Apple announces iPad 2 with new design, faster A5 processor - Page 9

Who cares what the ram is? The iPad does what it is designed to do very well. It's not a PC.

The iPad uses cellular wireless. The Providers have different networks. Maybe the networks should all be the same frequency? It's not about the phones!

Um, how about plugging it into your computer and transfer that way? Or get an adapter that doesn't come with a long cable. Google is your friend (to search for things like this).

Yah, I was thinking... 2x CPU speed and up to 9x GPU speed will not help much in reading books or emails, but can make a hell of a difference in games!

Dropbox, 3G

You're on the wrong page, my friend. Nobody gives a flying f*** about Flash anymore. Millions of iPad 1 users can't all be wrong.

If you want Flash, by all means sit around and wait for the Xoom's update. Then sit around waiting for the battery to recharge after ten minutes of drainage by Flash ads on some site.

Get over it. The iPad does not and will not have Flash and that's just the way it is and it's the way many of us prefer it. And what's LTE got to do with anything?

Unless you put the $300 you save by buying the WiFi version towards buying an LTE pocket WiFi and using that.

Hold your horses, mate. I'm yet to see an iPad among my friends, and major reasons for that are necessity of iTunes and lack of Flash.

I agree that one can live without Flash if one chooses to, but saying that nobody wants it because millions of iPad are sold is a bit of overstatement. Those millions are really nothing compared to potential market.

I agree. If it happens, I see a premium model priced higher sitting atop the rest of the iPads. The higher price would temper demand while the work to improve display yields. I have not completely lost hope but iPad2 HD doesn't sound right to me either.

You really shouldn't use technical terms like "dual core" and "multitask" if you have no idea what they mean. Which obviously you don't.


Actually, I believe iTunes movies have both a 5.1 and stereo tracks, so no need to down sample the 5.1 audio.

Also, Apple's web site says, "HDMI-compatible display in up to 1080p HD (movies play at up to 720p)". So it has 1080p, but it's unclear how it achieves that. Does it scale up the 1024x768 display, or does it re-render it at 1080p? This can make a big difference when viewing still photos.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC...co=MTc5OTU4MjA


Actually, Apple doesn't list the resolution of the rear camera. In all likelihood, it's the same camera as in the iPod touch. 0.9 megapixel, which mean it's limited to 720p resolution, even for still photos. That's not even sufficient to print a 4x6. But in general you are correct about the megapixel myth. Give me 3-5 high-quality megapixels over 10 crappy megapixels any day.

The Gobi chip provides CDMA and GSM/UMTS baseband - it is what they are using in the Verizon iPhone. I'm guessing they could not fit it into the slimmed-down enclosure (since Apple likes to maximize its use of common parts).

Most carriers use the same frequencies with a few odd-balls like T-Mobile US.

You dont save 300.00. Youe keep comparing a 32GB Tablet with a 16GB Tablet.

Found this today:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20038308-93.html

Well my friend Flash is far from dead. Keep hearing on this forum that Flash is but its still all over the place. Also if you are going to comment on a subject at least follow what we are talking about. My point was others always say Flash is dead are now making it an issue that its not available on the Xoom. So they need to make up their mind either Flash is an issue or not , they can't change their mind based on the device.

What does LTE have to do with anything? Are you serious? You do know that the iPad and iPhone are now with Verison don't you?

I think the point they are making is that Flash is used by Motorola as a selling point for the Xoom but that it is not actually available. It probably would not be much of an issue except that mobile Flash projects seem to be always delayed.

I still say another tiny hole or two beats a buncha fugly, tangled, easily-misplaced, overpriced, dingle-dangle dongles all hangin' outta the bottom and switching adapters to switch devices.

If I'm writing docs or editing pics, I wanna print 'em. Upload from my cam. Display on my HDTV or monitor. Listen on my better speakers. Charge. Sync. (Bluetooth will do for the keyboard - which I'm gonna have 'cos I write alot.)

And with all the productivity, photo-editing, music and other apps on the iPad, you're telling me the iPad - which can be used and transported in so many ways - is not for me? Who made you commissar of iPad needs? (Well, Steve and Ives are that, I guess - you're just a proxy for "the Apple Way." I mean you won, I lost. But I shall continue to rant nonetheless. If only for the hell of it. Which means I may be starting to understand Apple Insider forum speak.)

I understand that TBolt's not gonna happen because the iPad isn't a PCI-E device, but I can't believe including a single USB port and maybe an HDMI is either a technical hurdle or that costly. And that USB port would work with every peripheral I have. Including charging (and transferring media from) my cell phone and cam (and, blush, charging my e-cigarette battery) with a minimum of bricks (and adapter cables) in my bag, i.e., one for my iPad.

(PS: After the first 10 minutes I wasn't planning to spend a lot of hours looking at the side to see if it looks "cluttered.")

Anyway, I think that would look less ungainly and cobbled together than what we got. Oh well.

I thought it was so he had plenty of backups to ensure he had at least one working one on hand at any time

The iPad 2 looks awesome, but $130 for the 3G chip still seems excessive. It seems like the 3G buyers are helping Apple subsidize the $499 price for the WiFi-only buyers.

No kidding. This fetish for cases and keeping devices in pristine condition always amazes me.

Hell if you never take it out of the box it will last longer and be worth more to resell later too! It's not a freaking Star Wars doll from the '70s or a comic book, it's a mobile device that is designed to be used and abused!

Talk about being possessed by your possessions...

The TomTom car kit works with the iPad with an iPod dock extender cable.

But for the cost of dock and cable you could just get the WiFi model. But if you have the TomTom car kit, a $20 extender cable will hook you up!

Yup, and if they aren't that much different which one are you going to pick? The one that has a mature, vibrant and rich ecosystem, or one that is fragmented and dramatically smaller?

Boom! That's why Apple will steamroll on and Android will remain a low tier, low profit, high volume, low value "alternative".

famous last words...


It's not that you will buy 65,000 but that you have 65,000 to choose from.

I thought choice was good. Oh wait, only "open" choice is good


Heck, if you are going to get last years model the 16GB are popping up for $350 in the refurb section. An absolute steal...

So Apple added expense for something that does no good?

LOL - seriously, do people even think about what they are typing? This is so hilariously stupid I'm continually astounded that inane thoughts such as these ever see the light of day.

Whew... and I thought I had read it all when I made the mistake of reading the comments at engadget

Choice seems to only be good when Apple doesn't have the most choices.

Spoken like someone who hasn't actually held or used a touch sensitive tablet...


And the clincher. Yup, another uniformed astroturfer.


With one critical difference - between iPad2 and iPad3 tens of millions of iPad2s will be sold. How many honeycomb tablets? Will they make a million? And let's be specific - a Million sold, not a million stuffed into the channel, or sold and then returned....

So one adaptor or one cord = "bag of cords"?

Hyperbole much?

The SD card adaptor in the Camera kit? Same size as a flash drive you are alluding to using to transfer between PC's? Just leave the SD card in the SD Card Camera kit and you essentially have a flash drive with an iPod dock connector on it.

Really, it's not that hard, nor as burdensome are many are trying to hype.

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Lucky man ..... a Macbook Air. Which model did you buy and how do you like it?

Any computer I've ever seen, the only time it was useful was when you launched an app .... so what's your point?

Hmm, I think all of the rumors about the iPad 2 is reveals, so don't have too many surprise: Faster, Lighter, Thinner
Cameras and Gyro
iOS 4.3 +FaceTime
3G on AT&T and Verizon
Same 10-hour battery life
Some upgrade are cool but can't really appeal to me, and buy it at once, I think I would stick with the 1gen iPad, and wait the iPad 3's launching in the autumn.

"So, I've said this before and I thought it was worth repeating. It's in Apple's DNA that technology alone is not enough - That it's technology married with liberal arts - Married with the humanities - That yields us the result that makes our hearts sing - And, nowhere is that more true than in these post PC-devices (iPod, iPhone, and iPad) and a lot of folks in this tablet market are rushing in and they're looking at this as the next PC - The hardware and software are done by different companies and they're talking about speeds and feeds just like they did with PCs and our experience and every bone in our bodies says that that is not the right approach to this - That these are post PC devices - That need to be even easier to use than a PC - That need to be even more intuitive than a PC - And where the software and hardware and the applications need to intertwine in an even more seamless way than they do on a PC- And we think we're on the right track with this - We think we have the right architecture not just in Silicon but in the organization to build these kinds of products - And so i think we stand a pretty good chance of being pretty competitive in this market"


This is what has allowed Apple to sell over 160 million iPhones - This is why Apple has over 60 billion in the bank - This is why Apple is the #1 tech company in the world, and this is why I'll be laying down my hard earned cash on March 11th.

Guess where you can shove your spec sheets...

I want it. 64GB 3G Black please.

The iPad 1 is truly an awesom device and with the OS upgrade you will get a lot of the 2nd gen's functionality. For me the iPad 2 is exactly what I hoped for and since my wife wants one too... wel she is OK to take my 1st gen iPad, wich brings me into the lucky position to have all reason to buy this little jewel.

Thats my pick too. Sooooo looking forward.

They may be nothing to the "potential market" .... but they are certainly something to the only market that counts (the current market) ..... over 90% of the current market. We'll see how much of the future market gets taken by Apple, when the future arrives ... but it isn't here yet.

There is also the thickness of the camera kit that needs to be talked about. On many cellphones, the thickest part of the phone itself came from the camera unit --- often the camera is protruding.

Something's got to give. Apple wants to have a ultra-thin nothing-is-protruding ipad2, so you will have a pair of less than stellar cameras.

HeY fellas,

Am so excited about the ipad2. The inclusion of the smart cover was really thoughtful. Man with dual core processors and face time we can beat Olive Pad's ass anytime.

Actually the original iPad has all sorts of problems directly related to the amount of RAM installed. IPad really has a UNIX like OS running below that GUI goodness, thus it can easily make use of that extra RAM. If it is there.

Contrary to some opinions here I don't think iPad 2 is that bad of an upgrade. That is if RAM has expanded to the desired 512 MB. Of all the things that Apple has done with iPad marketing I see the sleaziest as its refusal to divulge important parameters like RAM size.

Besides that iPad really comes up short when doing one of the things it should do well. That is surfing the net with Safari. The extreme lack of RAM in iPad one leads to excessive page reloads which slows the machine and expands data usage. It is almost as if Apple configured IPad to use you data allotment excessively.

I'll let ya in on a "secret": SJ and Apple are NOT in a spec-sheet race. They are in a "user-friendly" and "experience" race... and by all accounts, they are winning "The Race" by a long mile.

"The Race" = who can get the next revolution of computing devices, at an affordable yet profitable price-point, into the hands of as many people as possible, and make them say, "WOW!... how did I ever live without this great gadget before".

Horse-bet: 1:1 odds Apple sells 40 mil in 2011... 1:1,5 - 60 million.