Apple’s iPad 2 is now in production and will have a number of new features, including a front facing camera.
[ad#Google Adsense 300×250 in story]Citing “people familiar with the matter,” the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday said the new iPad will also include a faster processor. The report said that with the camera and more powerful hardware, the iPad will have features like video conferencing included.
One of the features that many people wanted in a new iPad was a high-resolution or Retina display. According to WSJ sources, that won’t happen with this version.
There doesn’t appear to be anything new in the WSJ report. If Apple sticks to its current schedule of releasing an iPad one year after its debut, like it does with the iPhone, it makes sense that it’s in production by now. Having a faster processor and front facing camera are also not new — we’ve been hearing about those features since the first iPad was released.
The new device will apparently be sold through Verizon, AT&T and of course, Apple.
The report didn’t know the price of the new iPad or exactly when it would be released.
Well dangit. I really wanted this to have a Retina display. I still think I’m in for this version, instead of waiting for the next one.
Remember how amazing the iPad screen was those few months between the iPad and iPhone 4 launches?
Yeah, but as soon as I got the iPhone 4, my iPad screen looked so sad. I was really hoping for a bump in resolution in this version, unless there are some as-yet unknown features coming up it looks like I can probably hold out for the iPad 3.
Yes, the iPhone screen looks amazing. But don’t forget you are looking at a $600+ device with a MUCH smaller retina display. Apple can pull off some amazing feats, but adding a screen with 4x the pixels, more RAM, a faster CPU & GPU actually capable of powering a display of that resolution, AND a camera or two all while keeping the same $499 price tag seems pretty much impossible to me. That’s why I’ve been calling BS from the start of these rumors.
Not only would they have to crap on their margins, but they would crap on the original iPad devs by asking them to support a one-off resolution. I’m actually glad it’s going to be the same res screen. At least this way developers will be more likely to keep supporting rev 1 iPads, and universal app bundles will not take up extra MBs on my iPad’s HD. It also means the new iPad should absolutely scream performance wise. The current iPad is fairly peppy, but I think it’s going to look like an iPhone 3G does to the iPhone 4 when v2 comes out. I’ll take teh snappy over a res bump any day. Despite what the kids are saying in the macrumors forums I really feel like the screen on my iPad is adequate. Considering I used 15 inch CRT monitors at 1024×768 for YEARS, I can handle a 10″ display with the same number of pixels quite easily.
I only got my iPhone 4 last week, I was a bit late to the party. Flipping between my iPad and my iPhone4 there is clearly a big difference in the screen quality however I am using my iPad further away from my face than my iPhone so while it may be nice to have a retina display on the iPad I wouldn’t want to pay a lot more just for that.
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Agreed. The screen on the ipad is very very good. Especially for something that you aren’t using 2 inches from your face.
More RAM for less crashes, a front facing camera, dual “World Mode” for the 3g, anti-glare and some smudge proofing come way better going 4 up on the pixel count in my book. Especially when I can’t go to the itunes store and buy Blu-ray quality video files.