Apple unveiled a new iPad on Wednesday — a model that ’s thin and lighter than its harbinger and features front- and rear - facing cameras . The iPad 2 announcement highlighted an Apple insistency event packed with merchandise word , include an Io prevue and iPad versions of Apple ’s iMovie and GarageBand covering .
But the iPad 2 was the star of the show . The young role model , which come on March 11 , come in the same capacitance and have the same Leontyne Price tag as the original Wi - Fi and 3G - equipped lozenge . But there are plenty of other differences , starting with the design . The iPad 2 is thinner and lighter than its harbinger , weigh 1.3 pounds and measuring 0.35 inch boneheaded . There ’s also a white iPad , a development sure to please anyone long for Apple ’s still missing - in - activeness white-hot iPhone 4 example .
The updated iPad also range on a young processor — a 1GHz dual - core Apple A5 chip — which should provide a boost over the 1GHz A4 processor that powered the original iPad . The new processor offers a interchangeable low - power consumption rating as the A4 .
The iPad 2 features two ramp up - in cameras , for usage with FaceTime video chat and other apps . The front photographic camera can record VGA - resolution ( 640 - by-480 ) video at 30 frames per second base with audio and take still photograph at 640 - by-480 . The back television camera can record HD video recording at 720p at 30 anatomy per second with audio . When in still camera mode , the back camera has a 5X digital zoom .
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When it ship , the iPad 2 will run on Apple ’s iOS 4.3 mobile operating system . Apple preview the updated OS on Wednesday , showcasing better Safari operation , wireless medium streaming in the form of iTunes menage sharing , AirPlay enhancements , a Personal Hotspot option for all iPhone 4 models , and personal setting options for the iPad ’s side - electric switch .
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iOS 4.3 wo n’t be the only software system update to greet the iPad 2 on March 11 . Apple announce that its peregrine version of iMovie will undergo an update so that it ’s optimized to work on Apple ’s tablet . In addition , the nomadic telecasting editor will offer multitouch gestures , new themes and reasoned outcome , a preciseness editor , and multitrack audio redaction and recording .
iPad users will also have a interlingual rendition of GarageBand to call their own on March 11 . The wandering version of the music creative activity program will let users meet and record multiple instrument either by connecting them to the iPad , or through the use of a number of speck instrument , including keyboard and drum .
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The iPad 2 promulgation Wednesday was not that much of a surprise — Apple ’s invitation to the insistence - only event more or less confirmed that a young iPad would be the centrepiece of Wednesday ’s crush event . A surprising — and welcome — part of the consequence was theappearance of Apple CEO Steve Jobs , who has been on leave from his twenty-four hours - to - solar day duties at the party since January for medical reason . chore handled much of the presentation duties Wednesday , including a rundown of sales figures for the iBookstore , the original iPad , and the iPhone .
Apple also showcased a pair of a iPad 2 accessories — the iPad Smart Cover and the Apple Digital AV Adapter . The Smart Cover works as a pedestal for typing and keep an eye on film on the tablet . It also have a unique design that includes attracter that hold the cover in place on the iPad . The Apple Digital AV Adapter offers HDMI mirror telecasting outturn , allowing what you see on the iPad 2 screen can also be watch on the bountiful screen in 1080p . The AV Adapter will also crop with the original iPad , the iPhone 4 , and the fourth - generation iPod trace , providing video out for those iOS devices . ( Mirroring is only supported on the iPad 2 . )
Updated at 1:05 p.m. PT to include info on iPad compatibility for the Apple Digital AV Adapter . Updated at 1:44 p.m. PT to correct data about the A5 ’s king consumption rating . Updated at 2:12 p.m. PT to elucidate Apple Digital AV Adapter support .
