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New and “Improved”
Apple doubled the RAM in the iPad 2 from 256MB to 512MB. What does that mean? For most casual users, probably not a whole lot. There is a performance bump that everyone will see the effects of in things like loading times for webpages that are open in the background, but 256MB was sufficient for most daily use and games. If you’re planning to use your device for some of the more graphically intense games the iPad 2 does offer a better method of graphics processing that’ll help deliver faster images with fewer jerky movements. If you’re just playing Angry birds and reading e-mail you’re not going to know the difference.

The screen is the same for all real purposes. It is technically a “new” part in that it isn’t identical to the old, it’s a bit thinner and more efficient, but it’s the same resolution. The Glass is thinner though, and this amounts to a fair bit of the weight loss from one generation to the next. In playing with the device it seems surprising but despite feeling lighter it actually feels more sturdy in your hands. I still wouldn’t suggest dropping it, but if it were to fall the iPad 2 certainly feels like it might stand a better chance to survive. Try not to drop it though.

The addition of 2 cameras was expected. Some were a bit surprised to see the first generation released without the cameras. Whether it was for a price point consideration, or a means to get people to upgrade, Apple held off until iPad 2. The cameras do a reasonable job, but they’re not going to replace a dedicated digital camera, or really even the camera on your phone for most still images. The cameras do a substantially better job with video, and FaceTime is probably one of the best reasons to get the iPad 2 over the original iPad. For those who might not be familiar, FaceTime is Apple’s face to face conferencing system, kind of like Skype, or if you’d rather, kind of like the Jetson’s TV/Phone. With the push of a button you can be having a face to face chat with a loved one just about anywhere in the world (provided they’re on a wireless network at the time). FaceTime doesn’t work over 3G natively (it can be used over a wifi connection created by a 3G device however) so you’re not going to be able to use it in your car anytime soon. This is probably a good thing though. It is incredibly easy to use and if you know other people with an iPad 2, iPhone 4, or Mac it’s a lot of fun.

Technical Details
Capacity: 16GB | Connectivity: Wifi | Color: White
Apple’s newest generation of iPads.
9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology.
1 GHz dual-core Apple A5 custom-designed processor.
Forward facing and rear facing cameras.
Apple’s iOS 4 and access to Apple’s app store.

Smart Covers aren’t really “smart” but they’re really very useful. Not only do they provide a stylistic enhancement of the device, but they serve a practical and functional purpose of doubling as a screen protector and stand in 2 configurations. You can find them in a variety of colors and from third market suppliers, and it’s a safe bet that more will be out soon to capitalize on the magnetic sensors in the iPad 2. It’s unfortunate that this same feature can’t somehow be retrofitted to the iPad 1, I wouldn’t have thought a case would be a compelling reason to consider a product over it’s competitor, but these covers are really so useful it’s hard to understand why they’ve not been there since the beginning.

Let’s take a look at iPad first, it has:
• P.7 inch IPS screen, it’s pretty big size isn’t it?
• Great user experience on user interface
• Sensible and accurate multi touch
• Pretty thin(compare to some other tablets)
• start from stand by mode, less than 1 second waiting
• 10 hours using time?
• tons of apps that you can choose from app store( makes me remember ‘almost can do anything’)
many people thought iPad is bigger size of iPod Tough, but you will feel the difference when you have used iPad, it’s completely at different level. iPod Touch, it’s only relieve your fingers, but iPad, imagine the feeling that both of your hand on a screen.
iPad is still the market’s key driver, especially when iPad2 released, it seems to be that best advantage of android tablet—price, is under very serious challenge.

Now let’s take a look at android tablet(wholesale electronic store):
• it’s open, anyone can produce it, lots more choice for customer
• there’s more ways to play with for the desktop, and also you can add widget as whether, news, Facebook twitter to check the latest news
• you can directly manage all data as long as you know how to use copy and paste
• support USB/ card reader/ web cam/Wi-Fi, basically it could have all things which iPad don’t have yet
• support Flash10.1!
• cheaper than iPad
However, android tablet doesn’t have so many apps especially on games, and quality is a bit worse than iPad, there’s not been a standard protocol yet which means different manufactures produce different apps that they might not compile to each other.
From user experience side, response time and a little bit lack of operational freedom also is a disadvantage of android tablet, but hey, it’s much cheaper, isn’t it?

Let’s take a look at iPad first, it has:
• P.7 inch IPS screen, it’s pretty big size isn’t it?
• Great user experience on user interface
• Sensible and accurate multi touch
• Pretty thin(compare to some other tablets)
• start from stand by mode, less than 1 second waiting
• 10 hours using time?
• tons of apps that you can choose from app store( makes me remember ‘almost can do anything’)
many people thought iPad is bigger size of iPod Tough, but you will feel the difference when you have used iPad, it’s completely at different level. iPod Touch, it’s only relieve your fingers, but iPad, imagine the feeling that both of your hand on a screen.
iPad is still the market’s key driver, especially when iPad2 released, it seems to be that best advantage of android tablet—price, is under very serious challenge.

The sadness comes from realizing that no, there’s not even anything close to it. Shaving .17 pounds off the first iPad’s weight of 1.5 pounds, down to 1.33 pounds, doesn’t sound like much on paper, but the difference is striking. The 1.6-pound Xoom feels leaden by comparison—the interplay between dimensions, proportions and weight works as much against the Xoom as it does for the iPad. But I still want the iPad to be lighter.

Specs
iPad 2
Price: $500-700 Wi-Fi; $630-$830 w/ 3G
Screen: 9.7-inch, 1024×768
Processor and RAM: Dual-core 1GHz Apple A5, 512MB RAM
Storage: 16GB, 32GB or 64GB
Camera: Rear: 720p video; Front: VGA
Weight: 1.33 pounds

Basically everything that was bad about the iPad—still is. It seems terribly silly and antediluvian that the iPad, this beacon of the post-PC world, is still so tightly tethered to the PC. Syncing it to your computer is still the very first thing you must do after ripping an iPad out of the box. Not very magical! For all of its other un-humanlike qualities, Android at least has this right where the iPad does not. This is kind of the core problem with iOS in general—as much as AirPlay alleviates the feeling that the iPad is a silo of computing tranquility, it still doesn’t feel holistically connected, which has the pernicious effect occasionally of bursting the pleasant computing bubble you’re in, landing you back on the earth with a resounding thud.