Reuters cites multiple supplier sources, two of whom said that production would begin soon for iPad 2. The next generation of Apple’s tablet is expected to be thinner and lighter, with an improved screen resolution that will can hopefully keep up with the iPhone 4′s retina display. Most importantly, it will add a front-facing camera to allow for video chat.
It’s everything you would expect, given Apple’s track record of yearly product updates. But the more confirmation I get about an iPad 2 FaceTime camera, the more I start saving up my pennies. [Reuters]
Simon Reidy
Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 2:47 PM“..with an improved screen resolution that will can hopefully keep up with the iPhone 4′s retina display”
Unfortunately, the iPad 2 getting a “retina” display is unlikely, as Ryan Block from GDGT explains here:
http://gdgt.com/discuss/if-ipad-2nd-gen-gets-retina-display-bcj/
matt
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 10:07 AMyeah, in short, you’d need an ATI 5970 in it just to run it… which weighs more than 2 ipads alone…
Matt Liu
Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 2:53 PMgot both my eyes out for more info on the ipad 2, so i know when to sell off my current iPad at a good price!
Creative Intersection iPad Developers
Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 3:02 PMAlready gearing up our development efforts for the next generation (as I’m sure are most other iOS dev shops).
Should be another cool leap forward.
Let’s hope the battery technology keeps up too!
Michael
Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 8:15 PMThis is what the original iPad should’ve been
glennc
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 11:13 AMput infrared in it and i’m sold, otherwise don’t really want one. this would make an ideal tablet remote. none of this infrared dongle crap waiting to get broken off