Apple iPad Wi-Fi + 3G Review

Without a doubt, the whole world of IT and consumer electronics was taken by storm when Apple released its already super-famous iPad multimedia tablet back in late January. I mean, even before making its way onto the market, the device was regarded as some sort of “holy grail” of convergence technologies, being able to deliver a very large number of features and functions by taking the Cupertino-based company's whole App-based ecosystem to a whole-new level.

Naturally, after the first iPad models made their way into the eagerly waiting hands of consumers, things got even better for Apple, the hype around the device growing, despite of its inherent problems (most of which are related to the lack of support for Adobe's Flash and the lower battery life). I mean, the thing really sold like hot cakes, whether we're talking about the basic Wi-Fi or the more advanced Wi-Fi + 3G version.

And since we're on this subject, we'll have to mention that we were lucky enough to get our hands on the latter iPad flavor mentioned above only a couple of weeks after the tablet managed to finally make its way into stores, thus being able to see for ourselves whether there was really some substance to the iPad or we were talking just about fanboy-induced hype. The answer, as you'll be able to see throughout our review, lays somewhere in the middle.

As you might expect, the experience delivered by the iPad Wi-Fi + 3G, which we'll try to reproduce for you to the best of our abilities, will probably get a lot better in the future, as Apple unlocks further levels of functionality via firmware updates and more apps become available. In fact, as in the case of the iPhone, we're pretty sure that the huge variety of applications, as well as the fast and easy access to multimedia content and the Internet are going to push even further the iPad's popularity, perhaps trampling quite a lot of competitors in its path. 

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iPad 2

Everyone knows iPad, It has the largest market in the world. However, lately many competitors were appear. IPad 2 has a smaller form if we compare with previous generations iPad. iPad 2 has the thickness of 8.8 millimeters, iPad 2 is not only thinner than the iPad (13.44 mm), but also thinner than the iPhone 4 (9.3 mm). Apple iPad 2 use  A5 processor dual-core 1GHz, and two times faster performance than previous processors, Apple A4 single-core 1GHz. With 9.7-inch LCD screen with 1024 × 768 pixels, IPAD 2 also is lighter (1.3 pounds) compared to the previous (1.5 pounds). 

Details of iPad 2 :

1. Model : Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G
2. Size: Height: 9.50 inches (241.2 mm); Width: 7.31 inch (185.7 mm); Thickness: 0.34 inch (8.8 mm); Weight: 1.33 pounds (601 g) Wi-Fi, 1:34 pounds (607 g) 3G
3. Storage : 16GB/32GB/64GB
4. Connectivity: Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology; Wi-Fi + 3G model: UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz) GSM / EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz); Wi-Fi + 3G model for Verizon: CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1900 MHz)
5. Screen : 9.7 inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology; 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi); The fingerprint-resistant coating oleophobic; Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously
6. Chip: 1GHz dual-core Apple A5-Designed custom, high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip
7. Camera, Photo and Video Recording : Rear camera (resolution not specified): Video recording, HD (720p) up to 30 frames per second with audio, still camera with 5x digital zoom; Front camera: Video recording, VGA up to 30 frames per second with audio, VGA-quality still camera; Photo and video over Wi-Fi geotagging
8. Battery : 25-watt-hour lithium-polymer rechargeable battery
9. Audio formats supported: HE-AAC (V1 and V2), AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4 , Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX +), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV. Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound pass-through with Apple Digital AV Adapter (sold separately)
10. TV & Video : Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 1080p Digital AV Adapter with Apple or the Apple VGA Adapter (cables sold separately). Video-out support at 576p and 480p with the Apple Component AV Cable; 576i and 480i with the Apple Composite AV Cable. Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, the Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in. M4v,. Mp4, and. Mov file formats; MPEG -4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in. m4v,. mp4, and. mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in. avi file format

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Record For Kinect

When Guinness World Records says it is a record, it has to be. So Microsoft outdid its own expectations by selling over 10 million Kinect controllers since its launch in November 2010. It became the fastest consumer electronic device to reach the 10 million sales mark, breaking records held by the iPhone and iPad.

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Ipad will replace newspaper?

IPAD functions increasingly popular for its users as a medium for reading digital newspaper. In fact, not a few IPAD users who intend to cancel subscriptions to newspapers. Thus the results of a survey team from the Missouri School of Journalism, the United States is committed against more than 1,600 users as quoted Fortune iPad. The respondents were generally well educated, well-established people aged 35 to 64 years. The focus of the survey is to find out how users of the technology products in consuming news.

The survey shows that the read and follow the news are the most popular functions of the iPad. A total of 84 respondents claimed to read the news are the most important part of the use of IPAD.

In addition, more than three-fourths or 78.6 percent of users spend 30 minutes time to read the news via the iPad. "Nearly half or 48.9 percent of respondents spent more than 1 hour to read the news on the iPad every day."

Of all the respondents as many as 931 people have declared this time they also berlanganan print newspaper. However, some of them intend to cancel the print subscription.

For example, the report said, more than half or 58.1 percent of respondents who use iPad at least one hour a day to read the news "very likely to cancel newspaper subscriptions in the next six months.

"In fact, 10 percent of respondents said it had to cancel newspaper subscriptions and switch to digital newspaper by iPad."

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