With all the improvements ( while keeping prices the same ) plus more than 65,000 iPad app , Apple thinks 2011 is going to be the year of the iPad 2 .
Apple chief operating officer Steve Jobs — onmedical leave from the company — made anappearance at Wednesday ’s Apple press result in San Franciscoto bring in the iPad 2 . “ We ’ve been working on this product a while , and I did n’t want to miss today , ” Jobs tell reporters . Walking on stage at the start of the event , Jobs receive a standing standing ovation from those in attendance .
Apple considers the iPad the third of its “ post - PC ” products , starting in 2001 with the iPod , and continuing In 2007 with the iPhone .
At a extra event in San Francisco Wednesday , Apple unveiled theiPad 2 , the follow - up to the original iPad it release last April . The iPad 2 features an all - new invention along with new lineament include built - in camera and a unexampled gyro . Apple CEO Steve Jobs say during the presentation that Apple sell nearly 15 million iPads during a nine - month period in 2010 . allot to Apple , the iPad has more than a 90 percent ploughshare of the lozenge market . “ While others have been throw together to simulate the first generation iPad , we ’re launching iPad 2 , which proceed the bar far ahead of the competitor and will belike make them to go back to the drawing board yet again , ” tell Jobs in a insistency release .
At the heart of the iPad 2 is a 1GHz dual - core group Apple A5 processor , which should offer a boost over the 1GHz single - core Apple A4 in the first iPad . Apple say the A5 is two times faster than the premature mainframe , and graphics performance is nine clock time quicker . “ The graphics on this thing are wonderful , ” aver Apple CEO Steve Jobs , who made asurprise appearanceat the Wednesday effect despite being on medical leave . Overall , the iPad 2 is thinner and lighter than its predecessor , weighing 1.3 pounds and evaluate 0.35 in thick . The original iPad was 1.5 pounds ( 1.6 lb for the 3 G iPad ) and 0.5 inches thick . The iPad 2 is really thinner than the iPhone 4 , which is 0.37 in thick-skulled .
The original iPad was n’t that bulky , but Apple cut the depth by one third with the iPad 2 .
For the first time , Apple will be offer the iPad in your selection of pitch-dark or white . And best of all , the white modelling will be useable at the same time as the black ( something Apple has yet to figure out for the iPhone 4 ) .
Apple proffer six models of the iPad 2 . The pricing of the iPad 2 fall in line with the pricing of the iPad . There are three Wi - Fi only models : a $ 499 rendering with 16 GB of trice storage ; a $ 599 model with 32 GB of flash warehousing ; and a $ 699 manikin with 64 GB of jiffy storage . Apple will also offer up three 3G - equip models : a $ 629 variation with 16 GB of flash storage ; a $ 729 theoretical account with 323 GB of jiffy warehousing ; and a $ 829 exemplar with 64 GB of flash storage . concord to Apple ’s iPad 3 G Website , the 3G - enable iPad 2 is design to run on either AT&T or Verizon , not both .
The Apple Digital AV Adapter will offer HDMI mirror video output . That means that what you see on the iPad 2 ( or iPhone 4 or quaternary - propagation iPod pinch ) screen — slides , motion-picture show , pic — can also be catch on a heavy cover high-definition television , video projection screen , or other HDMI - compatible display , in 1080p .
The iPad Smart Cover , which is plan to work both as a typing stand and to help the all - of import watching of flick and other video , comes in two materials — polyurethane or leather . The whoremonger is in the folds . The Smart Cover folds in various places so you may create a bandstand to hold the whole unsloped , or lean the iPad into a typing position . The Smart Cover can also flip back and out of the way . If you need to germinate HD video recording , the Smart Cover can shut down in half to expose the back - facing camera . Apple propose the iPad casing in five colors . The polyurethane covers get along in grey-haired , pink , green , blue , and orangish . The leather covers come in black , ointment , red , dark gray , and off - clean . The polyurethane manakin costs $ 39 and the leather offering sells for $ 69 . They ’ll be available for the iPad 2 ’s March 11 launching .
When it ships , the iPad 2 will ply onApple ’s iOS 4.3 mobile operating arrangement . Apple preview the update oculus sinister on Wednesday , showcasing improved Safari operation , wireless spiritualist streaming in the mannikin of iTunes home share-out , AirPlay sweetening , a Personal Hotspot option for all iPhone 4 models , and personal stage setting option for the iPad ’s side - electric switch .
One new feature of the iPad 2 is the plus of Photo Booth , which Apple says iPad 2 provides nine springy video streams at once , preview all effects .
The iPad 2 features two built - in cameras , for use with FaceTime video chat and other apps . FaceTime can be used between two iPad 2s , between the iPad 2 and an iPhone or iPod touch , or between an iPad 2 and a Mac using FaceTime for Mac .
Editing movies on the go wo n’t be just for iPhone and iPod touch user anymore . On Wednesday , Apple announce afresh , ecumenical version of iMovie for iOS with full iPad living , which will come to the App Store in metre for the tv camera - equipped iPad 2 ’s March 11 release . At Wednesday ’s military press event , Steve Jobs bring Randy Ubillos — the companionship ’s chief architect for video applications — on leg to introduce the newly - renamediMovie for iOS . In his creation , Jobs noted “ [ the app ] is not a toy ; you’re able to really edit a film on this thing . ”
During Apple ’s iPad 2 upshot on Wednesday , the company also announced and showed off the upcomingGarageBand for iPad app , a version of Apple ’s music creation software that ’s part of iLife . It will be available on March 11 for $ 5 .
Jobs : “ It ’s in Apple ’s DNA that technology alone is not enough . That it ’s technology married with liberal arts , married with the human race , that grant us the termination that makes our Black Maria sing . ”
The iPad 2 will be released in the U.S. on March 11 , but Apple is n’t take pre - order , so the only way to get one that twenty-four hours is to wait in line at an Apple Store . On March 25 , it will be shipping in 26 more countries , including almost all high volume commonwealth such as Australia , Canada , France , Germany , Japan , and the U.K.
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