Apple's Design Challenge: In less than one year after the release of the first generation iPad, create a new, more spectacular iPad that is smaller without increasing cost.
Did Apple succeed? YES! On March 11, 2010 (11 months after the release of the first iPad) Apple began shipping iPad 2's to customers.
Steve Jobs, Apple's former CEO, calls the iPad, "The most successful consumer product ever launched!” He says, "the iPad 2 has flummoxed the competition." The iPad 2 is not just an iPad with a few extra features. It boasts an all new design and is faster than before, while still maintaining the same 10-hour battery as the iPad. Better yet, the price did not increase. The iPad 2 is consistent with Apple's known sleek and simple designs. As before, it is still a hands-on device that has an LCD screen with finger print and scratch resistant glass to keep it looking clean.
Apple still offers the same memory options as before: 16, 32, or 64 GB. The iPad 2 can come programmed to work with either Verizon or AT&T's 3G service. The iPad 2 can access all of Apple's stores: iTunes, iBooks, and the App Store. There are over 90,000 apps available through the app store--talk about endless possibilities. The following 18 apps come standard with the iPad 2.
iPad Applications
Fun with Photo Booth!
Is the iPad 2 Really Better Than the first-generation iPad?
iPad
iPad 2
Improvement
1.5 pounds
1.3 pounds
15% Lighter
13.4 mm
8.8 mm
33% Thinner
A4 chip (runs only 1 app at a time)
A5 chip (runs many apps at once)
dual core processors 2x faster CPU 9x faster graphics
no gyroscope
3 axis gyroscope
can use in iPad 2 in multiple orientations (landscape, portrait)
no camera
read and front-facing camera
able to take photos and video
black
black and white
more color options
The iPad 2 has a few buttons and ports- Most things you do with the iPad2 you do right on the screen. On the iPad 2
Home button
volume level adjustor
side switch-- can be set to work as a mute button or lock screen orientation button
ambient light sensor- the display automatically adjusts to the surrounding light
built in speaker
headphone jack
microphone
iPad 2 Extras
Camera Connection Kit (to load videos and pictures)
Dock (to hold up iPad 2)
Wireless Keyboard (to make typing easier)
AV/VGA adaptors (to project/dispay iPad 2 screen on projector/TV etc)
Power Adaptor (to plug directly into wal)
Smart Cover
Apple designed a new cover that complements, instead of covering up, the iPad 2 design. Magnets were built into the iPad 2 to ensure that this new cover would align smoothly.
Apple's Design Challenge: In less than one year after the release of the first generation iPad, create a new, more spectacular iPad that is smaller without increasing cost.
Did Apple succeed? YES! On March 11, 2010 (11 months after the release of the first iPad) Apple began shipping iPad 2's to customers.
Steve Jobs, Apple's former CEO, calls the iPad, "The most successful consumer product ever launched!” He says, "the iPad 2 has flummoxed the competition." The iPad 2 is not just an iPad with a few extra features. It boasts an all new design and is faster than before, while still maintaining the same 10-hour battery as the iPad. Better yet, the price did not increase. The iPad 2 is consistent with Apple's known sleek and simple designs. As before, it is still a hands-on device that has an LCD screen with finger print and scratch resistant glass to keep it looking clean.
Apple still offers the same memory options as before: 16, 32, or 64 GB. The iPad 2 can come programmed to work with either Verizon or AT&T's 3G service.
The iPad 2 can access all of Apple's stores: iTunes, iBooks, and the App Store. There are over 90,000 apps available through the app store--talk about endless possibilities. The following 18 apps come standard with the iPad 2.
Is the iPad 2 Really Better Than the first-generation iPad?
iPad
iPad 2
Improvement
(runs only 1 app at a time)
(runs many apps at once)
2x faster CPU
9x faster graphics
orientations (landscape, portrait)
camera
The iPad 2 has a few buttons and ports- Most things you do with the iPad2 you do right on the screen.
On the iPad 2
iPad 2 Extras
- Camera Connection Kit (to load videos and pictures)
- Dock (to hold up iPad 2)
- Wireless Keyboard (to make typing easier)
- AV/VGA adaptors (to project/dispay iPad 2 screen on projector/TV etc)
- Power Adaptor (to plug directly into wal)
- Smart Cover
Apple designed a new cover that complements,instead of covering up, the iPad 2 design. Magnets were built into the iPad 2 to ensure that this new cover would align smoothly.
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