• FaceTime capability via camera(s)
• Thinner and lighter
• USB port
• Retina Display
• 3-axis gyroscopes
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FaceTime? I want iChat, well at least high quality video chat. Not sure FaceTime delivers on that.
Every time I see a list of projected iPad 2 enhancements and it contains a USB port, I automatically am skeptical of the other items in the list. I don’t know why the existing USB option doesn’t fit the needs of the small percentage of iPad users that desire a USB port.
In addition, it appears that Apple intends to connect the iDevices wirelessly instead of using wired connectors. I think items like more memory, more storage and faster processors are more likely than the USB port and some of the other items.
I just don’t see the USB happening. Maybe they will incorporate their camera connection kit to accept other USB devices but I just don’t see them changing the design that much to put another port in..
iPad Retina resolution would be Retina 2048×1536.
-there aren’t any Mobile Displays that have this resolution
-there isn’t a ultra portable processing chip which can drive such a high resolution.
I don’t think they can add a retina display to the iPad just yet, it may be years before there are mobile Displays with this kinda resolution.
Most big Displays today can’t get to that resolution, so why would a little mobile Display get it?
They could make another res on the iPad 2, (i think like 1280×1024), but the CPU would have to work very hard to upscale everything UI, unlike the jump from iPhone to iPhone 4 Hardware, where everything is doubled. (no strain on the CPU)
Retina display would be nice, but maybe too expensive? I think the other items are doable for the margin Apple is looking for.
USB port my arse… how many times have we seen BS from these predictions.
Mr Chinese here probably is talking about the fake iPad
USB will be added to the iPad and iPhone 5 because the EU now requires a universal charging port.
What I find doubtful is a Retina display.
Hey, don’t forget that it will also have a VGA and parallel port, along with the 5 1/4″ floppy disk…
…at least that’s my hunch based on the source of the article…
And this is news because…?
Retina Display is NOT coming, by the way.
Wait just a moment.
“• Thinner and lighter
• USB port”
Even at its current thickness – thinness? – it may be too slim to incorporate a traditional USB port. Or are they planning to use the tiny end of the cord I use to link my camera to my Mac? That would allow some lee-way.
Jeff … I think FaceTime is merely the iOS cut-down version of iChat. If so, the name change lends needless confusion.
I call bullshit!
Unsubstantiated, rumor mongering, attention seeking bullshit!!!
FaceTime?
Probably.
Thinner, lighter?
There’s a stretch.
USB?
No.
Retina?
You’ve got to be kidding.
Gyro?
Maybe.
Stop posting these guessing hacks.
No, FaceTime is a new app. And it has to be. While iChat was written specifically for the Mac, FaceTime is written with cross-platform in mind – iOS, MacOS X, and soon Windows as well.
I would have thought that’s obvious. But obviously not.
What I find doubtful is this list.
It seems that the only way to accurately predict what Apple will build
is to either purchase a stolen copy of the device in question (gizmodo, I’m looking in your direction) or by brute strength attack, just keep spewing random technical features until you get one right.
A guaranteed good (using apple’s no defective pixel standard) display would drive the cost of a retina display bearing iPad through the roof. The next issue would then be what would that kind of resolution do to iOS software interchangeability (i.e. how would an app developed using iPhone look on an iPad and vice versa?..How many version of a software title would developers have to develop to cover all iOS platforms). That would make iOS no better than Android.
just my $0.02
A retina display would be a huge draw, but seems technically daunting right now.
Instead of USB, LightPeak?
FaceTime is great for simple calls, but I would love to have all of the screen sharing, presentation sharing, and screen control stuff that comes with iChat.
Anytime an article contains the words “may” and “could” it’s like a brown stain on the entire article, probably a result from whence it came.
FaceTime / Camera(s) – For sure 100%
Thinner & Lighter – Thinner NO, Lighter – Maybe
USB Port – Hell NO. You’ve got more chance of seeing HDMI…
Retina Display – Well some form of display update – Probably
3-axis Gyro – 80% Certain.
and as for the other proffered points in various news:
More Storage Capacity – Probably not
More System Memory – 100% For Sure (512MB Same is ip4)
H.264 support up to 1080p – 50% prob
Dock connector – HDMI adaptor – 60% Possible
Processor (CPU/GPU) Update – 60% Possible
Some Baffoonery with the 3G Model to allow voice calls and or up the specs – 25% Possible
Possible shift on the price points??? (somewhat dependent up the above but I doubt it).
Special Edition Model featuring Large Engraved Picture of Kim Jong il on the back – Hell Yeah
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Well….. about as likely as USB
Well – my 2c anyway.
What about a heating strip to warm my arse in the car during the cold winter months?
….just as likely as some of the above predictions
FaceTime and possibly lighter is about all I see coming.
I want retina display… But I don’t exactly see that coming the more you think about it.
Well, 4 out of 5 ain’t bad for this guy.
USB is Bullshit, of course. And while crazy, a 9.7″ Retina Display would be the most goddamn awesome thing in the world.
I don’t it it should be difficult to make one, but it would require a better SoC to handle the extra load… which would be nice along with more RAM… meaning even awesomener (not a word, I know) games and apps…
Maybe Apple doesn’t need a Retina Display on the iPad, but that doesn’t stop them from putting a screen of any resolution between 130ppi and 326ppi…
@currentinterest,
“USB will be added to the iPad and iPhone 5 because the EU now requires a universal charging port.”
Not necessarily.
The MoU requires that they can be connected via Micro USB and be charged. This could mean the iOS devices get Micro USB, or that they can be charged-only via a Micro USB port, or that you can connect via a Micro USB to iPod Connector.
Hey what about correcting that lame ass orientation lock on the iPad – first things first Apple!