I didn't see any notice about how much ram it has... I'm hoping it has as much as the iPhone 4. Does anyone know for sure?
I think we'll have to wait for iFixit to break one down.
IPad 2 Official Specs
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#12It truly amazes me that a company can not only design, manufacture and develop software like this in near 100% secrecy, but that they can also have their website completely updated instantly after the keynote with beautiful graphics and videos. How they do it and keep it so under wraps astounds me.
Simple. They...
1. Take steps that make it easier to identify leakers (like embedding secret numbers into promotional photos so they can tell who leaked them if they get published)
and 2. They pursue anyone who dares leak information with the ferocity of a rabid dog.
No real mystery here.
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#13It truly amazes me that a company can not only design, manufacture and develop software like this in near 100% secrecy, but that they can also have their website completely updated instantly after the keynote with beautiful graphics and videos. How they do it and keep it so under wraps astounds me.
I completely agree. Their website roll out team kicks ass! They should publish how they manage the 'browser caching' issue, whenever I go to Apple.com after/during keynote, I get the latest page without doing hard refresh.
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#14Any word on build in memory?
Latest rumor was 512MB: http://ipadgeartalk.com/ipad/ipad-2-have-fastest-processor-a...
Tech Specs don't show SOC memory. Guess we'll have to wait till March 11th or later for iFixit to do a teardown.
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#15HDMI video mirroring is going to be big. My sister-in-law is a high school teacher and has been wishing she could hook her iPad up to the projector since the day she got it. Think of all the possibilities...makes so much more sense for a school to spend $500 on an ultralight, ultraportable iPad than spend more on bulky desktops you have to cart around just to play a video or show a web article (citation: my old high…
How many school projects have HDMI inputs?
(Edit: Didn't realize the original did VGA -- I don't see how HDMI is such a big deal for presentations then)
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#16It truly amazes me that a company can not only design, manufacture and develop software like this in near 100% secrecy, but that they can also have their website completely updated instantly after the keynote with beautiful graphics and videos. How they do it and keep it so under wraps astounds me.
I completely agree. Their website roll out team kicks ass! They should publish how they manage the 'browser caching' issue, whenever I go to Apple.com after/during keynote, I get the latest page without doing hard refresh.
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#17It truly amazes me that a company can not only design, manufacture and develop software like this in near 100% secrecy, but that they can also have their website completely updated instantly after the keynote with beautiful graphics and videos. How they do it and keep it so under wraps astounds me.
Simple. They... 1. Take steps that make it easier to identify leakers (like embedding secret numbers into promotional photos so they can tell who leaked them if they get published) and 2. They pursue anyone who dares leak information with the ferocity of a rabid dog. No real mystery here.
3. They do not employ very large teams, and those small teams are very dedicated.
Apparently they didn't just read Brooks and Peopleware, they also seem to act upon them.
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#18It truly amazes me that a company can not only design, manufacture and develop software like this in near 100% secrecy, but that they can also have their website completely updated instantly after the keynote with beautiful graphics and videos. How they do it and keep it so under wraps astounds me.
Simple. They... 1. Take steps that make it easier to identify leakers (like embedding secret numbers into promotional photos so they can tell who leaked them if they get published) and 2. They pursue anyone who dares leak information with the ferocity of a rabid dog. No real mystery here.
While I don't disagree with your observations, I think it would be remiss to exclude the fact that many Apple employees are incredibly loyal and believe in the company.
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#19HDMI video mirroring is going to be big. My sister-in-law is a high school teacher and has been wishing she could hook her iPad up to the projector since the day she got it. Think of all the possibilities...makes so much more sense for a school to spend $500 on an ultralight, ultraportable iPad than spend more on bulky desktops you have to cart around just to play a video or show a web article (citation: my old high…
How many school projects have HDMI inputs? (Edit: Didn't realize the original did VGA -- I don't see how HDMI is such a big deal for presentations then)
I assume the iPad 2 hasn't lost the original's capability of outputting VGA.
Edit: the reason it's a big deal is that the original iPad had to have the app specifically coded to deal with the external screen/projector (and few are). The new version just lets you mirror the content, whatever app you're in. It'd be nice if the new iOS retroactively made this possible on the original (at least at same resolution?) but I kind of doubt it. We'll see next week.
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#20It truly amazes me that a company can not only design, manufacture and develop software like this in near 100% secrecy, but that they can also have their website completely updated instantly after the keynote with beautiful graphics and videos. How they do it and keep it so under wraps astounds me.
I completely agree. Their website roll out team kicks ass! They should publish how they manage the 'browser caching' issue, whenever I go to Apple.com after/during keynote, I get the latest page without doing hard refresh.
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