{"id":35473,"date":"2011-03-02T13:23:44","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T19:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/?p=35473"},"modified":"2020-09-21T13:33:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T17:33:39","slug":"apples-ipad-2-is-another-standard-setting-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/apples-ipad-2-is-another-standard-setting-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple’s iPad 2 is Another Standard-Setting Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The new iPad defines the post-PC market.<\/strong> At least that’s what Steve Jobs suggested today during the unveiling of the iPad 2. Jobs, who said the new tablet would ship on March 11 (in black and white) came out to a standing ovation during today’s Apple announcement.<\/p>\n

The long and short of the presentation is that the iPad 2 is lighter, thinner, faster, and more powerful than its predecessor. As usual, Apple is making it easy to justify spending $500 on a sexy new computing gadget, while setting a new industry standard for tablet competitors to scramble behind. <\/p>\n

Here’s a summary of the Apple event, based on Engadget’s liveblog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The iPad 2<\/strong>
\nIt’s faster, thinner, lighter, with better graphics, a gyroscope, two cameras, and better software–for the same price. What’s not to love?<\/em><\/p>\n

Hardware<\/strong>
\nIt has a new chip called the A5
\nThere are dual-core processors and a CPU that’s twice as fast
\nGraphics that Apple claims are nine times faster
\nRear and front-facing cameras
\nGyroscope
\nHDMI video port
\nIt has the same battery life as the old iPad
\nIt sells for the same price<\/p>\n

The new iPad also comes with a snazzy new cover called the SmartCover. Using magnets, it automatically wakes up the iPad when you open it, and puts it to sleep when you close it. You can fold it to prop up the iPad. The microfiber material cleans the iPad, too.<\/p>\n

The new iPad is 33% thinner than the old one–that’s thinner than your iPhone 4. It’s also lighter.
\nIt’s shipping in black and white, for AT&T and Verizon<\/p>\n

Software <\/strong>
\nGreat opportunities for the new iPad<\/em><\/p>\n

iOS 4.3 is out.
\nAmong other things, it will add a personal hotspot for iPhone 4.
\nNew software includes PhotoBooth, FaceTime for iPad, iMovie for iPad, GarageBand for iPad (you can edit up to 8 tracks at once. It promises to make music-making more accessible for the masses, kind of like what YouTube did for video.)<\/p>\n

iBooks<\/strong>
\niBooks is a solid competitor in the online book space.<\/em> <\/p>\n

The iBookstore now has more than 2,500 publishers and 200 million accounts.
\nMore than 100 million books have been downloaded over the past year.
\nRandom House is adding more than 17,000 books.<\/p>\n

Other Apple Stats<\/strong>
\nThe App Store and iPads are big business, and are making big money.<\/em> <\/p>\n

Developers have earned more than $2 billion for selling apps.
\nMore than 100 million iPhones have been sold.
\n15 million iPads sold in 2010; that’s more than 90% tablet market share.
\nApple made $9.5 billion off those sales last year.
\nThere are currently 65,000 iPad apps. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new iPad defines the post-PC market. At least that’s what Steve Jobs suggested today during the unveiling of the iPad 2. Jobs, who said the new tablet would ship on March 11 (in black and white) came out to a standing ovation during today’s Apple announcement. The long and short of the presentation is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":35475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[857,4019,6956,6955,6958,6957,6959],"class_list":{"0":"post-35473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-apple-announcement","10":"tag-ipad-2","11":"tag-ipad-2-announcement","12":"tag-ipad-2-release","13":"tag-ipad-2-release-date","14":"tag-ipad-2-specs"},"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76621,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35473\/revisions\/76621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}