Wednesday, March 2, 2011

iPad 2 - It's finally here!

Probably the biggest news of the event... Steve Jobs is at the event. Lots of applause.

Today's big announcement - iPad 2
  • Front and Rear facing camera
  • 33 % thinner (thinner than the iPhone4)
  • A5 (faster - dual core) processor
  • Available in black and white
  • Available in 3G for ATT / Verizon
  • 10 hour battery life
  • Starting @ $499
  • 1.3 lbs (lighter than iPad 1 @ 1.4 lbs)
  • 16 / 32/ 64 Gb models available
  • Available March 11
  • 5 of the 6 models are under competitors $799 price point
  • Dock connector HDMI mirrored video output
  • 1080p output of what is on the screen - works with all apps (THIS IS HUGE - Kevin's comment)
  • iOS 4.3
    • Improved Safari performance
    • JavaScript 2x as fast
    • Stream music from iTunes on PC / Mac to iPad
    • Better integration with AppleTV (streaming video from apps / Safari)
    • Switch on side - mute or rotation lock
    • Photo Booth on iPad 2
    • FaceTime (between 2 iPads / iPhone/iPod touch / Mac
  • iMovie for iPad available
    • Precision editor
    • Multi-track editor
    • $5
  • Garage Band for iPad
    • Touch instruments. Plug in guitar and play real instruments if you want. Guitar amps and effects, 8 track recording and mixing, 250+ loops to add, and you can e-mail AAC file of your song, and it's compatible with the Mac version.
    • Sampler built-in

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