ipad-2

Applications

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The iPad 2 comes with several applications, including Safari, Mail, Photos, Video, Youtube, iPod, iTunes,App Store, iBooks, Maps, Notes, Calendar, Contacts, Camera, Photo Booth*, and Spotlight Search.^[30]Several are improved versions of applications developed for the iPhone or of applications for the Mac.

The iPad syncs with iTunes on a Mac or Windows PC.^[31]Apple ported its iWorksuite from the Mac to the iPad, and sells pared down versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps in the App Store^[32]. They also did Photo Booth, and some of iLife with iMovie, and Garageband. Although the iPad 2 is not designed to replace a mobile phone, a user can use a wired headset or the built-in speaker and microphone and place phone calls over Wi-Fi or 3G using a VoIP application.^[33] The iPad has lots of third party applications available for it; as of September 1, 2010, there were 25,000 iPad specific apps on the App Store.^[34] The iPad 2 cannot run the Xcode development suite since it uses iOS.^[35]

Accessories

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Accessories

Smart Cover

A Smart Cover being used by an iPad 2.

“This isn’t a case anymore. It’s a cover for the screen. Themicro fiber screen cleans the screen every time you close it, and it’s incredibly minimal.”^[26]

—Steve Jobs

Apple also unveiled the Smart Cover, a screen protector that attaches magnetically to the face of the device. Removing the cover wakes the device from sleep and putting it on puts the device to sleep. It has a microfiber bottom that cleans the iPad. The Smart Cover can also act as a keyboard stand. Folding it back tilts the iPad into a comfortable writing position. Also, when folded in half it exposes the HD Camera forFaceTime. There are two different Smart Covers: polyurethane covers and leather covers. The polyurethane cover is available in 5 colors: grey, blue, green, orange and pink. The leather cover comes in white, brown, black, dark blue and red. ^[27] A portion of the proceeds from each purchase of the red smart cover will go to the The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. ^[28]

Apple Digital AV Adapter

Apple also introduced the new Apple Digital AV Adapter that mirrors video output. This Adapter allows the user to mirror the iPad 2 screen — a movie, photo, website, Keynote presentation — to a HDTV or any other HDMI-compatible display. The Apple Digital AV Adapter connects the iPad or iPad Dock via the 30-pin dock connectorand the HDMI-compatible display using an HDMI cable.^[29]

iPad Camera Connection Kit

The iPad Camera Connection kit is a kit of 2 adapters. One USB, and one for SD Cards. They copy the images from the camera and import them to the iPad.

iPad 2 Dock

The iPad 2 Dock is like the iPad dock except formatted for the changes of the iPad 2.

Technical specifications

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Model		Original iPad	iPad 2
Announcement date		January 27, 2010	March 2, 2011
Release date		April 3, 2010	March 11, 2011
Discontinued date		March 2, 2011^[16]	In production
Display		9.7 inches (25 cm) multitouch display at a resolution of 1024 × 768 pixelswithLED backlighting and a fingerprint and scratch-resistant coating^[1]
Processor		1 GHz Apple A4 System on a chip^[17]	1 GHz (dynamically clocked) dual-coreApple A5 system on a chip
Memory		256 MB DDR RAM built into Apple A4 package^[18]	512 MB DDR2 RAM built into Apple A5 package^[19]
Storage		Fixed capacity of 16, 32, or 64 GB^[1]
Wireless	WiFi	Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR^[1]
Wireless	WiFi+3G	3G cellular HSDPA, 2G cellular EDGE on 3g models^[1]
Geolocation	WiFi	WiFi^[1]/Apple location databases^[20]
Geolocation	WiFi+3G	Assisted GPS, Apple databases,^[20] Cellular network^[1]
Environmental sensors		Accelerometer, ambient light sensor,magnetometer^[1]	All of iPad + Gyroscope
Operating system		iOS 4.3 ^[21]
Battery		Built-in lithium-ion polymer battery;(10 hours video,^[1]140 hours audio,^[22] 1 month standby^[23])
Weight		1.5 lb (680 g)^[1]	1.33 lb (600 g)
Dimensions		9.56×7.47×.528 in (243×190×13.4 mm)^[1]^[24]	9.5×7.31×.346 in (240×186×8.8 mm)^[24]
Mechanical keys		Home, sleep, volume rocker, variable function switch (originally screen rotation lock, mute in iOS 4.2, either in 4.3)^[1]
Camera ^[25]	Back	N/A	HD Camera 720px still camera with 5x digital zoom
Camera ^[25]	Front	N/A	VGA VGA-quality still camera.

Hardware

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The revised tablet introduced a new design that included front and rear-facing cameras designed for FaceTime video messaging. It can now message with iPhone 4, fourth-generation iPod Touch and a Macintosh computer (with Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later).^[12] The iPad 2 added a dual core Apple A5 processor with doubled processing speed and graphics processing that is nine times faster than the previous ipad.^[13] iPad 2 offers CDMA2000 support for Verizon Wireless orGSM/UMTS support for AT&T in the United States.^[14] The device is 33% thinner than the original iPad and is also thinner than the iPhone 4^[15] and 15% lighter than the original iPad.

Audio

The speaker of the iPad 2.

The sound system can play in mono, or if attached to the Apple Digital AV Adapter, it can play Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. Its audio range is from 20Hz to 20 000Hz.

iPad 2

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The iPad 2 is the second generation of the iPad, a tablet computer designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It serves primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. Its size and weight fall between those of contemporary smartphones andlaptop computers.

Available with black or white bezels, the Foxconn-manufactured iPad 2 has a lithium-polymer battery that lasts up to 10 hours, a new dual core Apple A5 processor and VGA front-facing and 720p rear-facing cameras designed for FaceTime video calling.

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs revealed the device at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 2, 2011, despite being on medical leave.^[6]

Apple began selling the iPad 2 on its website on March 11,^[7] and in its U.S. retail stores at 5 p.m. local time on that date. Many stores in major cities sold out within hours like New York^[8]. By Sunday, online shipping delays had increased to three to four weeks.^[9]

The iPad 2 will be released internationally in 25 other countries on March 25, 2011. The countries will include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Hungary, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland,Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.^[10]

The March 25 release date for Japan has been postponed due to the earthquake and tsunami which struck the nation on March 11. The iPads may be delayed due to the NAND flash storage chip used in the iPads being created by Toshiba which has been affected by the earthquake and tsunami and has temporarily closed. The re-opening date has not been decided yet.^[11]