ipad 2

trekkie · **Posted:** March 2nd, 2011, 2:02 pm

slimmer, lighter and uncut

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/ ... more-powerful-ipad-2

A year after revitalizing the once-sleepy, now red-hot tablet market with the original iPad, Apple surprised absolutely no one Wednesday by taking the wrapper off a slimmer, trimmer version of the wildly popular slate, complete with a front-facing camera for video chat (finally!) and a souped-up processor.

The new iPad 2 took the spotlight during a press event at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, with none other than Apple CEO Steve Jobs—who is still on medical leave, mind you ("he looks good," Engadget noted on its live blog)—taking the stage to unveil the much-anticipated follow-up to the best-selling original.

The "dramatically faster" iPad 2 boasts a dual-core A5 "system on a chip" processor under the hood, said Jobs, good for twice the CPU power and nine times the graphics performance of the original while maintaining the same 10-hour battery life.

Also new: dual cameras (at last), including a front-facing camera for VGA-quality video chat, while the rear camera will be good for 720p video capture. (Apple hasn't listed specific megapixel counts for the iPad 2's cameras yet.)

As predicted, the 9.7-inch display on the iPad 2 has the same resolution as that on the original: 1,024 by 768, to be exact, disappointing news for anyone hoping that the new iPad would boast an improved "retina"-style display.

Measuring 9.5 by 7.3 by 0.34 inches, the iPad 2 is slightly shorter and narrower than the original (according to Apple's specs, at least), with the listed weight of 1.33 pounds (or 1.35 for the 3G-enabled iPad 2) a bit lighter than the iPad 1.

Adbot · **Posted:** March 2nd, 2011, 2:02 pm

Mercifull · **Posted:** March 2nd, 2011, 2:41 pm

oh i want it!

Ranging God · **Posted:** March 2nd, 2011, 4:01 pm

But the question is, does it have a HDMI port. =-o

I still dont see myself wanting to buy an iPad, even if I had the money.

trekkie · **Posted:** March 2nd, 2011, 8:38 pm

it's cool it's just not something i want. even if i had it, i have so many gadgets it would just gather dust for now.

King Kulla · **Posted:** March 3rd, 2011, 4:01 am

Ranging God wrote:

But the question is, does it have a HDMI port. =-o

I still dont see myself wanting to buy an iPad, even if I had the money.

FTA: "Another new accessory is a $39 HDMI video-out cable that's capable of 1080p video mirroring. The cable works with all iPad apps, Jobs said, and it'll charge your iPad when plugged into a power source."

I think i'd rather put my money toward a new desktop computer, but that's just me. I can see the appeal for people on the go.

trekkie · **Posted:** March 7th, 2011, 11:37 am

for you kulla

Adbot · **Posted:** March 7th, 2011, 11:37 am

King Kulla · **Posted:** March 7th, 2011, 5:04 pm

Exactly! XD

Not much is different, and I don't see any reason personally to buy it. Like I said on last week's show, yes, there are some uses for it, but I still believe that a laptop can accomplish most of what the iPad does. And if you want to spend a lot of money just because you can't wait to check your email when you're out and about, then all the power to you. That's just my opinion. :oops:

Duke Juker · RSBandB Donor since 07/01/2010

And Apple continues to have good sales by just taking an old device, making it more shiny and thin, and marking the price up. Why couldn't any other company think of this before? xD

Shane · **Posted:** March 14th, 2011, 11:20 pm

Early benchmark results are something to be proud of. If there were more games available (come on developers!) and I was an iPad gamer I would say it's an upgrade for that market.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4216/appl ... gx543mp2-benchmarked

Upshot: Buy iPad 2 if you're into gaming, buy iPad 2 if you don't own the first iPad. Wait for iPad 3 if you own the first iPad.

trekkie · **Posted:** March 15th, 2011, 9:23 am

why bother with ipad and ijust wait for the icomp?

it's an ipad, and iphone, and a mac all in one 37 pound screen.