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Apple announces iPad 2 – Features, Specifications & Price

by Mahesh Kukreja on March 3, 2011

Whoa! Apple’s iPad 2 event is over, and Steve Jobs announced iPad 2, iOS 4.3 and amazing apps for the iPad 2.

Steve Jobs at Apple iPad 2 Event

The event started with Steve Jobs telling about iBooks and the 100 million books downloaded. Also, recently, Apple shipped 100th million iPhone. 15 million iPads were sold in a 9 month period in 2010, more than any Tablet PC ever sold. So, 2010 was surely a year for the iPad.

Steve showcased some apps for the iPad.. Total of 65,000 apps are available, exclusively for the iPad.

And finally he introduced iPad 2.

The iPad 2 boasts an Apple A5 processor, with dual-core architecure and 2x faster than A4. Also, the Graphics processing is 9x faster.

Apple A5 specifications

The iPad 2 comes with both rear and front cameras.

iPad 2 - Front Camera

Next, about the dimensions.. iPad 2 is 33% thinner than 1st gen iPad. It is also thinner than the iPhone 4, which is the thinnest smartphone available.

iPad 2 thinner than iPhone 4

The new iPad 2 weighs just 1.3 pounds. It’ll be available in 2 colors, and White color will be available from Day 1. Also, the Battery performance is same as the 1st gen iPad, i.e. 10 hours of usage and a month of standby. The Apple iPad 2 will be available both with AT&T and Verizon.

The price for the Apple iPad 2 is the same as that of 1sy gen iPad. Infact, 1st gen iPad’s prices have been slashed down to $399.

iPad 2 Pricing

The iPad 2 will be available in the US on March 11th. And in other 26 countries including Australia, Canada, UK, France on March 25th..

Here are the overall iPad 2 specifications:

  1. Faster, Lighter, Thinner
  2. Cameras and Gyro
  3. iOS 4.3 + FaceTime & PhotoBooth
  4. iMovie & GarageBand
  5. 3G on Verizon & AT&T
  6. 10 hour battery life

So lets wait and see if 2011 is gonna be a year of iPad 2..

[Image Courtesy: Engadget Live!]

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Nokia announces Symbian^3 phone, N8

by Mahesh Kukreja on April 28, 2010

Nokia announced first open source Symbian phone, Nokia N8.  Symbian^3 platform was announced in February 2010.

Nokia N8

The N8 phone has a 12 megapixel camera and can record and edit High Definition video clips, as well as allow users to watch web TV services. It has a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, HDMI output, 16GB of internal storage, a microSD expansion slot, HD video recording, access to Ovi Store apps, free Ovi Maps walk and drive navigation.

Nokia N8 will be available in Q3 of 2010 for €370 ($494).

Go check out some awesome shots clicked on 12 MP camera of N8.

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Microsoft announces partners for app store

by Mahesh Kukreja on March 31, 2009

Microsoft Corp has signed up multiple software partners for its upcoming cellphone software marketplace, including Web music service Pandora, game publisher Electronic Arts Inc and social site Facebook.

The software company said on Tuesday it plans to discuss those partnerships and conduct demonstrations of the software store — set to launch later this year — at the CTIA wireless showcase in Las Vegas this week.

Apple Inc started the trend for cellphone application stores last summer and its offerings from third- party developers of software, ranging from the practical to the whimsical, have helped boost iPhone sales.

Some analysts are skeptical whether Apple’s rivals will be able to generate as much interest from consumers and developers with their own mobile software offerings.

Analysts expect BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd, which popularized email on the go, to officially launch its application store at CTIA. Google Inc already has a store for phones based on its Android system. And Palm Inc is planning one for its Pre phone.

In February, Microsoft revealed plans to open Windows Marketplace for Mobile in the second half of this year, but had not announced software partners until CTIA.

Along with a list of initial partners, the company said it expects many of its existing 20,000 mobile phone software partners to offer software via the marketplace.

DESIGN COLLABORATION

Other partners include Gameloft SA, weather website Accuweather.com and News Corp’s MySpace social networking website. The Windows application for social network Facebook will be the first to let consumers upload video captured on their phones directly to Facebook in April.

The apps marketplace will work on phones based on Windows Mobile 6.5, Microsoft’s next version of its mobile operating system, also available later this year. Companies expected to sell phones running Windows Mobile 6.5 include LG Electronics Inc and HTC Corp.

MySpace said LG plans to preload its application onto its new Windows phones in the second half of the year.

In a keynote speech at the show, the president of Microsoft’s entertainment and devices unit, Robbie Bach, will announce an alliance with fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, who will design themes to let consumers customize their phone’s appearance.

Microsoft also plans to make its marketplace attractive to carriers with options such as a share of software revenue, 70 percent of which goes to the software developers, according to Andy Lees, who heads Microsoft’s Window Mobile division.

“We’re also partnering with mobile operators very closely so they can have their own stores in the mobile market place,” Lees said in an interview ahead of the show.

This would mean that purchases could be included in the consumer’s phone bill.

“That means we’re a very friendly strategy for carriers and for (consumers),” Lees said.

He promised strong operator support for the store, but declined to name specific customers.

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