The iPad 2 has a new design, a new faster processor – Apple A5, and front and rear video cameras for video calls. In addition, the new iPad 2 is a third thinner which makes it thinner than the iPhone 4. The USA release date is the 11th March and in The UK iPad 2 goes on sale 25th March.
The new iPad 2 unveiled by Apple in the USA today has a thinner design than the iPad 1 and Apple’s new processor A5 is according to Apple itself just as energy efficient as its predecessor, but faster and equipped with dual cores. According to Apple the processor will work twice as fast and the graphics a whapping nine times faster, this combined with an improved gyroscope could make it great gadget for gamers. On the front now sits a video camera and you’ll find the same thing on the back so that’s perfect for video calls with Apple’s own software ‘”Face Time”.
Compared with the first iPad there have been some changed in the casing or exterior design. The edges are more rounded, and where as the last iPad is 13.3 millimeters thick, the iPad 2 is 8.8 mm in the thickest part. That’s about half a millimeter thinner than the current iPhone 4. The new iPad 2 comes in two colours both of which will be available from launch in March 2011, black and white.
The iPad 2 has the same battery life as its predecessor and Apple themselves are talking about 10 hours of battery life and a one-month standby. There are both WLAN and a version with both 3G and WLAN for those that want to leave the house with their iPads!. They will both be offered for sale in three variations with different storage – 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. The UK price of the iPad 2 is expected to be in line with the current iPad – expect that the original iPad will now fall in price as retailer look to shift stock before the iPad 2 hits the shelves.
A closer look at the other new features in iPad2 reveal one HDMI-out which allows the gadget lover to connect it to a TV with a HDMI cable and just such a connection is provided by a kind of adapter and then you can watch while charging iPad. The adapter will cost $US 39 extra. Among other accessories mention Steve Jobs is a new protection and instead of hiding iPad 2 in one case, Apple has made a protection that only protects the screen. It works by utilising magnets, which can be folded in different ways so the case becomes both a guard and a rack so you can have the iPad at different angles depending on if you are watching movies, photos or whatever.
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