According to The Wall Street Journal, the Apple iPad 2 will feature a myriad of improvements over the original, but it won’t have the one feature Apple fans have been dreaming about — a “Retina Display” screen. The iPad 2 is allegedly in production. Here are the details:
The new iPad will be thinner and lighter than the first model, these people said. It will have at least one camera on the front of the device for features like video-conferencing, but the resolution of the display will be similar to the first iPad, these people said. It will also have more memory and a more powerful graphics processor, they said.
The new iPad will initially be available through Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc., but not Sprint Nextel Corp. or T-Mobile USA in the U.S., according to some of the people familiar with the matter.
There were rumors swirling that the iPad 2 will feature a display similar to the one found on the iPhone 4, boasting a 2048 x 1536 resolution. Instead, it looks like that feature will have to wait until the iPad 3. That makes sense; although processors could power such a device today, display costs are probably too high at the moment.
For customers that are waiting for the iPad 2 (like me) and chronic early adopters, the WSJ rumors present an annoying problem. The features are improved, but it will be hard to resist a high-res iPad 3. I’m sure I’ll fall into the group of millions that will buy an iPad this year and next. Damn it. Built-in obsolescence sucks.
If the operating memory is at 1gig and the processor is significantly stronger I think that would be great. The screen as is looks amazing. I'd like a Retina type display but I've never found the iPad to be bad looking.
bah! i think i'll wait up on getting an iPad now.
I’m following CNET’s live blog about the iphone 4 on Verizon and it looks like they’re having small turnouts at the stores, in NYC and SF. i don’t like that. i’m hoping that more people start lining up to get this phone for Verizon after all that complaining about how att’s service sucks in these cities.