The Newest Apple iPad Released: Specs, Price and Features (Retina Display, A5X Chip, 5 Megapixel iSight Camera & Ultrafast 4G LTE)

SAN FRANCISCO―March 7, 2012―Apple® today introduced the new iPad®, the third generation of its category defining mobile device, featuring a stunning new Retina™ display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5 megapixel iSight® camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video. iPad with Wi-Fi + 4G connects to fast networks worldwide, including AT&T’s and Verizon’s 4G LTE networks, and still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life* while remaining amazingly thin and light. Beginning today, iPad 2 will be offered at an even more affordable price starting at just $399.

“The new iPad redefines the category Apple created less than two years ago, delivering the most amazing experience people have ever had with technology,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “The new iPad now has the highest resolution display ever seen on a mobile device with 3.1 million pixels, delivering razor sharp text and unbelievable detail in photos and videos.”

The new iPad’s Retina display delivers four times the number of pixels of iPad 2, so dense that the human eye is unable to distinguish individual pixels when held at a normal distance, making web pages, text, images and video look incredibly sharp and realistic. The 3.1 million pixels in the Retina display are more than one million more pixels than an HD TV, and with 44 percent increased color saturation the new iPad displays colors that are unbelievably richer, deeper and more vivid. Movies are now capable of playing at full 1080p HD-resolution, delivering an incomparable viewing experience on a mobile device.

The powerful new A5X chip with quad-core graphics was specifically designed by Apple to deliver a fast, responsive user experience while supporting the incredible Retina display. With double the graphics performance of the A5 chip, the A5X provides a superb balance between performance and power efficiency so users can enjoy all the benefits of the stunning new display while experiencing a smooth Multi-Touch™ interface, immersive gameplay, incredible visual depth and all-day battery life that iPad is known for delivering.

The 5 megapixel iSight camera features advanced optics for taking stunning pictures and recording full HD video. Backside illumination allows you to take great photos in low-light conditions and a new video image stabilization feature removes the bumps and shakes typically seen when filming with a hand-held device. Images can be enjoyed on the large Retina display, then edited, enhanced and easily shared with friends and family using the built-in Photos app on iPad.

iPad Wi-Fi + 4G with built-in next generation 4G LTE has the most comprehensive support for fast networks worldwide including HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA, and now both CDMA and GSM iPad users have the ability to easily roam internationally. The world-ready iPad delivers blazing download and upload speeds so web pages load incredibly quickly and email with large attachments can be sent and received easily. Personal Hotspot can be used to share the fast network connection on your iPad with up to 5 other devices using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or USB**. 

With iOS 5.1, the latest update to the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, the new iPad has a number of new features and enhancements including: a redesigned Camera app with video stabilization technology; the ability to delete photos from Photo Stream; support for dictation in English, French, German and Japanese; and Personal Hotspot. iOS 5.1 also works seamlessly with iCloud®, a breakthrough set of free cloud services including iTunes® in the Cloud, Photo Stream and Documents in the Cloud, that works seamlessly with your iPhone®, iPad, iPod touch®, Mac® or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content and push it to your devices. When content changes on one of your devices, your other devices are updated automatically.

The new iPad also supports dictation, another amazing way to get things done just using your voice. Instead of typing, tap the microphone icon on the keyboard, then say what you want to say and the new iPad listens. Tap done, and iPad converts your words into text. You can use dictation to write messages, take notes, search the web and more. Dictation also works with third-party apps, so you can update your Facebook status, tweet, or write Instagram captions.

Apple also introduced the iPhoto® app, along with major updates to iMovie® and GarageBand®, completing its suite of iLife® apps for iOS. iLife and the iWork® apps, Pages®, Keynote® and Numbers®, have all been updated to take advantage of the new iPad Retina display. iPhoto includes breakthrough Multi-Touch features so you can use simple gestures to sort through hundreds of photos and find your best shots, enhance and retouch your images using fingertip brushes and share stunning photo journals with iCloud. iMovie now gives you the ability to create amazing Hollywood-style trailers as you record HD video, and GarageBand introduces Jam Session, an innovative and fun new feature that allows a group of friends to wirelessly connect to play instruments and record music together live on their iOS devices.

iPad runs almost all of the over 585,000 apps available on the App Store™, including more than 200,000 native iPad apps, from a wide range of categories, including books, games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. The iTunes Store® puts the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store at your fingertips with a catalog of over 20 million songs, over 90,000 TV episodes and over 15,000 movies. The new iBooks® 2 app for iPad lets users experience an entirely new kind of ebook that’s dynamic, engaging and truly interactive. iBooks created with Apple’s new iBooks Author offer gorgeous, fullscreen ebooks with interactive animations, diagrams, photos, videos, unrivaled navigation and much more.

Pricing & Availability

The new iPad Wi-Fi models will be available in black or white on Friday, March 16 for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model and $699 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad Wi-Fi + 4G for either AT&T or Verizon will be available for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad will be sold in the US through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores, and select Apple Authorized Resellers. iPad will also be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Switzerland, UK and the US Virgin Islands on Friday, March 16. Customers can begin pre-ordering their new iPad today, and the incredible iPad 2 is now offered at a more affordable price of $399 (US) for the 16GB Wi-Fi model and just $529 (US) for the 16GB Wi-Fi + 3G model.

iOS 5.1 and iTunes 10.6 are available today as free software updates. iPhoto, iMovie 1.3 and GarageBand 1.2 are available today for $4.99 (US) each from the App Store (www.itunes.com/appstore). Keynote 1.6, Pages 1.6 and Numbers 1.6 are available today for $9.99 (US) each from the App Store. Updates are available for free to existing customers. By the end of March iPad will be available in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

*Battery life depends on device settings, usage and other factors. Actual results vary.

**Personal Hotspot requires supporting data plan. Customers should check with their carrier for availability.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.

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Hot Gadgets Rumors 2012: Apple iPad 3. Release Date, Specs And Price.

Apple always knows what its customers need. It always launches cool hot advanced gadgets which people wants. Apple users are always satisfied with the great feature for each gadget they get. There has been many rumors said that iPad 3 is coming soon after launching iPad 2. Some says that it will have retina display some explains it will have double battery capacity as iPad 2. While other rumors also show that it will have a better processor may be A6 quad-core processor will be introduced in this amazing tablet.
Some sources predict that the shape of Dock connector will be same with iPad 2. Position of hardware buttons and camera are same too as reported by. According to the source they have found a string in iOS 5.1 beta. The iOS version shows the updated core version in software “/cores/core.3 and /cores/core.1″ clearly shows the next devices will have a quad-core processor:

A6 processor
Some reports have suggested Apple is to drop A5 manufacturer Samsung from the production of the A6 chip as the next-generation processor enters early testing stages.
Apple is claimed to have ousted Samsung from its iDevice processor production duties as the iPhone 6 and iPad 3 A6 CPU is said to have begun being tested by TSMC.

Display
One of the most advanced iPhone's features is its ultrasharp retina display, while the iPad 2's screen is no lightweight, a bump up in pixel density is one of the most hotly anticipated iPad 3 improvements. Many rumors report from the supply chain stating that retina screens are coming to iPad. More officially, iBooks 2 has 2x resolution images that would make a lot of sense for a super resolution iPad.

Camera
The camera would make a lot of sense, considering that quality front-facing cameras have found their way into phones like the Lumia 900. iLounge cited several sources saying the iPad 3 will have an HD front-facing camera for HD Facetime.
It's worth mentioning here that while many of these hardware upgrade rumors seem inevitable, we thought the same about the whoops-that's-not-happening-iPhone 5.
 

Network
Many expert leaked debug screenshots of what it claimed was proof of both that fancy new A6 processor and global 4G LTE, and Japanese blog Macotakara reported similar network details around the same time. Bringing LTE to the iPad before the iPhone would make sense, because the iPad's larger battery can handle the 4G drain.

Siri
Siri, the voice-command personal assistant, which helps a user get things done, has grown to become the most popular feature of iPhone 4S. The iPad 3 is rumored to come with an upgraded version of the voice command technology which will have additional languages including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Italian and Spanish.

Meanwhile, Amazon added two iPad 3 books to its European site, iPad 3 for Dummies in French, and Auf die Schnelle iPad 3, which is German for iPad 3 on the Fly, according to a report from GameZone.com. iPad 3 for Dummies is scheduled to be published on March 29.
iOS 6 is still a long way off, but the iPad 3's software warrants a quick mention because it might be the first non-iPhone 4S Apple product to get Siri, as some details in the iOS 5.1 beta reference the iPad in Siri Dictation.
 

Design
The latest rumors blows around us that the iPad 3 will be thicker than the iPad 2 at 0.7mm with the reasoning behind this being that to light the new HD display the iPad 3 needs larger light bars.
Although an obscure and seemingly unimportant piece of tech innards at first glance, the reported iPad 3 component labeled the ‘821-1259-06’ has been revealed by Apple is to change the iPad’s design for the third-generation release whilst maintaining the white and black color schemes.
Appearing to be a dock connector with attached ribbon cable, unlike the iPad and iPad 2 the iPad 3 component features a 90 degree turn as opposed to going straight on suggesting Apple is to reshuffle the device’s hardware features. 

Stylus
Steve Jobs famously dismissed tablets that don’t use solely touchscreen technology last year, saying: “If you see a stylus, they blew it”. But now it seems US-based Apple is coming around to the idea of bringing a dedicated pen to its iPhone and iPad devices, with the release of two new patents.
By using electronic pen or 'stylus' could give better precision when used with iOS devices - that all pack capacitive touchscreens. Word is the heat will stop the end of the pen from wearing out, while the pen itself could possibly be docked in the iPhone or iPad to charge.
The most interesting is that the second stylus wouldn’t work as a traditional virtual pen. Instead it will wirelessly communicate with the iPad or iPhone, allowing users to write information onto another source and have it instantly appear on their iOS device.

Availability
Early March is the logical landing zone, with multiple reports claiming that, and the previous two models coming in early March and very early April.
And for what it's worth, two European Amazon sites had iPad 3 instruction manuals slated for a March 29th release.

iPad 3 16GB WiFi – PRICE: 579USD
iPad 3 32GB WiFi – PRICE: 679USD
iPad 3 64GB WiFi – PRICE: 779USD
iPad 3 16GB WiFi + 3G – PRICE: 699USD
iPad 3 32GB WiFi + 3G – PRICE: 799USD
iPad 3 64GB WiFi + 3G – PRICE: 899USD
iPad 3 16GB WiFi – PRICE: 479€
iPad 3 32GB WiFi – PRICE: 579€
iPad 3 64GB WiFi – PRICE: 679€
iPad 3 16GB WiFi + 3G – PRICE: 599€
iPad 3 32GB WiFi + 3G – PRICE: 699€
iPad 3 64GB WiFi + 3G – PRICE: 799€

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Apple's iBooks 2 Specs And Price. The Cool Hot Gadget 2012

The cool hot gadget was born again in 2012. One of the new generation from Apple deliver a new color in Hot Gadgets Market 2012.

Apple knows how to change the way we look at the education system, by announcing iBooks 2 for the iPad. It is equipped with feature which is a totally new kind of textbook that intends to make learning far more dynamic and interactive. It’s been said that there are almost 1.5 million iPads that are currently in use for educational purposes and that it is slowly being embraced by schools across the US and all over the world. The iBooks 2 gives students a unique learning opportunity with the same level as that of school issued textbooks and other learning materials. It incorporates the same amount of information into the iPad but with a modern take, giving the learner an interactive way of absorbing knowledge with its state of the art 3D capabilities, animations and with that, an unrivaled navigation, making it user friendly as well.

Furthermore, since this is digital content that we are talking about, iBooks will ensure that iBooks 2 will always be up to date at all times, and even better is that you do not need to carry a backpack is really heavy like never before. Apple has a penchant for wanting the best always, and this has caused them to team up with leading education services companies such as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill and Pearson in order to bring educational titles on the iBookstore. Apple also worked hand in hand with textbook publishers Pearson, McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, DK and the E.O. Wilson Foundation to provide the essentials of learning and to help in the formation of higher education.

If you are interested to apply the new app will be able to download the new iBooks 2 app for free from the App Store. The iBooks 2 will offer gorgeous, fullscreen books, interactive 3D objects, diagrams, videos and photos, fast and fluid navigation, easy highlighting and note-taking, searching and definitions, plus lesson reviews and study cards, amongst many others just to recap. At this time is a good reason as any to get you an iPad 2, rattling off the list of benefits that the iBooks 2 app offers and keep secret the many wonderful games available for Apple’s best-selling tablet yet from them.

Some Specs Summary of Apple's iBook 2:

• Embedded Videos that are contextually placed.
• Rich, engaging layouts that are visually stunning.
• Portrait or landscape modes
• Glossary of terms
• Search for specific keywords
• Highlighting phrases with fingers.
• Take notes in-place
• Instant study cards

Some update features of the iBooks 2 app:

• Experience gorgeous full screen Multi-Touch textbooks designed for iPad. These textbooks are filled with interactive features, diagrams, photos, videos, and more
• Highlight your favorite passages and add notes with the built-in bookmarking features
• Switch to full screen to remove all distractions, or read in white-on-black with the nighttime mode
• Organize your books and PDFs into personal Collections. Swipe left or right to jump between Collections

The iBooks and iTune allows students and Professor to use textbook on iPads. And the iBooks Author is a Mac desktop, that works like desktop publishing app.

The Textbook will cost $14.99 and will belong to the student, like traditional textbook do today.

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