iPad 2 the real deal .....

[Georgiacbr]

http://www.apple.com/ipad/?cid=CDM-US-DM-P0010191-CON&Email_PageName=P0010191-CON&Email_OID=5be3f4b8c856ad34f501f31552b326f9&cp=em-P0010191-CON&sr=em


http://images.apple.com/dm/us/11/0804/i/hero.jpg

[ramm]

Oatmeal nailed it months ago.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple

[Georgiacbr]

Oatmeal nailed it months ago.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple

Yea I saw that too. Apple started there chain email to all there customers. I just Received that just now.

[impalanar]

Happy iPad owner is unimpressed.

[klassified187]

definitely shut motorola down... hmmm they might have actually changed my mind.. iPad 2 looks good

[RogueElement]

Keep in mind that the iPad3 will most likely be launched around Sept/Nov this year too. :rolleyes:

[Georgiacbr]

Keep in mind that the iPad3 will most likely be launched around Sept/Nov this year too. :rolleyes:

Dam I need the new Iphone 6 that's out in Dec (LOL) try June 2012 if were alive in 2012 (haha)

[jkhonea]

Keep in mind that the iPad3 will most likely be launched around Sept/Nov this year too. :rolleyes:

Yeah, because Apple never goes by their schedules. :rolleyes:

[Georgiacbr]

Yeah, because Apple never goes by their schedules. :rolleyes:


If someone else is reading this on here he might disagree with you there . Iphone's follow's it's schedules on June of every year.

[jkhonea]

If someone else is reading this on here he might disagree with you there . Iphone's follow's it's schedules on June of every year.

Yup, the Verizon iPhone was the only exception and that was basically because it wasn't a new device. Apple is really good about releasing like clockwork.

[TroyBoy30]

Keep in mind that the iPad3 will most likely be launched around Sept/Nov this year too. :rolleyes:

Nope. This time 2012

[ramm]

Nope. This time 2012

Now I'm certain the world is going to end.

[dep411]

Ipad 2 FTW

[Moorespeedr]

I just want one of the older crappier wifi ipads to use for my home theater remote. I thought I had one bought for $100, but somebody beat me to it.

[SlimDizzleATL]

While the iPad2 looks cool, I still cant justify buying one. I just feel like I wouldnt use it very much.

[MrBlah]

Nope. This time 2012

apple employee's leaked next fall

[TroyBoy30]

apple employee's leaked next fall

Actually it was a single guy. It won't happen. Everything is on a 1 year cycle. The media event said 2011 the year of iPad 2. Not iPad 2 and 3 lol

[TroyBoy30]

I just want one of the older crappier wifi ipads to use for my home theater remote. I thought I had one bought for $100, but somebody beat me to it.

U can get a refurb for 349

[MrBlah]

they go for 350 for the base model used on craigslist, 100 $ woulda been a steal !

the next ipad by christmas has been a rumor for quite some time, it'll be obvious when it happens, the chinese hardware companies have poor security, I expect retna display on the next one

[jkhonea]

they go for 350 for the base model used on craigslist, 100 $ woulda been a steal !

the next ipad by christmas has been a rumor for quite some time, it'll be obvious when it happens, the chinese hardware companies have poor security, I expect retna display on the next one

Oh retina will be the next upgrade. But it won't happen until March/April of next year.

[JSKeezy]

I think the Ipad 2 is really nice...Still missing the USB...the ZOOM or the LG Slate might be FTW!

[TroyBoy30]

Editorial: It's Apple's 'post-PC' world -- we're all just living in it
March 3, 2011 07:56PM by Joshua Topolsky

On Wednesday, Apple introduced the world to the iPad 2. A beautiful device, to be sure. Feature packed? You bet. Soon to be selling like hotcakes? Absolutely. But the introduction of an iteration on an already existing product wasn't the most notable piece of the event, nor was the surprise appearance of Steve Jobs. No, Wednesday's event was significant because it introduced the world to Apple's real vision for the foreseeable future, a theme the company has hinted at but never fully expressed. This week, Apple showed everyone where it was headed, challenged competitors on that direction, and made it clear that the company not only has staked a claim in that space, but is defining it.

This week, Apple stepped into the "post-PC" era of computing -- and there's no looking back, at least not for the folks in Cupertino.

By joining the company's ongoing vision of a "different" kind of computing with a soundbite friendly piece of marketing-speak, Apple has changed the rules of the game, and made the competition's efforts not just an uphill battle, but -- at least in the eyes of Steve Jobs and co. -- essentially moot. But what exactly is the "post-PC" world? And why is it significant? Let me explain.

In this new world, Apple no longer has to compete on specs and features, nor does it want to. There is no Mac vs. PC here -- only "the future" versus "the past." It won't be a debate about displays, memory, wireless options -- it will be a debate about the quality of the experience. Apple is not just eschewing the spec conversation in favor of a different conversation -- it's rendering those former conversations useless. It would be like trying to compare a race car to a deeply satisfying book. In a post-PC world, the experience of the product is central and significant above all else. It's not the RAM or CPU speed, screen resolution or number of ports which dictate whether a product is valuable; it becomes purely about the experience of using the device. What that means is that while Motorola and Verizon will spend millions of dollars advertising the Xoom's 4G upgrade options, CPU speed, and high-resolution cameras, Apple need only delight consumers and tell them that specs and and speed are the domain of a dinosaur called the PC. Apple isn't claiming victory in the Space Race -- it's ceding space to the competition.

But guess who gets Earth all to itself? Apple's not saying that it beats other tablets on the market. It's saying "we do one thing, and these guys do something else altogether." They're not competition -- they're not even playing the same game!

That's not to say Apple has given up on PCs, and in fact, the company's laptop sales are consistently exceeding expectations. But take a look at what's creeping around the corner. There's Lion, with its iOS-like interface, its simplified experience. If Apple has its way, and if the sales of its mobile devices carry on in the manner they have up until now, a post-PC outlook will even fit devices that look alarmingly like... PCs.

But right now -- in the tablet space at least -- the problem for Motorola, Samsung, HP, RIM, and anyone else who is challenging Apple becomes infinitely more difficult. Almost any company could put together a more powerful or spec-heavy tablet, but all the horsepower in the world can't help you if you don't find a way to delight the average consumer. Those other tablet makers may have superior hardware (and in the case of the Xoom, some superior software as well), but without that key component of sheer delight, the road for them is long and hard. HP is getting close by touting features like Touch-to-Share, but against experiences like the new GarageBand for iOS and the 65,000 apps (and counting) that currently exist, it's hard to see a clear path to sizable competition. That goes for Google and RIM as well.

What Apple has done by introducing its "post-PC" language into the vernacular is almost more a game of semantics. Now when Motorola boasts the brain-crushing, bone-splitting power of the Xoom, the company could easily come off like the guy who buys the red Ferrari because he has something to prove.


Apple isn't just challenging perceptions of the PC -- they're saying that the age of the PC is over (at least for most people). The company is forcing consumers to ask if they even still want or need something called a PC (while of course making sure to point out that the competition is playing the same old game). And really, that's all part of the plan. Apple is in the process of making the iPad the de-facto standard for what the next stage of computing looks like, from the look and feel to the kind of software and experiences you have on the device. Apple doesn't just want to own the market -- it wants to own the idea of the market. We've seen this act before, and we know how it ends.

There was a time before the iPod too, when companies like HP, Samsung, and even Microsoft fought against Apple for the hearts and minds of the consumer -- but I'll be damned if anyone can remember it

[TroyBoy30]

Poor Samsung. They will never get to market. How can no profit be considered a success?

Samsung finds parts of Galaxy Tab 10.1 'inadequate' compared to iPad 2, reconsiders pricing
March 4, 2011 07:34AM by Vlad Savov

Whether you love or loathe Apple, you have to be happy with the company's aggressive upgrade of the iPad. It has led to Samsung, purveyor of an Android 3.0 tablet by the name of Galaxy Tab 10.1, to look more closely at its own hardware and pricing model and, according to executive VP Lee Don-Joo, "improve the parts that are inadequate." We don't know what those are, specifically, however he notes that "Apple made [the iPad 2] very thin" and also goes on to say that Samsung will be rethinking its pricing strategy with the Tab 10.1. It was originally going to cost more than the 7-inch Galaxy Tab, but in light of Apple's new product, Samsung might have to cut into its profit margins... or maybe even forgo profits altogether to make its new Tab a success.

[MrBlah]

happy apple is an american company, they really are innovating on the software side

[klassified187]

I think the Ipad 2 is really nice...Still missing the USB...the ZOOM or the LG Slate might be FTW!

It doesnt really need a USB port though.. the HDMI was all it needed.. now it has that.. Apple sealed the deal with the ipad 2.. I dont know what other features they can possibly add other than 4G and maybe and SD card slot or something