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Apple iPad 2 MC769LL/A Tablet (16GB, Wifi, Black) NEWEST MODEL
* 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.
This latest version of iPad sports a thinner design, front and back camera for casual filming and FaceTime/Skype video calls, a gyroscope, better speaker and, of course, a dual-core processor and 9x faster graphics capabilities. You still get the 10 hour battery life, but it's all wrapped up in a nicer package. That said, it doesn't seem drastically different than the original iPad and it feels like this version is simply an iPad with cameras, and the cameras don't perform especially well.
Granted, the increased graphics capabilities do make a noticeable difference in the handful of games that take advantage of the increased speed ("Infinity Blade", "Real Racing 2 HD"), but most of the apps I use most frequently - e.g. CNN for iPad, Netflix, ABC Player, iTunes Video, iBooks, Pandora, SiriusXM, Apple Remote - don't feel like the user experience changed much beyond the increased volume coming from the speaker.
Apple iPad 2 MC769LL/A Tablet (16GB, Wifi, Black) NEWEST MODEL
* 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.
This latest version of iPad sports a thinner design, front and back camera for casual filming and FaceTime/Skype video calls, a gyroscope, better speaker and, of course, a dual-core processor and 9x faster graphics capabilities. You still get the 10 hour battery life, but it's all wrapped up in a nicer package. That said, it doesn't seem drastically different than the original iPad and it feels like this version is simply an iPad with cameras, and the cameras don't perform especially well.
Granted, the increased graphics capabilities do make a noticeable difference in the handful of games that take advantage of the increased speed ("Infinity Blade", "Real Racing 2 HD"), but most of the apps I use most frequently - e.g. CNN for iPad, Netflix, ABC Player, iTunes Video, iBooks, Pandora, SiriusXM, Apple Remote - don't feel like the user experience changed much beyond the increased volume coming from the speaker.