Thursday, March 03, 2011

iPad Statistics (as at March 2011)

iPad 2:
  • The iPad 2 ships on March 11, 2011
  • Available on Verizon(VZ_) and AT&T's(T_) 3G network
  • Starts at $499 for the 16GB Wi-Fi only version and goes up to $829 for 3G version with 64 GB
  • Runs on iOS 4.3
  •  9.7-inch LED-backlit LCD screen
  • Offers 10 hours of battery life
  • Available in both black and white
  • Begin shipping in 26 additional countries on March 25
  • Powered by a dual-core A5 chip, the iPad 2 is "dramatically faster" than its predecessor, which ran on an A4 chip.
  • The A5 processor is up to two times faster than the A4 and can also handle graphics up to nine times faster.
  • The iPad 2 is 8.8 millimeters thick, compared to its 13.4 millimeter predecessor
  • Lighter, weighing in at 1.3 lbs compared to the 1.5 lb iPad
  • Comes with both front and rear-facing video cameras
iPad:
  • Apple has paid out more than $2 billion to developers selling apps on the App Store, which opened in July 2008.
  • iPad will account for 80% of tablets sold in the U.S. this year - Forrester Research
  • Has more than 65,000 apps designed for the iPad, compared with about 100 for devices running Google's (GOOG) Honeycomb Android operating system, according to Apple CEO Steve Jobs
  • Apple should sell at least 20 million iPads in the U.S. this year. It sold nearly 15 million iPads worldwide in nine months of availability last year - Forrester analyst Sarah Rotman
  •  iPads generated $9.5 billion for Apple in 2010 - Steve Jobs 


Cheers !

PersianCat

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