I will be writing a post on my views on the iPad 2 shortly, come back to check that out, this is everything interesting from today's Apple event including the new iPad 2 and some news about iOS 4.3.
UPDATE #1: CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO OF THE ENTIRE EVENT
Some statistics presented at the event:
- 100 million iPhones shipped
- 100 million iBooks downloaded
- 15 million iPads sold in 2010 (more than every other tablet ever sold)
- iPad has more than 90% of the tablet computer market share
- 65,000 iPad apps available
- Only 100 honeycomb apps available (google android equivalent OS)
The iPad 2, announced 3/3/2011
- Dual core Apple A5 CPU, twice a fast as the old iPad processor
- 9 times faster graphics
- Two cameras (front and rear) same resolution as the iPod touch cameras, 720p rear and VGA front.
- Gyroscope as seen in the iPhone 4 and latest iPod touch
- 33% thinner than the old iPad (only 8.8mm thick down from 13.4mm)
- Comes in white or black, both available from launch (unlike the iPhone 4 fiasco), the white one looks quite similar to a Kindle
- Lighter than the old iPad at 1.3 pounds Vs 1.5 pounds
- Same 10 hour battery life as the old iPad
- Exact same prices in the US as the old iPad (not sure yet if this will be true in the UK)
- Shipping from March 11th, march 25th in the UK
- HDMI out for outputting videos and pictures to a TV or computer (cable costs $39 though)
- Mirrored video output for showing a video on the iPad screen whilst showing it on another source
- Apple are producing a case designed for the iPad 2, it looks pretty cool more of a cover for the front of the device that attatches magnetically and can be bent to produce a stand. The case also wakes the iPad when taken off and puts the iPad to sleep when put on automatically. Very cool. Polyurethane or leather.
- Same display as the old iPad.
- No mention of RAM.
iOS 4.3
- Nitro Javascript engine for improved safari performance
- iTunes home sharing, lets you access all your content over WiFi
- Airplay improved to work with more apps
- iPad switch can be used as a mute switch or a screen orientation lock
- iPhone 4 gets personal hotspot - the devices internet connection can be shared to allow other devices to connect to it and use its internet connection
- Photobooth (basically a random program for taking photos)
- Facetime for iPad 2
- For iPad, iPhone and 3/4th gen iPod touch, out March 11th
Other stuff
- iMovie app for iPad (better than the iPhone app), $4.99
- Garageband for iPad (pretty cool music app for OSX, looks quite interesting on the iPad). $4.99. I can do a blog post about this if you ask for it below.
US release date March 11th, UK seems to be 25th, but waiting for clarification
iPad 2 can connect to sources via HDMI out
