Its 2011, just over a year since Steve Jobs revealed the iPad and reinvented the wheel, and here he is again showing the world a product they never knew they really wanted/needed but will indeed flock to buy.
The iPad 2, is basically a thinner, lighter, faster iPad.. Cant fault em for that can you? Well i think i most people would have thought the iPad was thin enough as it was so wouldnt have minded the size remaining the same and the `gained` space, they've hacked off the new one, being used for a bigger battery ;)
I think Apple are slowly inventing devices that will actually be thin enough to be used as a working blade. Watch this space, if they DO suddenly release the iKnife, remember i said it first!
The upgrade to the iPad is internal only, the screen is the same as before (not a bad thing). The new CPU is a dual core A5 cpu, and the graphics chipset has been beefed up. The claimed `2x cpu` and `9x gpu` increases have yet to be proven, and am guessing thats more marketing speak then actual real world increases. Most people assume dual core actually means 2x the speed when in reality it doesn't.
Its going to be launched in week or so in the US, and the UK (ROW) end of March. So expect mass hysteria around that time, altho launching in the UK on the same day as the 3DS will be very interesting for pavement space outside some stores ;)
I think its safe to say that Apple KNOW how to market a product and get the word out there, the fact i was talking to my 83 year old grandad on the reveal day about how he was thinking about getting one says everything. :)
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