“The sources pointed out that the iPad 2 will ship as soon as the end of February in 2011,” Chen, Tu, and Tsai report. “The sources expect shipments to drop significantly after the end of the January as the company begins to digest the inventory across the rest of the first quarter and then launch iPad 2 in April.”
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Now this rumor is actually believable.
Someone’s got his month order wrong. FYI February comes before April so how can the iPad 2 ship before it’s launched. Buffoon.
Is that a rumor or just plain common sense?
Just the shysters playing their usual games. Do not buy the iPad since ipad2 is imminent. They are making a big deal over something that is normal course of business.
Just the normal product cycle. 90 days after the xmas sales. Nothing new here. Move on.
My Chinese grandmother heard from the boyfriend of a street rice vendor that a hospitalized Foxconn employee who failed to commit suicide found a coffee stained receipt partially shredded in a backstreet dumpster that Apple will launch ipad 2 on May 2nd. The note was written in Navaho.
That would be Navajo!
@ballmer LN
how can the iPad 2 ship before it’s launched. Buffoon.
Simple logistics really. Apple needs to get the product out to its retail outlets before there can be an product launch.
Yeesh, no wonder you’re just a nut.
“Do not buy the iPad since ipad2 is imminent.”
There’s so many impatient people in the world that it won’t matter. Apple is the master of weakening your ability to delay gratification.
@G4Dualie
I’d seriously consider an upgrade to the latest Intel chip if I were you. Those PowerPC chips spinning away must have addled your brains.
Apple has never, ever ‘stuffed its retail channels’ prior to an iPad or iPhone launch.
Yeah your RAM must have shorted too you dickwad.
Lame FUD trying to slow the avalanche
Is there really enough difference between our current iPads and iPad2 to have us drool over them and repurchase another iPad, Versuon 2?
Without a Retina Display, the faster processor, whatever it may be, and possibly larger storage, which is doubtful, and 1 or 2 cameras for FaceTime, I am not sure, except for Enterprise use, that there is anything offered to entice spending another $890 for the iPad2. Now with a Retina Screen, we migjt start to see some value.
And–I buy a new iPhone each year and am soon to purchase the new MacBook Air 13″, fully loaded.
Any thoughts?
Has anyone considered the impact on the home phone market when the iPad has FaceTime? There goes another market crushed by Apple. How sad!
I just want to know which USB webcam will work with the camera connection kit to allow FaceTime to work with 1st gen iPad. Actually, there’s an app that lets you see what your iPhone camera is seeing and even take control of it from the iPad. Hmmm…
@RLB. I would have to agree with your take. Besides a front camera and minor speed bump, I don’t see a killer must have feature on iPad 2… Unlike my previous iPhones, I don’t really crave a faster chip, as menus and multitasking seem quite smooth. However, a retina display or variation of would need a faster chip for rendering.
Unless something changes, I’m waiting for iPad 3!
@RLB & @Val4Motherboard:
What are you two talking about? Did someone announce official iPad 2 specs? Or, is this just some concocted rumor/fantasy you have that the iPad 2 will essentially be the same as iPad 1?
Also, the most expensive iPad is $829 at full retail – where did your ridiculous $890 come from?
Clearly, you are just making things up to undermine a product that doesn’t even exist yet – why? What do you have to gain? Why in the world are you on this site trying to spread FUD?
Just plain goofy.
@MDN: Don’t you guys say you watch out for “suspected astroturfers” ?
@Krioni,
Dear Dippy,
What mind-boggling, incomprehensible advancements will Apple deliver to iPad2? Seriously, it’ll likely be faster, thinner, and maybe more RAM(shocker!). Front facing camera and maybe iPhone 4’s six axis gyroscope… Retina or improved resolution a further possibility. Beyond that, price change…
If it ain’t broke…
What else?
Sooooooo much FUD