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iPad 2 UK Prices
Apple has announced that the Apple iPad 2 UK release date is 25 March. The new Apple iPad 2 was launched by Steve Jobs, with the Apple CEO announcing the tablet has a front and rear facing cameras, an all new A5 dual core CPU and a whopping nine times more powerful graphics system.
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12 great facts about the iPad 2
1. The iPad 2 UK prices release date is 25 March and he iPad Wifi 16GB will be £399.00
T-Mobile and Orange will be stocking iPad 2 "when it becomes available later this month". O2 wont be selling the new tablet but would be offering data plans for it, while Vodafone offered a stern "no comment".
2. The iPad 2 has FaceTime
The new iPad has the expected front-facing VGA camera (as well as one on the back). What's the point of the one on the back? Like the iPhone 4's rear snapper, it takes 720p video (though has no flash unlike other tablets).
3. The iPad 2 battery life stays the same, despite being thinner and being faster.
The iPad 2's battery life is apparently not limited by the new design - it has the same 10 hour battery life as before, with a month of standby time.
4. No change to the iPad 2 display
The new iPad has a 9.7-inch display which, is exactly the same. So the large-scale retina display wasn't ready as we suspected. iPad 3 should sort that one out.
5. iPad 2 is dual-core
A few months ago, a dual-core processor tablet would have made headlines. Now they are in many an Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet. The new processor is called the Apple A5 and is based on ARM's Cortex-A9 design. And it's probably clocked at 1GHz.
6. iPad 2 graphics will be so much faster
All Steve Jobs said was that the graphics capability would be 9x that of the current iPad. This promises serious gaming power (and it helps that the device now also has the gyroscope from the iPhone 4 and latest-gen iPod touch). The graphics will still be a version of Imagination Technologies' PowerVR SGX graphics technology.
7. iPad 2 has iOS 4.3
The latest version of iOS ships with the iPad and was available for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch from 11 March. There's faster Safari browsing performance; iTunes Home Sharing and thankfully an enhancement to AirPlay. Let's hope it works now. (By the way, iPhone 4s can act as Wi-Fi hotspots too).
8. The button problem has been fixed
When the first iPad came out, the switch on the side locked the orientation. Super cool, everybody thought. Except Apple did a typical Apple thing and changed it to become a mute button. When there was already a volume control on the other side of the device. iOS 4.3 gives you the choice about what to do.
9. The iPad 2 (and original iPad) has HDMI out
It will set you back around £30 for the cable, but you can connect your iPad up to the TV and charge it while doing so. What's more you can have HDMI Video Mirroring that lets you mirror your iPad screen on an HDTV. Cool for presentations and the like – or just playing movie content.
10. The iPad 2 features HSUPA
The iPad 2 also features HSUPA support. That means faster uploads over 3G. Like mobile broadband. It's only available on the iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, naturally. Expect this to come to the iPhone in the next update too.
11. iPad 2 is lighter and thinner
Apple called it an all-new design. And it is. The main physical thing is that the new iPad is thinner - 33 per cent thinner, at 8.8mm. Incredibly, that's thinner than the iPhone 4 at 9.3mm. It's also 15 per cent lighter, which is welcome. You wouldn't want it to be completely lightweight, but a bit less weight is good. It's also available in white as well as the original black.
12. iPad 2 sees Apple come out fighting
As well as some serious gnashing of teeth at competitors during Steve Jobs' keynote, even the press release gets nasty. "While others have been scrambling to copy the first generation iPad, we're launching iPad 2, which moves the bar far ahead of the competition and will likely cause them to go back to the drawing boards yet again." Unfortunately though, it's just not true. In terms of specs – if not looks – the latest Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets are a match for the new iPad.
If you look at the way Apple has managed the upgrade from iPhone 3G to the iPhone 4 they turned the G3 into an entry level model, with the iPhone 4 as the premium model, they could do the same thing and keep the current iPad in service as an entry level model, with the iPad 2 as the premium model.
Looking at the price of a Motorola Xoom, which is planned to sell at $800 in the US and is likely convert into £720 in the UK and is exactly the same price as the current iPad 64GB G3.
So it still isn't the time to write off the iPad, they still have the best operating system and the best app store, with the addition of the hardware fitted to the Xoom, Apple remain in front.