iPad 2, thinner, more power and ultralight

Apple has announced the iPad 2 it offers little more than the original iPad. It is thinner, lighter and more powerful than ever before. The original iPad brought high revenue when it was first released bringing more than 10 billion dollars in revenue to Apple through the sale or 15 million units. We will soon find out if there has been enough changes to the iPad to make people what to buy the new iPad 2.

It is possible that it will turn out like Microsoft's Office 2010 which provided little improvement over 2007 and did very poorly in it's opening sales. That is of course if Apple doesn't hype things up (Which it always does). Those who have just brought the original iPad can receive a refund of up to $180 dollars and the price is decreased to make way for the iPad 2.

The new iPad 2 specs.

The iPad 2 comes with a dual core processor. This is sure will make computing quite a bit faster over the old 1Ghz Single core CPU seen on the original iPad.

The iPad 2 also comes with a new iOS operating system. The new  iOS 4.3 allows iPhones to act as Wi-Fi hot-spots. This will enable mobile phone internet access (Like the 3G in the original iPad) but through the phone. Just watch those downloads!

A longer lasting battery which will provide hours of entertainment

With all this new stuff Apple has still managed to shave 80 grams off the total weight. Weighing in at just 0.8kg.

If you where thinking of buying an iPad then you wait for the iPad 2. The iPads are not very powerful considering their price and there are plenty of other tablets out there which do the job just as well. Most if not all of the others have flash which opens it up to a world of other things. If you like to have something expensive and want Apple to control everything you can watch, download and play then the Ipad is for you. If not there are many convertible notebooks which convert between a touchscreen notebook and an tablet. Basic models will pack more of a punch in processing than the iPads and have many more options for the end user.

Now it's your turn to make up your mind.