Since its hyped launch in late March, Apple’s iPad 2 continues to generate a steady buzz in a technological landscape known for its elusive edge.
The second generation of the popular tablet computer boasts a powerful dual-core A5 chip allowing for faster web surfing, video streaming, gaming, video calling and all-around smoothness in functionality.
Apple’s innovative designers deliver a thinner, lighter and indeed, better version of the original with the iPad 2.
It’s 33 per cent thinner, 15 per cent lighter, with up to nine times faster graphics, bringing realistic game play to the next level.
Operating on iOS 4, the navigation of the iPad 2 is by touch screen with the same revolutionary Multi-Touch interface designed for your fingers to tap, slide, pinch and flick for action.
More than 65,000 iPad apps are also now available, not to mention the Find My iPad app which is designed to do exactly that. If you lose it, this app will actually show you the approximate location of your iPad on a map!
There are two cameras on the iPad 2 for FaceTime video calling, allowing you to connect to a fellow iPad 2, an iPhone 4, the new iPod touch or a Mac over Wi-Fi. The camera on the front puts you face-to-face with friends, while the one on the back faces whatever’s in front of you, so you can share what’s going on around you. You can switch back and forth between the cameras at any time during a call.
The iPad Smart Cover is new to the second generation, a sleek polyurethane skin made to fit, prop, tilt and protect the screen. Its panelled design folds in place acting as a stand or a page cover in a bright palette of colours.
A set of built-in magnets assures a perfect fit that correctly aligns itself on the screen every time. The iPad 2 also automatically wakes up and goes to sleep as the cover is opened or closed on the screen.
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