Apple iBooks app indicates iPad 2 will quadruple pixels to 2048x1536
 

Recent rumors have suggested Apple will give the second generation iPad a much higher resolution screen, although short of the ppi density of the Retina Display of iPhone 4. New graphics discovered within Apple's iBook app suggest this is true.

Last summer, iPhone 4 doubled its screen resolution in both directions (from 320x480 to 640x960), resulting in four times the pixels and an industry-leading pixel per inch density of 326. Apple called the new screen the "Retina Display," because it exceeded the typical resolution of the human eye, making individual dots all but impossible to discern.

The original iPad offered a 1024x768 resolution (at 132 ppi), leading many to guess that the next version might also get a similar Retina Display. However, a 300+ ppi display covering a 9.7 inch screen would require a fantastically high resolution.

Instead of aiming for a specific pixel density, it appears Apple will instead simply quadruple the iPad's native resolution as it did when it introduced iPhone 4, resulting in a very high resolution display with a pixel density of around 260 ppi, short of "Retina" status but still higher than most high end smartphones.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...2048x1536.html

thanks for the news!

I gotta get one dammit!!!

It will also be thinner, lighter, have 2 cameras, a new GPU and will use gestures

https://youtube.com/watch?v=V-uySK9_uhA

Average resolution as compared to the iphone 4 is the only thing holding me back from nabbing an ipad.

I love the iPads but won't buy one. I knew that this amazing gadget was screaming for a camera and would be a part of a next-gen iPad, so putting off buying one (especially at $800) was easy for me.

I did however purchase an iPhone 4, and the dual-cameras are amazing to use especially with Facetime (fantastic app btw).

This is why I wait for the 3rd or 4th generation. Especially with iProducts.

THing is, while you are all 'waiting' for it to be better, everyone else has been enjoying using it.

And one week after new ipad comes out, I'll be able to sell this one for a loss of about 100 bucks. Same with phones and laptops.

Sell them a week after new one and get hardly any depreciation.

Still won't do flash though.

I just don't see much of a use for it. I could get like the amazon kindle app for it and use it as an e-book reader, but other than using it to read some stuff I can't see what I would really use it for.

No sense in waiting. Buy one now and sell it when the new ones come out, thats what I do. Whoever said it wont do flash is an idiot. I was able to run any flash site on my iPad a month after they were out. Its called a "jailbreak". Try using the internet for something besides porn before making stupid statements.

ive always done this with my iPhone (minus the jailbreak part). I have a feeling when the new iPad comes out, I can sell mine for about $100-$150 less than what a brand new one costs