Some analyst claimed that iPad market share would drop to 60% in 2011, leaving 40% to all the iPad competitors. If so, and if there will in fact be 100 iPad competitors, then each of those competitors will get an average of 1/100th of 40% market share.
That's 0.4% market share per competitor. Slim pickings.
More likely, there would be 10 surviving competitors at 4% market share each -- and 90% of the profit share coming from Apple's 60%.
Regarding tomorrow's announcement, I have a funny feeling they may pull a Mac Mini on us, and up the floor price by $100. Expecially now that they realize their competition can't match their price/performance ratio. But really, what's $100? I spent more than that on dinner with the family last Saturday without batting an eye. Spending that much more on a device I'd use daily for over a year? No big deal.
Doubtful. However it's possible - in considering the upcoming competition - they may have increased their own component cost significantly ("better" - not Retina - screen, more RAM, TBolt, zippier data and vid processing, one or two cams, etc.).
In that case, since they've likely fully recovered their "production experience costs" from developing iPad 1 and since those of the upgraded iPad 2 will be significantly less, we could see the "real" iPad 2 start at $549, with the original - maybe even with a front camera slapped in - sticking around at $449 as the base model - putting net even more price pressure on the competition.
(PS: Your "let them eat cake" view of the "nothingness of $100" is a bit cavalier for many Apple loving folk of modest means of my acquaintance.)
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Amen to that. What kind of twisted logic brings analysts to portray Apple as on the brink of meltdown unless they somehow "prove" their upcoming IPad will be better than vaporware/half baked concepts that will for the most part never even make it to market?
Last time I checked I still have to see a competing tablet that delivers HALF AS GOOD an experience as the Ipad1, let alone the Ipad2, Dear analyst Sir. Maybe before pathetically trying to create a potential disaster scenario for Apple out of thin air you could actually evaluate products...
When any non Apple tablet actually matches the Ipad1, let's see then how far ahead Apple will already be Ipad3 at least (spoken like an analyst....)
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so if you eliminate cheap asian crap, how many are left? 2?
It might be worth pointing out that while MOST of the OS development and MUCH of the critical device engineering is (for now) done stateside, Apple's main products are actually built by that same Asian "Crap-Industrial Complex" (using many Asian-sourced components) - which is the same one which has eliminated or decimated many US industries, e.g., cars, TV's and too many others to mention.
Further, most of this happened with the US first starting to buy sub-assemblies or complementary products for their lines from Asia - which in every case eventually led to the creation of highly focused, tightly-managed, well-run competitors.
Software's the only thing which has kept an appearance of the US still leading the personal and mobile-computing pack - and while it's an art, Asian countries (including India with more English language speakers than the US, Britain, Canada and Australia combined, and decent to good engineering chops) are hardly incapable of learning it, and more and more coding is being done there.
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned marketing. The people who follow web sites such as this one represent a tiny portion of the potential market. Most people get their information about consumer tech devices from television, newspapers/magazines and word of mouth from their friends. The IPad type device is still new to most people and IPad competitors can take some of the market with aggressive television advertising. Apple can't rest, it's not just neccessary to make great products, you must aggressively market to sell beyond the tech crowd.
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That's a good point, but keep in mind that the vast majority of consumers truly aren't all that smart. They do no research, and very little hands-on. If a big-box retail sales person waves a shiny new object in their face and tells them it will solve 'world hunger', they will buy it. Most people don't understand or care about a superior product. The sea of Windows PCs shows this is true. Apple has to execute spectacularly with each new model, and they constantly have to stay in people's faces (marketing) to maintain their lead. The better product helps, but herding the sheeple comes first if you are to be successful.
The "mighty" can always fall. And in fact nearly always have. Whether GM or Rome, US Steel or the Brit Empire. Few predicted MS would almost destroy IBM when MS forked away from OS/2, even tho' that company has painfully re-invented itself over the last 20 years (after seriously considering breaking into five or so companies).
Invincibility is almost always illusory, and with the chief visionary's role at best declining over time, even the Phoenix that is Apple is always only an unexpected development or two from being knocked from its high-flying perch. E.g., another new device class emerging from a non-Apple source, political persecution from the EU regulators, a few product missteps, etc., etc.
It wouldn't happen overnight, but the surest path downward is for a company to start believing its own PR (and the cocky proclamations of its most dedicated fans). All IS fair in love and business war. And pride still goes before a fall.
Apple needs to constantly act as if it's under serious assault, and that product, research and marketing need to keep geared up like there's no tomorrow. Or there won't be.
One thing we can absolutely count on about the iPad2. It will immediately be declared an EPIC FAIL by various denizens of AI.
If the iPad does come out with a Cortex A9, increased RAM and a bump in storage for the same price to me thats a win.
I am sure there will be some that will expect it to have a blu ray player and a thunderbolt port on top of being half the weight and thinner... sarcasm.
Given peoples' fickle attitudes, I can easily imagine the word "disappointing" being readied for the iPad 2's debut: "The screen resolution is the same, and that's disappointing unlike the XOOM." Or, "It only has double the RAM of the first iPad, while other tablet offerings are 1GB. That's disappointing."
Prescient thinking, my friend, and oh so true.
I am preparing myself to be very disappointed and then maybe things will look better.
The real story is when will those plethora of tablets start sell for $50.00 at 7-1?. Cause that's what is going to happen. Can someone say black Friday door buster!
You can always see a product's in hospice care if it's featured on woot.com like so many HPs and Dulls.
Yeah, I am hoping the iPad 2 has enough hardware to do a reasonable job of stand-alone video editing with a touch interface on a large (enough) screen -- iMovie for starters.
Dick, with all due respect, but you've got to be kidding! I have a 23" cinema display and I dearly wish that I could afford a 30"er as the 23 barely has enough real estate for me to do any kind of video or even still photography editing. Just thinking about trying that out on a 10" iPad gives me a brain freeze. If you can do it, my hat's off to you!
Dick, with all due respect, but you've got to be kidding! I have a 23" cinema display and I dearly wish that I could afford a 30"er as the 23 barely has enough real estate for me to do any kind of video or even still photography editing. Just thinking about trying that out on a 10" iPad gives me a brain freeze. If you can do it, my hat's off to you!
-Tod
Tod,
Here is what I am thinking.
1) For in the field standalone editing of video -- e.g. between haves or games (3 on Saturdays) f the grandkids soccer matches.
-- I've tried using a 17" Mac Laptop, and it is just too limited and cumbersome (extra batteries, need to use a table or flat surface, etc.)
-- I've tried editing video with the iMovie app on the iPhone . and it's just too small for my fat sausage fingers and my weak 71-year-old eyes.
I am looking at doing short highlight clips -- 2-4 minutes max with titles, transitions maybe some Slo-Mo, Ken Burns effect and a little sound.
This is well within the capability of iMovie -- and a touch interface would be great, IMO
Here are 2 examples of what I'd like to be able to do:
The second one was done at the team party, immediately after the final game. The lighting conditions were terrible -- bright sun behind the subjects. Took the pics with an iP4 held over my head for many shots -- dead reckoning.
Then, during the party, imported the pics into the iPad and did a slideshow (if only AirPlay was available then).
Anywar we passed the iPad around for everyone to see -- sold a few people on iPads that day.
2) The second use is for the iPad to be a video graphics tablet and control surface (buttons, switches, sliders, etc.) for more sophisticated editing (rotoscoping, compositing, etc.). Hopefully the next release of Final Cut will provide for this -- there are some things that are just more natural to do with your fingers (and a stylus) than with a mouse and cursor.
It is possible that Apple could offer a Prosumer package, like Final Cut Express that allower the Mac and iPad to interact this way -- and what competitor could touch that?
Given peoples' fickle attitudes, I can easily imagine the word "disappointing" being readied for the iPad 2's debut: "The screen resolution is the same, and that's disappointing unlike the XOOM." Or, "It only has double the RAM of the first iPad, while other tablet offerings are 1GB. That's disappointing."
I don't think that for ordinary user terms like amount of RAM or screen resolution will be so important.
I wouldn't be surprised if things like "not being able to play Facebook games" turn out to be much more important than megabytes and gigahertz.
The tablets coming to market this year will at best be competitive with the iPad, as it is today. So tomorrow, Apple raises the bar and leaves the competition behind, yet again.
The reasons why Apple was always far behind in the personal computer market is that Macs have been pricier and with so many people using Windows-based PCs at work, it made sense for the home system to work well with work system.
Well in the tablet space, it hardly matters what machines we're all using in a work environment and in terms of price, the tables are turned. The bang-for-the-buck advantage right now belongs to Apple. Amazing. And with it's clout as a volume buyer, Apple could conceivably maintain the price advantage for quite some time.
I think an annual re-design, as is the case with the iPhone, the iPod, etc. will be just enough for Apple to maintain an edge for quite a few years.
What makes you think so? Specs wise, tablets like Asus Transformer look sweet and I'm expecting them to be competitive and relevant even compared to iPad 2. My major concern is will the price be as promised (starting from $399)... but I'm hoping Asian manufacturers will be smarter than Motorola not to go for Apple-esque price.
What makes you think so? Specs wise, tablets like Asus Transformer look sweet and I'm expecting them to be competitive and relevant even compared to iPad 2. My major concern is will the price be as promised (starting from $399)... but I'm hoping Asian manufacturers will be smarter than Motorola not to go for Apple-esque price.
Benjamin Franklin (I think) is paraphrased as saying "...insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."
Given peoples' fickle attitudes, I can easily imagine the word "disappointing" being readied for the iPad 2's debut: "The screen resolution is the same, and that's disappointing unlike the XOOM." Or, "It only has double the RAM of the first iPad, while other tablet offerings are 1GB. That's disappointing."
But that is also why Apple focuses more on what you can do than the bare specs.
They already have a track record that the ipad is awesome. So now, it will be more awesome. And this is why. That will break through to enough folks that the hand full of fickle ones won't matter
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I am actually rooting for some android tablet success. Not because I want to switch to android or anything, and I don't have ill-will toward Apple shareholders... I just don't want Apple to be the only game in town.
Indeed. Being the best game in town doesn't mean that much when you are the only game. Get a half dozen more boys out there, really out there, on the shelves and see what happens
Having a hard time rolling out a 10" tablet that's priced at or below Apples (now 1 year old) iPad... Oh and NO it doesn't count if you're forced into a carrier deal.
I don't really think hardware manufacturers are/were having hard times rolling out good tablet (in hardware terms), but lack of good tablet OS was definitely a killing blow.
So for me, question is not if manufacturers can create good device - I'm sure number of them will be good - but will Android 3 be competitive software platform for specific tablet needs and expectations. We had some chat with local NZ suppliers (for Asus, Samsung and Toshiba) and it seems that all of them are expecting tablets to be available at the same time - early April. Considering same release time, I would expect that it is dictated by the same factor - availability of final version of OS and green light from Google.
Regarding Motorola, I think they are being extra greedy with their pricing, but likewise - I am expecting that Xoom will go down with price significantly in no time.
If the iPad 2 matches the rumored specs then I think I'm gonna stick to my first gen iPad until a higher resolution model comes out. I'm happy with my Kindle for reading and wouldn't really use a camera on it that much. As much as I love my iPad I really hoped the Macbook Airs could've launched at the 499-829 dollar prices when those were first announced
Seems to me that Apple has done an even better job than usual at keeping rumor sites from having any real facts on a pre-launch day. No photos of the actual device? No solid evidence on new features or associated software updates? I love how Apple treats product launches like Christmas! All tightlipped and internally excited. They do bring 'magic' to computing.
iPad 2 specs leaked by Amazon Germany, 1.2GHz, Thunderbolt?
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An eagle-eyed German reader has sent Your Daily Apple a screen shot from a since removed Amazon Germany page that appears to list the specifications of the next-generation iPad due to be introduced later today. The site listed the Apple iPad 2 with a 1.2Ghz processor, Wi-Fi, 3G, Thunderbolt, Camera, and Bluetooth, all of which have been deemed either likely or possible inclusions for the device. Further, the listing also makes reference to an estimated March 17 release date, corroborating recent reports that the device would be ready to ship almost immediately.
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Some analyst claimed that iPad market share would drop to 60% in 2011, leaving 40% to all the iPad competitors. If so, and if there will in fact be 100 iPad competitors, then each of those competitors will get an average of 1/100th of 40% market share.
That's 0.4% market share per competitor. Slim pickings.
More likely, there would be 10 surviving competitors at 4% market share each -- and 90% of the profit share coming from Apple's 60%.
That looks good to me!
Regarding tomorrow's announcement, I have a funny feeling they may pull a Mac Mini on us, and up the floor price by $100. Expecially now that they realize their competition can't match their price/performance ratio. But really, what's $100? I spent more than that on dinner with the family last Saturday without batting an eye. Spending that much more on a device I'd use daily for over a year? No big deal.
Doubtful. However it's possible - in considering the upcoming competition - they may have increased their own component cost significantly ("better" - not Retina - screen, more RAM, TBolt, zippier data and vid processing, one or two cams, etc.).
In that case, since they've likely fully recovered their "production experience costs" from developing iPad 1 and since those of the upgraded iPad 2 will be significantly less, we could see the "real" iPad 2 start at $549, with the original - maybe even with a front camera slapped in - sticking around at $449 as the base model - putting net even more price pressure on the competition.
(PS: Your "let them eat cake" view of the "nothingness of $100" is a bit cavalier for many Apple loving folk of modest means of my acquaintance.)
Amen to that. What kind of twisted logic brings analysts to portray Apple as on the brink of meltdown unless they somehow "prove" their upcoming IPad will be better than vaporware/half baked concepts that will for the most part never even make it to market?
Last time I checked I still have to see a competing tablet that delivers HALF AS GOOD an experience as the Ipad1, let alone the Ipad2, Dear analyst Sir. Maybe before pathetically trying to create a potential disaster scenario for Apple out of thin air you could actually evaluate products...
When any non Apple tablet actually matches the Ipad1, let's see then how far ahead Apple will already be
so if you eliminate cheap asian crap, how many are left? 2?
It might be worth pointing out that while MOST of the OS development and MUCH of the critical device engineering is (for now) done stateside, Apple's main products are actually built by that same Asian "Crap-Industrial Complex" (using many Asian-sourced components) - which is the same one which has eliminated or decimated many US industries, e.g., cars, TV's and too many others to mention.
Further, most of this happened with the US first starting to buy sub-assemblies or complementary products for their lines from Asia - which in every case eventually led to the creation of highly focused, tightly-managed, well-run competitors.
Software's the only thing which has kept an appearance of the US still leading the personal and mobile-computing pack - and while it's an art, Asian countries (including India with more English language speakers than the US, Britain, Canada and Australia combined, and decent to good engineering chops) are hardly incapable of learning it, and more and more coding is being done there.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned marketing. The people who follow web sites such as this one represent a tiny portion of the potential market. Most people get their information about consumer tech devices from television, newspapers/magazines and word of mouth from their friends. The IPad type device is still new to most people and IPad competitors can take some of the market with aggressive television advertising. Apple can't rest, it's not just neccessary to make great products, you must aggressively market to sell beyond the tech crowd.
That's a good point, but keep in mind that the vast majority of consumers truly aren't all that smart. They do no research, and very little hands-on. If a big-box retail sales person waves a shiny new object in their face and tells them it will solve 'world hunger', they will buy it. Most people don't understand or care about a superior product. The sea of Windows PCs shows this is true. Apple has to execute spectacularly with each new model, and they constantly have to stay in people's faces (marketing) to maintain their lead. The better product helps, but herding the sheeple comes first if you are to be successful.
The "mighty" can always fall. And in fact nearly always have. Whether GM or Rome, US Steel or the Brit Empire. Few predicted MS would almost destroy IBM when MS forked away from OS/2, even tho' that company has painfully re-invented itself over the last 20 years (after seriously considering breaking into five or so companies).
Invincibility is almost always illusory, and with the chief visionary's role at best declining over time, even the Phoenix that is Apple is always only an unexpected development or two from being knocked from its high-flying perch. E.g., another new device class emerging from a non-Apple source, political persecution from the EU regulators, a few product missteps, etc., etc.
It wouldn't happen overnight, but the surest path downward is for a company to start believing its own PR (and the cocky proclamations of its most dedicated fans). All IS fair in love and business war. And pride still goes before a fall.
Apple needs to constantly act as if it's under serious assault, and that product, research and marketing need to keep geared up like there's no tomorrow. Or there won't be.
One thing we can absolutely count on about the iPad2. It will immediately be declared an EPIC FAIL by various denizens of AI.
If the iPad does come out with a Cortex A9, increased RAM and a bump in storage for the same price to me thats a win.
I am sure there will be some that will expect it to have a blu ray player and a thunderbolt port on top of being half the weight and thinner... sarcasm.
Given peoples' fickle attitudes, I can easily imagine the word "disappointing" being readied for the iPad 2's debut: "The screen resolution is the same, and that's disappointing unlike the XOOM." Or, "It only has double the RAM of the first iPad, while other tablet offerings are 1GB. That's disappointing."
Prescient thinking, my friend, and oh so true.
I am preparing myself to be very disappointed and then maybe things will look better.
Just call me Eeyore!
The real story is when will those plethora of tablets start sell for $50.00 at 7-1?. Cause that's what is going to happen. Can someone say black Friday door buster!
You can always see a product's in hospice care if it's featured on woot.com like so many HPs and Dulls.
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A ton of guys will be passing iPad -1s to their kids and wives and buying version 2. Just watch.
Or wives passing their iPad 1s to their husbands. Dick, meet Lucy. (Sorry - in-joke between me and Dick A.)
Yeah, I am hoping the iPad 2 has enough hardware to do a reasonable job of stand-alone video editing with a touch interface on a large (enough) screen -- iMovie for starters.
Dick, with all due respect, but you've got to be kidding! I have a 23" cinema display and I dearly wish that I could afford a 30"er as the 23 barely has enough real estate for me to do any kind of video or even still photography editing. Just thinking about trying that out on a 10" iPad gives me a brain freeze. If you can do it, my hat's off to you!
-Tod
Bandwidth. The US lags behind many other countries in terms of data-to-consumer speeds.
If you were forced to wait for 1080p content (roughly 2x the size of 720p) you'd be complaining about that. Take your pick.
So I can't stream the 1080p content already on my Mac? Oh and before anyone calls me a pirate... I buy my content!
Dick, with all due respect, but you've got to be kidding! I have a 23" cinema display and I dearly wish that I could afford a 30"er as the 23 barely has enough real estate for me to do any kind of video or even still photography editing. Just thinking about trying that out on a 10" iPad gives me a brain freeze. If you can do it, my hat's off to you!
-Tod
Tod,
Here is what I am thinking.
1) For in the field standalone editing of video -- e.g. between haves or games (3 on Saturdays) f the grandkids soccer matches.
-- I've tried using a 17" Mac Laptop, and it is just too limited and cumbersome (extra batteries, need to use a table or flat surface, etc.)
-- I've tried editing video with the iMovie app on the iPhone . and it's just too small for my fat sausage fingers and my weak 71-year-old eyes.
I am looking at doing short highlight clips -- 2-4 minutes max with titles, transitions maybe some Slo-Mo, Ken Burns effect and a little sound.
This is well within the capability of iMovie -- and a touch interface would be great, IMO
Here are 2 examples of what I'd like to be able to do:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzAft7b7z4I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YNIW579dUo
Edit: The above doesn't play on the iPad???
Here's another version with a worse soundtrack;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKhKUZbfjCE
The second one was done at the team party, immediately after the final game. The lighting conditions were terrible -- bright sun behind the subjects. Took the pics with an iP4 held over my head for many shots -- dead reckoning.
Then, during the party, imported the pics into the iPad and did a slideshow (if only AirPlay was available then).
Anywar we passed the iPad around for everyone to see -- sold a few people on iPads that day.
2) The second use is for the iPad to be a video graphics tablet and control surface (buttons, switches, sliders, etc.) for more sophisticated editing (rotoscoping, compositing, etc.). Hopefully the next release of Final Cut will provide for this -- there are some things that are just more natural to do with your fingers (and a stylus) than with a mouse and cursor.
It is possible that Apple could offer a Prosumer package, like Final Cut Express that allower the Mac and iPad to interact this way -- and what competitor could touch that?
Bandwidth. The US lags behind many other countries in terms of data-to-consumer speeds.
If you were forced to wait for 1080p content (roughly 2x the size of 720p) you'd be complaining about that. Take your pick.
Europe lags behind US in FTTH deployment by about 4 years.
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/analy...aging-director
Europe gave up on net neutrality.
http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/201...ogle_news_blog
Given peoples' fickle attitudes, I can easily imagine the word "disappointing" being readied for the iPad 2's debut: "The screen resolution is the same, and that's disappointing unlike the XOOM." Or, "It only has double the RAM of the first iPad, while other tablet offerings are 1GB. That's disappointing."
I don't think that for ordinary user terms like amount of RAM or screen resolution will be so important.
I wouldn't be surprised if things like "not being able to play Facebook games" turn out to be much more important than megabytes and gigahertz.
The tablets coming to market this year will at best be competitive with the iPad, as it is today. So tomorrow, Apple raises the bar and leaves the competition behind, yet again.
The reasons why Apple was always far behind in the personal computer market is that Macs have been pricier and with so many people using Windows-based PCs at work, it made sense for the home system to work well with work system.
Well in the tablet space, it hardly matters what machines we're all using in a work environment and in terms of price, the tables are turned. The bang-for-the-buck advantage right now belongs to Apple. Amazing. And with it's clout as a volume buyer, Apple could conceivably maintain the price advantage for quite some time.
I think an annual re-design, as is the case with the iPhone, the iPod, etc. will be just enough for Apple to maintain an edge for quite a few years.
What makes you think so? Specs wise, tablets like Asus Transformer look sweet and I'm expecting them to be competitive and relevant even compared to iPad 2. My major concern is will the price be as promised (starting from $399)... but I'm hoping Asian manufacturers will be smarter than Motorola not to go for Apple-esque price.
What makes you think so? Specs wise, tablets like Asus Transformer look sweet and I'm expecting them to be competitive and relevant even compared to iPad 2. My major concern is will the price be as promised (starting from $399)... but I'm hoping Asian manufacturers will be smarter than Motorola not to go for Apple-esque price.
Benjamin Franklin (I think) is paraphrased as saying "...insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."
"Specs-wise?"
Good luck.
Given peoples' fickle attitudes, I can easily imagine the word "disappointing" being readied for the iPad 2's debut: "The screen resolution is the same, and that's disappointing unlike the XOOM." Or, "It only has double the RAM of the first iPad, while other tablet offerings are 1GB. That's disappointing."
But that is also why Apple focuses more on what you can do than the bare specs.
They already have a track record that the ipad is awesome. So now, it will be more awesome. And this is why. That will break through to enough folks that the hand full of fickle ones won't matter
I am actually rooting for some android tablet success. Not because I want to switch to android or anything, and I don't have ill-will toward Apple shareholders... I just don't want Apple to be the only game in town.
Indeed. Being the best game in town doesn't mean that much when you are the only game. Get a half dozen more boys out there, really out there, on the shelves and see what happens
Having a hard time rolling out a 10" tablet that's priced at or below Apples (now 1 year old) iPad... Oh and NO it doesn't count if you're forced into a carrier deal.
I don't really think hardware manufacturers are/were having hard times rolling out good tablet (in hardware terms), but lack of good tablet OS was definitely a killing blow.
So for me, question is not if manufacturers can create good device - I'm sure number of them will be good - but will Android 3 be competitive software platform for specific tablet needs and expectations. We had some chat with local NZ suppliers (for Asus, Samsung and Toshiba) and it seems that all of them are expecting tablets to be available at the same time - early April. Considering same release time, I would expect that it is dictated by the same factor - availability of final version of OS and green light from Google.
Regarding Motorola, I think they are being extra greedy with their pricing, but likewise - I am expecting that Xoom will go down with price significantly in no time.
I doubt Apple will release iOS 5 tomorrow -- the developers are still testing 4.3 beta 3 which hasn't been updated since Feb 1.
Apple will not release iOS5 today. But they will pre-announce it. And describe features which will give the iPad2 some unique abilities.
Apple only pre-announce stuff when there is a commercial benefit in doing so.
C.
Edit: but now it's gone.
The link worked, but now is broken!
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iPad 2 specs leaked by Amazon Germany, 1.2GHz, Thunderbolt?
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An eagle-eyed German reader has sent Your Daily Apple a screen shot from a since removed Amazon Germany page that appears to list the specifications of the next-generation iPad due to be introduced later today. The site listed the Apple iPad 2 with a 1.2Ghz processor, Wi-Fi, 3G, Thunderbolt, Camera, and Bluetooth, all of which have been deemed either likely or possible inclusions for the device. Further, the listing also makes reference to an estimated March 17 release date, corroborating recent reports that the device would be ready to ship almost immediately.
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