Live Blogging: Apple iPad 2 Event. Get Ready!
TweetThe Apple iPad 2 event is right here and we’re all set to bring you the action live! Of course, just like any Apple event, this event will also be abstained from any live telecast so we will bring you all the happenings of this much awaited event via live blogging.
Just couple of hours left from the Apple Showdown!…Have your dinner and come back right here…By the time, you can also look at rumor round-up and also look at other details like specs and stuff like iPad 2 price in India.
Be Ready !
……Live blog: Apple Event, March 2, 2011……
- Well, the crowd has turned in big numbers and everyone is just waiting for someone to take the stage.
- Gosh! the magical man is here himself….huge applaud for Steve Jobs! Nobody expected him to attend the event but that’s the Apple factor.
- Steve is briefing up the past successful products….iPod, iPhone and the latest being iPad.
- Steve is also boasting the success of iBooks which got over 100m downloads in such short span.
- 100Mn iPhones sold…Another big milestone !
- Apple sold 15Mn iPads last year. More than total tablets devices ever sold. Awesome!
- iPad commands more than 90% of tablet market share right now.
- 65000 iPad apps in App Store.
- Steve showing up slides featuring iPad getting used in daily work by various people in different industries.
- Now some rants on iPad competitors. Steve calling them Copycats!
- And here comes the iPad 2..Huge applaud!
- Steve is going through all the salient features of iPad 2.
- In short, the new iPad 2 is lighter, slimmer and multi-folds faster than previous iPad.
- It’s got cameras, VGA on the front and 720p at the rear side.
- Gyroscope, HDMI Output comes as well
- iPad 2 will come in black as well as White.
- And did we forget to say that the battery performance will not at all be affected with all the iPad 2 enhancements
- The pricing remains the same. Bingo!
- …For more details, read full specs and iPad 2 Price info here…
- Now Steve is talking about the smartest accessory of all, the iPad 2 Smart Cover. No more cases required.
- Now you can get a light-weight Smart-cover that self-cleans the glass surface, sticks to the surface with magnetic hinges, folds in seconds and becomes a stand for vertical viewing/Photo frame. Made up of Poly-urethane and leather. 10 color options.
- Hurray! Facetime(Wi-Fi video calling) comes to iPad 2
- iPad 2 will land on both AT&T and Verizon.
- Launching March 11 in U.S. Will be launched in 26 more countries by March 25, 2011
- Now some video about iPad 2 and how amazing it is…
- Now, the talk is shifting to iOS 4.3
- iOS 4.3 brings lot of things on board such as ‘Personal Hotspot’ !
- Lots of other iOS 4.3 improvements….
- Well, the major things are done. Some video playing up right now and that’s it!
- Event wrapped up. Hands-on time!
- Thanks for joining us in this live-blogging event with us over here…
Enjoy the hands-on video from Engadget!
For those interested in the latest Ipad 2, insider’s information from Apple employees assert that the Ipad 3rd generation might be much, a lot better than the fresh Ipad 2. In my case, I am just going to wait for the Ipad 3rd generation to be released.
Include such content every day and your blog is probably the best around the internet. I’m not joking;)
So the news are: dual core, a cape and a new dongle. Same big bezel and home button? There’s the retina display? And the SD Card and USB slots? Only 256Mb memory? Same screen resolution and lower battery life? When can we expect the iPad 3?
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The one factor I can’t bear in regards to the ipad is the truth that you can’t look at flash content. That’s I beleive the tabs with Android operating system are a very good alternative… even when the Android working system drains your battery like crazy.