New case. "It automatically wakes the iPad when you open it, and puts it to sleep when it closes it. Now how is this held on? Do we have screws? No -- we use magnets." Poly cases are $39, leather $69
"Along with the iPad 2, we're releasing the next release of iOS 4.3. It starts with significantly increased Safari performance. We took the Nitro JavaScript engine. Next, iTunes home sharing. It lets you get at all of your content directly over WiFi. Next, AirPlay improvements." 10:35AM "Next, this is something we heard from customers. Some customers have said they want to use the switch on the device to quickly mute the device, others have asked for a switch to change the orientation lock." Ooh, backpedal! 10:36AM You can now select which mode it's in. Photo Booth 10:37AM "Here I have an iPad 2 which is mirrored up there. Let me launch Photo Booth. The iPad 2 is so powerful that we're looking at 9 live video streams at once." Real time effect demos, like on a desktop. Scott is cycling though them to great hilarity. 10:39AM "Next is FaceTime. It's the best and easiest way to video conference. We're bringing it to the iPad. You can FaceTime between two iPads, between an iPad and an iPhone, or between an iPad and a Mac." Demo time for this. "So these are just a few features in iOS 4.3, and this will be out March 11th..."
So happy the A5 rumors all turned out to be true, I'm not planning on buying another iPad until at least the fourth generation but I am totally looking forward to that dual core performance in my new iPhone 5 this summer.
I still don't really need or want one, but it's nice to see the tech evolving. I can imagine myself picking one up sometime in the future after a few more evolutions.
Awesome new things they've added.. but I'll wait for the third generation iPad. I do wish they release new products (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) every other year because all of this create more excitement year by year + the regret of buying the old generation that's only been out for less than a year. I feel like my first gen. iPad is ancient now
10:56AM If you hit the rim of the snare you get rim sounds, you can move from bell outward on the cymbals and the sounds change accordingly.
I haven't seen anything to interesting in it about the only major thing I notice is the IOS 4.3 is only being advertised for 3rd gen touches and up I might be reading to much into that though. I think the new covers look pretty dumb and the ipad 2 specs aren't really anything that exciting but I guess that's after seeing the NGP specs, I expect the 5th Gen ipod/iphone will probably be about the same. I actually don't like the fact it's thinner it's almost like their designed to snap why they couldn't have just added a bigger battery I don't know. All in all it is a step up and most predictions were on the mark.
11:13AM "The hardware and software need to intertwine more than they do on a PC. We think we're on the right path with this." 11:12AM "This is worth repeating. It's in Apple's DNA that technology is not enough. It's tech married with the liberal arts and the humanities. Nowhere is that more true than in the post-PC products. Our competitors are looking at this like it's the next PC market. That is not the right approach to this. These are pos-PC devices that need to be easier to use than a PC, more intuitive."
See the video (and re-imagine it with one of the other available colors) and you might just change your opinion about the cover http://www.apple.com/ipad
I always wondered why the app store had such a terrible range of books and no way to browse them efficiently it was only when watching the press conference I realised the Ibooks was actually a store as well. I've used that App quite a bit to read books and never even noticed the store button in it. It's only now I've actually found it and had my first look it's amazing they don't have that supported through the itunes app. I guess it's proof sometimes people miss the obvious.
