Important iPad News
March 2nd, 2011 at 11:49 AM EST | by inu846W
From engadget.com
11:11:
– “This will define the category for years to come.”
– wrapping up
– From Steve Jobs via Engadget:
“This is worth repeating. It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology is not enough. It’s tech married with the liberal arts and the humanities. Nowhere is that more true than in the post-PC products. Our competitors are looking at this like it’s the next PC market. That is not the right approach to this. These are pos-PC devices that need to be easier to use than a PC, more intuitive.”
– Steve has left the building. iPad 2 announcement concludes.
11:04:
– iPad is not just a consumption tool, but a productive one as well
– “We think 2011 is clearly the year of the iPad 2”
– Jobs is now showing another video, this one about iPad 2’s design
– design video, and smart cover video are now on Apple.com
10:51:
– GarageBand: touch instruments, guitar amps, loops, 8 track recording, mixing
– 250+ loops, email ACC file of songs
– piano and organ being demoed, now drums
– smart instruments for those who don’t know how to play music
– edit the same on iPad as on a Mac with GarageBand
– $4.99, available March 11
10:41
– iOS 4.3 is free and available March 11
– new apps: iMovie for iPad. Comes with precision editing, new themes, multi-track audio and AirPlay support.
– interface is a “movie theater”, your movies are like movie posters
– record directly into iMovie with iPad’s camera or import from library
– segment control, precision control, transitions, etc.
– editing is touch-based
– audio editing looks like Final Cut Pro
– comes with 50 sound effects
– record voiceovers
– 8 themes, 3 are new
– upload videos directly to Vimeo, CNN iReport, and YouTube
– iMovie is $4.99 and available March 11
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March 2nd, 2011 at 9:51 AM EST | by inu846W
Chinese website DGtle appears to have posted realistic iPad 2 pictures which show a couple of the rumored new features like a slimmer design, and front and rear facing cameras. The new design shows a tapered edge and the same 9.7 inch screen display.
Geek.com goes on to say:
The feature list does include a larger speaker, and front and rear cameras. The SIM card slot is where the SD card slot was speculated to be, there’s a new power button design, headphone jack, and there’s the antenna behind a white section at the top of the device which is probably going to be black on the final model being revealed later today.
The new iPad 2 is shown below the first generation iPad.
Check out more pictures after the break.
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March 1st, 2011 at 3:01 PM EST | by inu846W
Reports are popping up that Steve Jobs is thinking about making an appearance tomorrow at the iPad 2 announcement event in San Francisco at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Acting CEO Tim Cook will be leading the ceremony as Jobs has been on medical leave since mid January for health reasons. It’s rumored that he may be having issues once again with pancreatic cancer. His last leave of absence was in January 2009 when he received a liver transplant and was treated for cancer. in 2004, Jobs underwent surgery to his pancreas.
All Things Digital says Jobs is “mulling” over making an appearance. Should he show up, it’s unlikely he will lead the announcement, but be there in a supportive role.
According to several sources close to the situation, Apple CEO Steve Jobs – who is on a health-related leave from the company – is definitely considering an appearance at its big iPad 2 event tomorrow.
But the possibility – which would be a big sensation at the San Francisco gathering – is also just as definitely not confirmed as yet, stressed sources.
If he did appear, sources said Jobs would at least make a brief appearance onstage, along with other top company execs in showing off Apple’s latest version of it hugely popular tablet.
setteB.IT is also suggesting Steve Jobs, who turned 56 last week, will make an appearance.
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March 1st, 2011 at 12:11 PM EST | by inu846W
iPad 2 is widely expected to have some cool updates from the first generation iPad, but not all the bells and whistles that most may have hoped for. It looks like one only need to wait for this fall to get an even tastier iPad chock full of more features.
Cultofmac.com has heard from an Apple staffer who is echoing rumors of an even beefier iPad coming later this year, the iPad 3. The unnamed staffer said of the iPad 2:
the new MobileMe service will store music, TV shows, and films that were purchased from the iTunes store. The staffer also said that there was talk inside Apple of being able to upload all your music and videos to the cloud whether it was purchased from iTunes or not. However, they couldn’t confirm whether this will be rolled out or not. Before Apple bought it, the LaLa music service allowed users to upload music to an online locker for streaming to any device. There has been a lot of speculation that Apple would roll LaLa’s service into iTunes to create a streaming music service.
Also mentioned by the staffer is the fact that Apple has had “a number of problems along the way” with the iPad 2. This may be the reason for a more robust Apple tablet being launched only 6 or so months after iPad 2. Apple needs to compete with a lot of other tablets in 2011.
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March 1st, 2011 at 11:04 AM EST | by inu846W
9to5mac.com has heard from some iPad retailers that Apple is no longer shipping any first generation iPads. This should be of no surprise as Apple is set to launch the iPad 2 very soon after the official announcement of the new iPad tomorrow.
Retailers across the globe can now only sell the iPads they have in stock and will probably have sold out the device by tomorrow.
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February 28th, 2011 at 4:35 PM EST | by inu846W
A Wall Street analyst from Goldman Sachs is saying Apple’s overseas suppliers may be experiencing production delays in regards to the new iPad 2’s ultra-thin glass screen.
Bill Shope explained in a note to investors this week that there may be a decreased supply of iPad 2 devices when the new version of Apple’s tablet is launched. The good news is Shope also suggests the launch date will not be effected by this recent production bottleneck. That launch date was previously rumored to be very soon after Apple officially announces iPad 2 this Wednesday.
Apple is once again pushing the technology envelope by making the device far thinner than the original iPad, and the iPad 2’s ultra-thing glass screen is generating yield issues,
Supply is expected to ramp up quickly once suppliers can finally catch up with demand. It’s a logistics issue, not a technical one. Limited supply of Apple products at their launch seems to be commonplace in recent years and “should not be a major concern” for investors.
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