So why has the appeal of the beach TV faded away? One would think the industry can easily make bases for flat screens that are able to rest nicely on the shore, but I guess the demand isn’t there. Screens have almost become too portable; handhelds are not really meant to be set down. The beach TV falls between the two extremes dominating the market today, the ever-still wall-mounted TV and the pocket-sized smartphone.

SCREENS HAVE ALMOST BECOME TOO PORTABLE; HANDHELDS ARE NOT REALLY MEANT TO BE SET DOWN.Over-the-air broadcasting also holds back this dream. You immediately rule out the hundreds of channels available to you via a cable subscription. This obviously limits your choices of entertainment, just like the good ol’ days.If you’re really dedicated to the cause and don’t want to limit your viewing options, I suppose you can get a gasoline powered inverter, plug in a chromecast, use a MiFi, sit as far away from the water as you can, and you’re golden. But really at that point you’re just tailgating.

My point is, there’s just not an easy way of doing this. I can’t just walk into an electronics store on the way to Hammonasset and pick up everything I need to watch TV on the beach. There is just something so relaxing and desireable to me about the beach TV—an artful, peaceful, and zen broadcast viewing experience that would make VR immersion irrelevant for an evening. But maybe it's because the beach is the one last place we have to distract us from a screen...

Right off the bat I must say that the device is absolutely gorgeous. The entire thing is made out of strong, smooth plastic with a black and green aesthetic. This look is carried over to the laptop’s keyboard, which is illuminated by green LEDs. The only downside to these is the lack of an adjustable brightness. Even a dim mode would have sufficed between just on and off.The Pavilion sports a 15.6-inch 1080p screen and weighs around 2.3kg so you won’t be lugging around an enormous, heavy beast like other gaming laptops. This size didn’t deter me from gaming at all, which felt comfortable and natural.

The device comes with one HDMI port, a combined 3.5mm headphone and microphone socket, one USB 2.0 and two USB 3.0 ports, a standard network cable jack, and an SD-size card reader. It’s all standard component fair, though having the USB ports slightly further apart and separate headphone and microphone jacks would have been beneficial.It also comes with a standard DVD drive, which is somewhat disappointing. For this kind of rig, HP should have at least include a Blu-ray reader as well.What’s powering this machine?The system comes fitted with an Intel Core i7-6700HQ CPU with onboard HD530 graphics chip for non-gaming, 8GB of DDR3 memory, and a Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M (with 4GB dedicated DDR3L memory). It’s quite robust for such a small machine.

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When it comes to storage, the Pavilion sports a 128GB M.2 solid state drive and a 2TB 5400rpm drive as secondary. This SSD allows the machine to fully boot into Windows in five to eight seconds, depending if the operating system has just installed an update or not.Of course, I needed to put this machine to the test and benchmark the hell out it. For this, I went with Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0 (Direct X11), Unigine Haven Benchmark 4.0 (Direct X 9), and the 3D Mark Basic Edition.

In 3D Mark’s Fire Strike, the Pavilion scored 3080 points in the graphics test, with an average of 14.84fps in Graphics test 1 and 12.20 fps in Graphics test 2. When it came to Physics, the system received 9485 points and 30.11fps during the test. The final combined test yielded 966 points with an average of 4.49fps.The Unigine tests gave similar results with Heaven an average of 26.7fps and a score of 673. This test saw the fps range from 19.1 to 52.3. Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0 came in with an average of 12.4fps, ranging from 7.7 to 22.8fps, and an overall score of 521.

Many were expecting the iPad Air 3 to be announced alongside the iPhone 6s in September, or the iPhone SE in March. Instead, however, Apple launched the iPad Pro in both 12.9in and 9.7in flavours.The fact that Apple released an iPad Pro in the same 9.7in form factor as the iPad Air has led some to speculate that the company will be retiring the Air range in favour of smaller iPad Pro variants.Apple has yet to confirm whether or not it will be adding to its iPad Air portfolio in the future. Read on to find out everything we do know about the possibility of a 2016 iPad Air 3.However, the Smart Keyboard is something of a disappointment, and it's no real rival to its main competitor, the Surface Pro 4. There's less travel distance in the keys, less force required to actuate them, and the design of the keyboard means the screen is locked to single viewing angle.

It's not quite the laptop replacement that Apple would like you to believe, then, but as a tablet, it's absolutely superb. It's fitted with a top class A9X processor - a lower-clocked version of the larger iPad Pro's model - and 2GB of RAM, meaning it's one of the fastest and most powerful tablets we've tested.Overall, the iPad Pro 9.7 is one of the best tablets produced by Apple -- or anyone else, for that matter. While the iPad Air 3 might still rear its head, we'd be perfectly happy to accept the iPad Pro 9.7 as a consolation prize.17/05/2016: Not only is the iPad Air 3 still slated for launch, it will be arriving with a RAM upgrade, rumours suggest.Many were expecting Apple to launch the iPad Air 3 alongside the iPhone SE earlier this year, but when the company instead unveiled a 9.7in iPad Pro, some speculated that the iPad Air line was to be quietly retired.

However, according to WCCF Tech, anonymous sources in China have indicated that a successor to the iPad Air 2 is still very much in the pipeline.More importantly, these sources have claimed that the iPad Air 3 will finally be receiving a much-requested boost in RAM, taking it up to a 3GB allocation.Rumours also suggest that the Air 3 will see the introduction of the A10X processor as well.Coupled with Apple's substantial pedigree in software optimisation, these new hardware upgrades could see the iPad Air 3 being the speediest tablet Apple has ever released.

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Of course, these rumours are still unconfirmed, and no launch events have been scheduled, so as always, take them with a pinch of salt. Even if they are correct, we're unlikely to see the iPad Air 3 before Autumn 2016 at the very earliest.21/03/2016: Apple has revealed a new, smaller iPad Pro measuring three inches less than its older brother. The new model has a 9.7in display, compared to the 12.9in model Apple released in September 2015. The latest model features the same specs as the existing tablet, including an A9X processor, four speakers, and support for the Apple Pencil.While it does put paid to rumours that an iPad Air 3 would launch tonight, Apple justified its decision to downsize the Pro by pointing out that it has sold 200 million 9.7in tablets, saying it is the most popular size among iPad users.

The new iPad Pro is the brightest tablet available, CEO Tim Cook claimed at Apple's Special Event, saying it is 25 per cent brighter than the iPad Air 2 thanks to its Oxide TFT display.Its screen also features 'True Tone' technology that adjusts the screen's colour and light output based on its surroundings.The A9X processor also carries support for the Apple's latest version of Siri, an Always On instalment that responds to questions beginning 'Hey, Siri'.Its front-facing camera is the same powerful 12-megapixel one that the larger iPad Pro features, and lets you take 4k videos as well as offering True Tone flash.The latest iPad will be available to pre-order from 24 March before shipping starts on 31 March. Prices start at $599 for the 32GB version, rising to $749 for a 128GB model, before shooting up to $899 for a massive 256GB instalment.

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