Mar 02
iPad 2 Unveiled
Posted in: Apple, ipad 2, Today's Chili
A spirited-looking Steve Jobs took the stage in San Francisco today, to debut the company’s eagerly-awaited new tablet. As suspected, the company is calling the device, the iPad 2–hey, if it works…
According to Jobs, the latest iPad is thinner than its predecessor–it’s thinner than the iPhone 4, actually. The tablet is 8.8 mm thick–55 percent thinner than its predecessor–and weighs 1.3 pounds. As expected, the new iPad features front and rear facing cameras for teleconferencing. It also has the same built-in gyroscope found in the iPhone and iPod touch.
The tablet has an A5 chip inside, which is “dramatically faster” than its predecessor, offering performance up to twice as fast as the iPad 1. Jobs called the device “ the first dual core tablet to ship in volume.” It should get 10 hours of battery life (and a month on standby), according to Apple’s numbers.
The iPad 2 ships March 11, and will run between $499 (for the
16GB Wi-Fi) and $829 (64GB 3G). The 3G version will be available for both
Verizon and AT&T upon shipping.
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