Apparently, to those who care intensely about this kind of stuff – which would be pretty much everyone in the tech ecosystem – are pretty enjoying the hedonic treadmill of keep guessing and following the every single step that Apple trudged for its upcoming superb weapon.
In its last earnings calls, Apple said it had sold nearly 15 million iPads, since it went on sale last spring. It's no doubt that the next iPad 2 will going to burst out as an propulsive missile anew to the a-little-bit-shabby economy, especially those high-demanded emerging markets.
As one of tech. enthusiasts who keep pouring great attention with this matter, it would be kind of interesting for me to make a bet on iPad 2 in accordance with my own perspective. My personal prediction on iPad 2, how it build and how it looks like:
-Remains the same resolution of 9.7 inches screen, maybe higher contrast/better colour?
Reason: iPad 2 won't go for Retina Display which what iPhone 4 particularly have. Don't be fed up. (1) Imagine that the Retina Display hooks up with that 9.7inches screen, it will turn out to become an incredible 2048x1536 pixels resolution. So, here is the cheese: battery life or higher pixel? (2) Such a high resolution screen will further bring much more burden for developers to design the GUI of Apps and developers have been happily worked with that decent resolution, it obviously sounds like not really necessary. Unless Apple's talented engineers figure out the instant solutions for those both matters.
-Faster processor, bigger memory and slightly longer battery life?
Reason: No reason for that. It's a rule. People are suffering enough trauma of the crash-down with their Safari when they linked to an over-hundred-photo album in Facebook and an immediate shut-down when they accessed to their massive iBook.
-Thinner than its predecessor with more curvy design.
Reason: No reason too. People just foolishly fond of that.
-Front-facing camera with Facetime video support or maybe a high-pixel camera in behind?
Reason: Like its peer, Apple will going to build up an ever stronger relationship between all of its products. I had been talked about this in my previous post.
-Better and faster network support.
Reason: Market demand. It's impossible that a cutting-edge product just come along with a very old-fashioned connectivity support. Dual GSM-CDMA based system expected.
-Bundle with iOS 4.3 system?
Reason: Apple has been spending plenty of time in iOS system beta testing with all the Apple developers since its first release. iOS 4.3 version is so far the latest version that we heard which much-anticipated will soon to be the final version for the iPad 2 with more interesting gesture control (4 to 5 fingers at a time?) and more personalized features (Personal hotspot, Airplay video support).
-One more thing?
Reason: It's Apple's culture and innovation, leading by its founder Jobs. It's always been the crucial factor that fascinates us. Apple will definitely show us something astonishing apart from the current state that we all already knew.
At least for me, the release date or the spec. of iPad 2 are not the major points that need to really concern about. Instead, the big speculation will be around whether Apple CEO Steve Jobs will appear or not in this should-coming announcement.
He is currently on leave to deal with ongoing health issues, although has been sighted all around Silicon Valley at various places. In addition, Jobs sat right next to President Barack Obama at a high-profile meet-the-tech-moguls dinner(The photo on the bottom) in the area last week.
There aren't right or wrong with all kind of frenzy over the next yardstick of the tablet market. When the warm invitation of the announcement rolls around, the familiar stage with our respected Jobs (Nope?) and the Apple-style-classical music, we will soon to know what exactly happened.
