iPad 2 launched
Ipad 2 just out.
details- http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal-tech/tablets/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229300026
Ipad 2 just out.
details- http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal-tech/tablets/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229300026
10:18: What about 2011? Jobs asks. "Everyone's got a tablet." Is 2011 the year of the
Jobs announces iPad 2. All new design, he says. Not marginal improvements. Dramatically faster. A5 chip -- "our chip wizards have come out with it." Dual core. 2x faster CPU, 9x faster on graphics. Same low power as A4 chip.
10:21: Built in cameras. More on that in a second. A built in gyroscope. From 13.4 mm thick to 8.8 mm thick. Thinner than an iPhone 4. Also lighter. From 1.5 pounds to 1.3 pounds. He says it feels a lot lighter.
10:22: Jobs is really stressing how thin it is. Like him. Shipping both black and white from day 1. Big applause on that.
Both AT&T and Verizon on day 1. No applause on that. We're already there, of course.
10:23: What about battery life. The same 10 hour battery life as the original iPad. Over one month of stand by.
10:24: Jobs says that as they have added more, and made it better and lighter and thinner, they are sticking to standards like great battery life. They've also "preserved the price." Exact same prices
10:25: 2011 is the year of iPad 2. It will ship March 11. In one week. That's a surprise. That's in the US. 26 more countries by March 25.
10:27: Now onto accessories. HDMI video out. Thank goodness for that. HDMI mirrored video output -- what you see on the iPad is what you see out. Up to 1080p. Works with all apps. Supports rotation, no setup and you can charge your iPad while you're using it. $39.
10:28: Also, "smart covers." Before, we went through all the trouble of designing something great, and covered it with a case, which also made it harder to use. They designed the case (a cover) with the design of the product.
10:29: It wakes up the iPad from sleep when you open the cover. It uses magnets. Grasp and auto-aligns it.
10:32: It also has a micro fiber liniing that cleans it. All of this is helpful, especially as you take it with you. Of course, I've been seeing many more cases that include Bluetooth keyboards built in, and that isn't covered here. But they just showed a video of the cover and it is really really nifty. The video reminds Jobs of a "Pixar short or something." Hehe. Of course they come in colors: polyurethane are $39 and the leather ones are $69.
Now we're onto iOS 4.3. Scott Forstall, the iOS VP is on to talk about this.