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

U.S. Smartphone Statistics (Nov 2010 - Jan 2011)

The smart phone market will be dominated by 3 phone operating system since Nokia will be abandoning its Symbian OS. The OS to watch for this year will be Android, iPhone OS and Blackberry. The Microsoft Windows 7 OS will only gain significant traction towards the end of 2011 when Nokia starts introducing its Windows 7 phones.

Cheers !

PersianCat