Apple to unveil iPad 2 next Wednesday

[DVTimes]

If you're about to whip out your newly acquired iPad on a crowded train to the envy of fellow commuters, think again.
For no sooner have you spent your hard-earned cash on the must-have tablet computer, Apple is expected to announce the launch of its new iPad - in just seven days from now.

And the news has taken the technology world by surprise.
Contrary to speculation that the iPad 2 had been delayed, it now appears Apple will officially unveil it at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, its preferred venue, on March 2.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...Francisco.html

[Si]

Might be worth getting, glad I didn't jump in a buy the first edition.

[sojproductions]

I've had my ipad for 2 weeks.... when i bought the iphone 3gs the iphone 4 was 'found' by gizmodo and unofficially released... Jobs has got it in for me

[Horny Dude]

For all you Apple followers!

[Machete_]

I will buy one if it supports Flash.

[MSantore]

Me too i was waiting for #2.. by the time I decided i wanted one there were already rumors of #2 around the corner.

[Machete_]

I think apple wants to launch iPad2 before Jobbs dies of cancer, so they rushing it.

[WebairGerard]

love the ipad. but this is classic.

[DVTimes]

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...n_march_2.html

Apple on Wednesday sent out official invitations for a media event next week on March 2 in San Francisco, presumably to show off its second-generation iPad.

According to The Loop, Apple sent out invitations to the media on Wednesday. The event will be held as usual at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

An image sent with the invitation shows an iOS calendar icon with the date March 2. The calendar is peeling away to show an iPad screen in the background, confirming that the event will indeed be about the iPad.

The announcement confirms a rumor from earlier this week that Apple would host a media event next Wednesday. Apple is expected to show off a new iPad with faster hardware and a FaceTime camera.

Earlier Wednesday, AppleInsider was informed by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of Concord Securities that overseas supply chain sources expect Apple partner Foxconn to build between 4.5 million and 5 million iPad 2 units in the first quarter of 2011. That would be followed by another 3 million to 4 million units in April.

The analyst has also said that the iPad 2 will feature an upgraded display that will be feature improved anti-reflection capabilities, though not a higher pixel density. The new device is expected to be thinner and lighter with more RAM, a faster CPU, and improved graphics processing capabilities.

More than 60 percent of the first wave of iPad 2 shipments are expected to be 3G-capable models. Apple is expected to build 3G models with both GSM and CDMA cellular radios -- and perhaps even a "world mode" device that would support both technologies in one.

Apple has waited longer into the year in 2011 to announce its next iPad. The first-generation device was revealed in late January of 2010, though the Wi-Fi-only model didn't ship in the U.S. until April.

Even before the iPad 2 is officially announced, the rumor mill has already started for the iPad 3. Some reports have claimed that Apple will offer a new, high-end device differentiated from the second-generation iPad as soon as this September. Such a move would allow Apple to offer a refreshed product line alongside its introduction of new iPods before the holiday buying season.

[u-Bob]

let's hope they get the weight right this time.

[DVTimes]

[Ross]

So glad I waited to get mine, I'll defo get this one tho. It'll come in handy for all kinds of stuff for me, I can leave my laptop at home more often.

[TheStout]

So glad I waited to get mine, I'll defo get this one tho. It'll come in handy for all kinds of stuff for me, I can leave my laptop at home more often.

Is your laptop really that inconvenient that an IPad makes you eager to get an IPad 2?

[bronco67]

Millions of homo Mac drones just collectively creamed in their drawers.

[SomeCreep]

camera time, jeaaaaaaaaaaaaa boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[DVTimes]

I was watching 'demolition man' last night. they had an ipod type thing on the film.

odd to think the film is 1990's.

[jimmy-3-way]

So glad I waited to get mine, I'll defo get this one tho. It'll come in handy for all kinds of stuff for me, I can leave my laptop at home more often.

My iPad1 does all kinds of stuff already, and I've had it for the past year.

[Zorgman]

Anyone that buys an ipad will know your going to need to update EVERY year to keep up with the latest version.

[Chosen]

I will buy one if it supports Flash.

I seriously doubt it will..

[LiveDose]

Very happy with my iPad.

[Seth Manson]

Its no big deal, if I decide that its so much better than my current iPad, I'll just buy it and put my old iPad on ebay.

Did the same thing with my Kindle after I bought the iPad when it first came out.