Review: Apple plays it steady with the new iPad
With the new Apple iPad, Apple is playing it safe and steady.
The new iPad, which went on sale Friday, features a super high-resolution screen that Apple calls its Retina display.
With it, games look astonishingly sharp and vivid. The amount of detail you can see is stunning and the display really makes media pop.
With photos you can see each single strand of hair, and in movies you can spot every single nuance of lighting.
Powering this impressive display is an A5X processor. Same dual-core chip but with four times the graphics power.
But a more powerful chip will be thirstier on battery power, and so the iPad has gained a bit of weight and grown a bit around the waist.
It's nothing dramatic, but iPad2 users will notice a difference.
The camera has also been improved with a 5 MP image sensor and the optics from the iPhone 4S.
On the new iPad it will produce some reasonably good still photos and full HD video.
The improved iPhoto and iMovie apps make it as easy to edit a photo or cut a video as it is to change a light bulb.
But media enthusiasts may stick with the power and customization available from traditional computer programs.
With the new iPad's launch, prices for the iPad 2 have dipped across the board.
If you're thinking of getting a tablet with the best screen, the new iPad is your best bet. Albeit a little pricey at $519 to start.
But frugal shoppers should definitely consider the now-cheaper iPad 2. It's hard to go wrong with Apple's tablet app-rich iOS ecosystem.
- Maurice Cacho, MSN Tech & Gadgets
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Please, ask questions about where all these new devices are being made, by whom, what effect are these toys having on the real life and health of those human beings who ae trying to earn a meger living while you get to buy the latest toy for outrageous prices and lives that are being ended, destroyed and kept subserviant. If you turn away, these toys will be your future and your families' future and your childrens' as well. Claiming ignorance in this information filled global village is no longer an excuse. It is time to wake up people and allow the scales to fall from your eyes, unplug your ears, open your minds and start using your good commen sense and practical wisdom to the newest and most destructive habit forming addiction on the planet. Thank you for having an open mind fellow human beings on the only home we have, earth,,,,,,