jam-packed affair. A time of year traditionally reserved for iPhones and various iOS updates, features and new apps; this week’s monumental unveiling at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium covered so much more.

You can read about the iPad Pro, the new iPhone 6s, the Apple TV as well as all the updates to Apple Watch. You can even relive the moment by watching the keynote video and all the product videos and ads. You’ll realize a lot of things you might have missed. Here are just 10 things that were briefly covered or not even mentioned during the ‘Hey Siri,’ event. 

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FiftyThree's Paper app now compatible with the iPhone

FiftyThree Team's stellar Paper app for the iPad made it a great tool for drawing, sketching and annotating documents. FiftyThree also made the Pencil, which made it easy to use it as a stylus and drawing tool. Now that Apple has its own Pencil, many app and accessory makers are going to try and figure out what they will do.

Well, FifityThree has pivoted rather quickly and now made it available to the iPhone for free. With Paper on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, creatives can:

• Take & Annotate Photos: Take new photos, or import them from your camera roll. You can write or draw on top of them, or use Paper’s spotlight feature to call attention to specific details.
• Type Notes & Make Lists: Type notes, and simply swipe your finger left or right to create bullet points. Then tap on items to check them off.
• A Different View: Ideas are arranged by Spaces. All Ideas within a Space can be easily moved and arranged, like a wall of sticky notes.
• Connect Pencil. To celebrate Paper, they’re having a limited time sale on Pencil. Shop now.

SlideShow: Highlights from the 'Hey Siri,' Apple Event

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

San Francisco: In terms of coverage, scale, and number and variety of announcements, yesterday's two-hour "Hey Siri" Apple Special Event in San Francisco was unprecedented.

Cramming in enough product and feature announcements for two events, we saw new iPhone 6s smartphones, a larger iPad Pro, some sexy new Apple Watch editions and bands, plus a whole new Apple TV powered by apps and Siri voice control. 

To top it all, we got to see Apple CEO Tim Cook's favourite band OneRepublic take to the stage for a surprise set of their well-loved hits. All-in-all, one of the most memorable Apple Events yet.

Video: First look at Apple's iPad Pro, keyboard case and Apple Pencil

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

San Francisco: After supersizing the iPhone last year, Apple has followed suit and made an even bigger iPad. The 12.9-inch iPad Pro is the Indominus Rex of Apple tablets, as well as the company's first bona fide 2-in-1 PC.

Sure, it is a large iPad with over 5 million pixels as well as loud orientation-sensing quad speakers and various refinements, but the real surprise is how iPad Pro effortly blends the best upcoming features of Mac OS El Capitan (better windowing, multitasking) with the best that iOS 9 has to offer.

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