Apple's iPad 2

During Apple's keynote in San Fransico on Wensday, Steve Jobs anounced the iPad 2. The new iPad is 15% lighter and 33% thinner than the orignial comming in at 8.8mm as opposed to the original 13.3mm. It has two cameras, VGA front facing camera and a rear facing one capable of capturing 720p HD video. This now allows for FaceTime with anyother FaceTime enabled Apple device.

 Along with the external improvents the iPad 2 has a 1GHz dual core Apple A5 proccesor but will not consume any more power than the A4. Leaving it's battery time at 10 hours. With the improved proccesor, it is double the speed of the iPad 1 and boasts 9 times faster grapics. It outouts full 1080i HDMI video with the purchase of an AV adapter.

The iPad 2 goes on sale March 11th in the US wth wifi 16GB iPad 2 starting at $499 and 3G starting at $629 avalible for both AT&T and Verizon. The new Smart Cover helps protect and clean the screen. It also wakes the iPad when opened and puts it to sleep when its closed.

New iPad apps include iMovie and GarageBand for video and music editing each avalible on the iPad 2 launch date for $4.99 each. Of course there is still no Flash support.