At an event in San Francisco, Steve Jobs took the stage--to a standing ovation--and unveiled the iPad 2.
After stating that 2011 will be "the year of iPad 2," Jobs dished about the device's price, specs and special features.
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The iPad 2 features a tapered design and a slimmer build. Though the screen size remains the same (9.7 inches diagonally), the new iPad is 8.8mm at its thinnest point and 13.4mm at its thickest--33 percent slimmer than it predecessor.
It also weighs 1.3 pounds, compared to the first iPad's 1.5-pound weight. As for the physical switch found on the side of the device, it can be used either to lock the device's orientation or to mute the speaker volume.
Apple Inc is set to launch a new 11.6-inch MacBook Air, an Intel Core i-series ultra-low voltage processor and a new iPod Touch in the second half of 2010.
The new generation of devices will be manufactured by Quanta Computer, according to a senior analyst at Digitimes Research.
The 11.6-inch MacBook Air will feature “an even slimmer and lighter design than the previous-generation models.”
* Smaller form factor. Particularly, it will become an 11.6 incher coming from the smallest macbook yet which is 13.3 inch. * It will use an SSD card instead of the conventional hard-drisk drive (HDD). This was said to be the secret ingredient to make the form factor of the new macbook smaller. * Since it used an SSD card, its rebooting time will be faster; comparable to Apple’s handheld units (e.g: iPod, iPhone and iPad) * It may use another type of processor rather than the usual Intel brand. The leak suggests Apple may do a partnership with AMD to launch a newly customized processor for this device, thus making the form factor even smaller. * Now that the size is smaller and it will use an SSD and AMD type of processor. There’s a big chance that this device will even become cheaper as well.