It’s official folks, Apple has sent out invitations to the iPad 2 media/launch event scheduled for March 2nd like many rumors have said. Something to notice about the invitation, is that the March 2nd date inevitably hides where the front-facing camera on the iPad would be. So, there you have it, get ready for some exciting stuff and we at PocketFullOfApps will keep you updated like always.
[The Loop]
According to the well known tech blog, All Things Digital, Apple has scheduled a media event for March 2nd where it is expected Apple will introduce the iPad 2, and possibly the next generation Macbook Pros. The iPad 2 is rumored to possibly have a Retina Display, a better speaker, different design, and even be lighter than before. As for the next generation Macbook Pros, it’s possible they will be released this Thursday without any Apple event or on March 2nd along side with the new iPad. Either way though, it will be interesting to see what will happen and especially what the new iPad will be like. As always though, we will update you as time progresses.
Looks like the folks over at iPadDevice have figured out how to take the leaked iPad 2 FaceTime files from the iOS 4.3 beta SDK and port them onto a first generation iPad. Seen as how these files are directly from the SDK itself, it could be possible that we are looking at the new iPad’s actual FaceTime application. If the iPad 2 gets a 0.3 megapixel VGA camera, it will be interesting to see how the resolution looks due to the big screen on the iPad and what Apple will do with this. But anyway, here’s the video:
When the iPhone 4 was first announced, Apple loaded it with a lot of new features, some of which were really amazing like the Retina Display. Well later that year Apple released the new iPod Touch 4G that also featured the new Retina Display. With that said, it would only make sense that the iPad would get the Retina Display, doubling it’s number of pixels to 2048×1536 (260 DPI). That’s a lot of pixels. To put it in simpler terms, it’s basically doubling the iPad’s 9″ screen, but being able to keep it the same size yet have the number of pixels a 18″ screen would have pretty much I guess you could say.
First off, hidden within Apple’s iBook app is a picture of the bookmark image for iPadx2. When the term “x2” us used, it basically means a doubled screen resolution from the previous generation of that device like the iPhone 3GS to iPhone 4 for example. This is very supportive evidence for the next generation iPad to get a Retina Display, however, there’s another piece of evidence as well.
The next piece of evidence to blame is simply a picture of wood that is also found in Apple’s iBook app. Yes, a picture of wood. Found in iBook’s sources files is a file titled “Wood Tile@2x.png” and is 1536×800 pixels, exactly double the amount of pixels “Wood Tile.png” has.
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While this is very supportive evidence for a Retina Display equipped iPad, a lot ca still happen between now and the time it is announced, so we’ll have to see what happens.
