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Apple iPad 2 to be launched on February 9th?

christ said:
Will iPad 2 be release on February 9th? There more new features added in iPad 2 compared with iPad.

New features of Apple iPad 2:
1. Dual-core CPU
2. Tow cameras
3. Come with 3 version: CDMA, UMTS, and WiFi
4. Equipped with USB Port
5. iPad SD or iPad SIM

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what's that mean?
 
I definitely don't think this will have a Retina screen. Too much horsepower required for the current chips. It will probably be in the 3rd or 4th gen, although the big feature of the 3rd gen will probably be 4G.
 
I'm excited about the tow camera. Does this mean I'll get a push notification when my car is getting towed?

But if the tow camera is on the device, that means I have to leave the iPad 2 in the car... and it'll just get towed with the car. And I'll never get the push notification to stop the evil tow company from jacking my ride.

Design flaw.
 
I think I'm gonna sit this one out. Hopefully the iPad 3 will have a retina display and a quad core processor. The iPad is super responsive...until you try and load a web page. Then you realize how underpowered it really is.
 
BD2003 said:
I think I'm gonna sit this one out. Hopefully the iPad 3 will have a retina display and a quad core processor. The iPad is super responsive...until you try and load a web page. Then you realize how underpowered it really is.
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That might be lack of RAM, but you are more or less right.
 
BD2003 said:
I think I'm gonna sit this one out. Hopefully the iPad 3 will have a retina display and a quad core processor. The iPad is super responsive...until you try and load a web page. Then you realize how underpowered it really is.
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Really? My iPad is super responsive on web pages. I have no trouble at all surfing.

An iPad with a Retina screen would be absolutely incredible. But yeah, they're definitely gonna have to ramp up the CPU to handle that kind of resolution. But oh how gorgeous apps would be! I think they'd also need to integrate resolution independence - reading a webpage at a resolution of 2048 × 1536 on a 10" screen would make my eyes melt D:
 
Kaido said:
Really? My iPad is super responsive on web pages. I have no trouble at all surfing.

An iPad with a Retina screen would be absolutely incredible. But yeah, they're definitely gonna have to ramp up the CPU to handle that kind of resolution. But oh how gorgeous apps would be! I think they'd also need to integrate resolution independence - reading a webpage at a resolution of 2048 × 1536 on a 10" screen would make my eyes melt D:
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It's responsive, it's just not fast. It'll start loading the page without delay, it'll just take 10 seconds instead of half a second like it would on a desktop.
 
The current iPad is underpowered. RAM and CPU. The iPad 2 should be significantly faster, or at least it'd better be. Not fast, but my guess it will be OK for most people assuming it truly gets a dual-core 1 GHz ARM CPU and faster video acceleration.
 
Eug said:
The current iPad is underpowered. RAM and CPU. The iPad 2 should be significantly faster, or at least it'd better be. Not fast, but my guess it will be OK for most people assuming it truly gets a dual-core 1 GHz ARM CPU and faster video acceleration.
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Eh, I'd say its certainly OK now, but there's so much room for improvement. Its quite usable as it is. Having a lightweight custom OS and good graphics goes a long way to make it responsive, but surfing the web is way more computationally intensive that most people realize. Maybe not text heavy pages like wikipedia, but take a look at anand's review for the optimus X2.

Loading the anandtech home page takes a full 6 seconds on the iphone 4, which is only slightly underclocked compared to the ipad. My experience is about the same. Even on the dual core optimus it takes 5 seconds. On my 4 year old core 2 duo? Under a second. So fast you couldnt reliably time it, on the same 30mbps wifi-N node as the iOS devices. And even though it feels way too slow for windows, even a single core atom will smoke an iPad on actual page render speed.

Obviously I dont expect desktop performance from a tablet, but there is some major, major room for improvement there. I'm hoping for a quad core 1Ghz+ for the ipad 3. This might sound over the top, but its not - thats pretty much exactly what sony is doing with the PSP2.

Oh, and make it weigh about half as much. Till then, my iPad 1 will do just fine.
 
Yeah, I don't mind the mediocre render speed on my iPhone 4, but I expect more from an iPad.

BTW, Atom is noticeably slower than a modern mainstream desktop CPU even for page rendering, but much of the perceived slowness is from Flash. Turn off Flash (like in iOS) and Atom's speed feels more decent.
 
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The articles ive read say its not supposed to launch until april.

I'm hoping my boss buys one for himself and bequeaths his ipad1 to me. LOL
 
BD2003 said:
Loading the anandtech home page takes a full 6 seconds on the iphone 4, which is only slightly underclocked compared to the ipad. My experience is about the same. Even on the dual core optimus it takes 5 seconds. On my 4 year old core 2 duo? Under a second. So fast you couldnt reliably time it, on the same 30mbps wifi-N node as the iOS devices. And even though it feels way too slow for windows, even a single core atom will smoke an iPad on actual page render speed.
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I always figured some of this came from trade offs made with the wifi antenna having to do with power/battery life vs. speed.

BD2003 said:
Oh, and make it weigh about half as much. Till then, my iPad 1 will do just fine.
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Word.
 
Patterner said:
I always figured some of this came from trade offs made with the wifi antenna having to do with power/battery life vs. speed.
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I can still pull the full 30mb off my wifi with a speed test on my Ipad/iphone. It's deceptive because native apps run quite quickly. Nowadays the web is more than just hypertext and a few images, there's some serious code and layout that needs to be run, and these ultra-mobile SoCs can barely handle it. It needs a healthy dose of raw power to really keep up, which I'm sure will happen in due time. It's somewhat less of an issue on the iPhone as the data connection can sometimes be the bottleneck, but more CPU power can never hurt.
 
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