The first dual-core processor to ship in volume, says Jobs.Ĭameras: rear and front-facing cameras. You can also get a white iPad 2 – from day one (something that never happened with the iPhone 4).Ħ.20pm: iPad 2 is 33% thinner than its (hardly chunky) predecessor – actually thinner than the iPhone 4.Ħ.18pm: Completely new design, faster because of a new "A5" chip – twice as fast on CPU performance, nine times faster graphics, same low power (battery life) as A4 chip. It will also have the same price, starting at $499 for 16GB WiFi only.Ħ.21pm: Being thinner, it's also lighter by – drumroll – 0.2 pounds. IPad 2 will have same 10 hour battery life as predecessor, claims Jobs. Does that mean no iPad 3 this year?Ħ.22pm: Also models for both Verizon and AT&T, hello US readers. It will ship in the US from 11 March – a week on Friday – and across Europe, including the UK, from 25 March. Smart covers for iPad 2 can be adapted to prop it up, wake it up, and put it to sleep – and clean it (a big bugbear for many people).Ħ.24pm: "We think 2011 will be the year of the iPad 2," says Jobs. Remember them?Ħ.30pm: Just been treated to a "Pixar short" video showcasing the smart cover, which does look canny smart – but won't make Apple any friends in the accessories trade.Ħ.26pm: For $39 – a HDMI cable for mirrored video output. Presumably iOS 4.3 will be available for those ancient first-generation iPads. iOS 4.3 for iPhone 4 users comes with personal hotspot.Ħ.33pm: iPad 2 will ship with iOS 4.3, with improved Safari performance, iTunes home sharing, improvements to AirPlay (which launched only months ago).
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Now being demonstrated.Ħ.35pm: iOS 4.3 lets users choose how to use the right-sided switch, which started life as rotation lock and annoyingly evolved into a mute button. iMovie for iPad will be $4.99, available 11 March.Ħ.44pm: Jobs back on stage, introducing the iMovie app for iPad 2. (And has RIM or Samsung hit back at Jobs yet?)Ħ.56pm: "Another great feature of these drums is that your kids can play them.with headphones on"Ħ.51pm: Now a demonstration of Garageband – pronounced "Gerarjeband" – for iPad, complete with touch instruments, 200+ loops, 8 track recording and mixing. But before you evacuate in droves, we've got Apple's One More Thing yet to come. "It's unbelievable."Ħ.57pm: The Apple site's iPad 2 takeover is live. Stand by for One More Thing.ħ.03pm: Garageband in iPad 2 App Store on 11 March at $4.99.ħ.02pm: Steve Jobs is back on stage. Nowhere is that more true than in these post-PC devices," says Jobs.ħ.04pm: Jobs introduces the iPad 2 video, featuring Jonathan "Jony" Ive. It's technology married with liberal arts, married with humanities. Get ready for a full-fat summary of what Apple just announced.ħ.11pm: "It's in Apple's DNA that technology alone is not enough. Hard Days Night by The Beatles plays us out. More than $2bn has been paid to independent developers since the App Store's launch.ħ.12pm: And that's it from Jobs. Apple recently shipped the 100millionth iPhone, and the 200 millionth iTunes and App Store account.
Random House is newly signed-up to Apple's iBooks store, bringing 17,000 ebooks with it.It will include improved Safari browser performance, improvements for AirPlay and new iMovie and Garageband apps for the iPad. A new version of Apple's operating system, iOS 4.3, will be released for the iPhone, iPad and fourth-generation iPod Touch, later this month.Steve Jobs, Apple's indefatigable chief executive currently on a medical leave of absence, took to the stage, shocking a usually unshockable technology world to its core.It uses a dual-core processor, which makes it faster than the original iPad, and has the same 10-hour battery life.
It has front and rear-facing cameras, comes in both white and black, and will cost the same as the first-generation iPad. The iPad 2, available in the US from 11 March and in Europe from 25 March, is 33% thinner and 0.2 pounds lighter than its months-old predecessor.7.27pm: Here's an executive summary of Wednesday's Apple press conference: