Editor’s note: This article was reposted from wsj.com.
Apple Inc. has started production of a new version of its iPad tablet computer, said people familiar with the matter.
The new device will be thinner, lighter and will come with a faster processor, more memory and a more powerful graphics processor, said the people familiar with the matter. It will have a front-facing camera for the first time for features like video-conferencing, but the resolution of the new iPad’s display will be similar to the first iPad, they said.
The new iPad will be available through Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc., but not Sprint Nextel Corp. or T-Mobile USA in the U.S., according to some of the people familiar with the matter.
A spokeswoman for Apple declined to comment.
The iPad, which debuted last April to great fanfare, has been a huge success for Apple. The Cupertino, Calif., company has sold 14.8 million iPad units in the three quarters since the tablet’s introduction. In Apple’s most recently reported quarter, the iPad contributed $4.6 billion in sales, or 17% of the company’s overall revenues.
iPad News Source: wsj.com
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