The tech world awaits the expected unveiling of Apple‘s next-generation iPad on Wednesday, a new report suggests the upcoming Apple iPad 2 will be a minor upgrade. The all-new thinner and lighter design makes iPad 2 even more comfortable to hold. It’s even more powerful with the dual-core A5 chip, yet has the same 10 hours of battery life. With two cameras, you can make FaceTime video calls, record HD video, and put a twist on your snapshots in Photo Booth. And the iPad Smart Cover attaches magnetically and wakes up, stands up, and brightens up your iPad 2. Two cameras for FaceTime and HD video recording. The dual-core A5 chip. 10-hour battery life.1 Over 200 new software features in iOS 5. And iCloud. All in a remarkably thin, light design. There’s so much to iPad, it’s amazing there’s so little of it. The App Store now has a special section for discovering new titles. So you know exactly where to find favourites to read with your morning cup of coffee. Or where to discover new issues for plane rides, free time or bedtime. Just tap the Store button in Newsstand to start shopping.
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At the time, Taiwanese trade publication Digitimes was reporting that the iPad 2 would have a screen resolution of 2048 by 1536 pixels–four times that of the current 1024-by-768 pixels.
You check your email many times a day, and iPad actually makes it fun. Scroll through messages with your finger. See all your mail from every account at once.
The Internet can be a huge, hard-to-fathom kind of place. Yet iPad makes it easy to explore. Hold the web in your hands like a book or magazine. Use your fingers to move around a website, zoom in on images and text, and tap links.
Download iBooks from the App Store and you’ll be even more well read. Every story is gripping on the beautiful iPad display. Flick through page after page of bright text and gorgeous illustrations.
FaceTime on iPad 2 lets you drop in on your favourite people and see how they’re doing. And what they’re doing. You could be anywhere, they could be anywhere.
When the mood strikes, turn the camera on yourself, make some faces and start shooting snapshot-style. Choose from arty, wacky and weird effects. Twist up your face, see yourself doubled or look like you stepped into a comic book.
When there’s something you need to remember, let iPad remember it for you. Create a list of chores, shopping or homework assignments.
It’s super-advanced show-and-tell for photos. Swipe through them one by one in all their full-screen glory. Or choose a favourite song, pick a fun transition and create a slideshow. Turn iPad into the perfect frame with the iPad Smart Cover.
If you love listening to music, you’ll love seeing it too. On the big iPad display, colours sing out so your album art rocks. And when you flip through your favourite albums in Cover Flow, you’ll see just how great your music taste really is.
There’s an HD film or TV programme playing on a plane, train, bus or sofa near you. It’s your own little big screen — 9.7 inches of high-resolution everything. Hold it in your hands or use the iPad Smart Cover as a stand.
Anytime’s a good time to fill your iPad with music, films, TV programmes and so much more. Tap the iTunes icon and browse around. Millions of songs and thousands of films and TV programmes are ready and waiting for you to download, right there and then.
Tap the App Store icon and you’ll find over 140,000 apps made for iPad, and counting. There are apps for anything and everything — from entertaining the kids in the backseat to packing for your holiday.
Oops. You misplaced your iPad. Don’t worry, Find My iPad will help you do just what it says.4 When you first get your iPad, set up Find My iPad in a few simple steps. Then if you lose it, you’ll see the approximate location of your iPad on a map.
With iPad, you’ll know where you are, where you’re going and how to get there. You’ll even find things to see, places to eat and landmarks to visit on the way.
Get ready for really big doses of a little entertainment. YouTube on iPad makes videos easier to find and more fun to watch. After all, what’s a waiting room, conference room or hotel room without stupid pet tricks
iPad is your playing field, and now you can invite anyone to get in on the game. Round up a group of friends in your gaming network, or go up against people you don’t know. Then destroy them.
You never know when a great idea will pop into your head. Before you lose it, pull out iPad and jot it down.
Work, home and everything in between. All your schedules are easy to read and easy to manage on iPad — even when everything happens at once.
Contacts isn’t just names and numbers. It’s email addresses, IM nicknames, birthdays, anniversaries, websites and anything else you can think of about everyone and anyone you know.
