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iPad 2 Rumored to be in Production
Stoobalou writes "The normally sober and sometimes accurate Wall Street Journal is claiming that Apple's iPad 2 is currently in production. Foxconn might be producing a limited number of prototype samples of the Second Coming of the iPad but we're pretty sure full production won't start until Steve Jobs (or whoever will be donning the black turtleneck in his sickly stead) strides onto the stage at the official launch keynote."
This post is rumored to be the 1st post! It's in production now!
A company well known for releasing new models of its products will release a new model of one of its newest products! Gasp!
Also, will it have video-out capability yet? Or possibly video-in so I can use it to pretend I have a portable DVD player?
Companies will often make many copies of a product before officially announcing it, so demand may be met after the announcement.
Given the extreme demand for Apple's excellent products in general, and the iPad in particular, it seems only plausible that production has already started.
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I wish people would stop calling it the iPad 2. Does Apple make a MacBook 2? An iMac 2? iPod touch 2? No, Apple generally doesn't number its products. It will probably be known as the 2011 iPad or informally as the iPad 2G (if you follow the iPod touch examples).
That would be so fantastic! I would never need to buy a notebook again!
It is very unlikely that Apple would do anything to make it easy to put a DVD on the iPad. They want you to obtain content like that through the iTunes store. Anything they can do to help kill physical media is good for Apple.
but we're pretty sure full production won't start until .. official launch keynote.
Why would they wait until the official launch to start full production? Don't they need to build up a significant stock by the shipping date?
WSJ gets leaked info directly from Apple. Given the quotes in the video, it seems like they're trying to lower people's expectations. One (maybe, but not for-sure, two) cameras, same resolution, higher specs otherwise. Everybody expects higher specs, but also dual cameras, higher-DPI display, and for it to fart unicorns and be made of unobtanium mined from Pandora.
Me? Gimme facetime so the little one can call her grandparents. That alone will sell an amazing amount. But I'd really like higher-DPI. And possibly a 7".
The normally sober and sometimes accurate Wall Street Journal
Must not read the editorial page much.
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Given that Foxconn has produced over 1 million iPads a month, I don't see why production wouldn't ramp up a few weeks before an announcement. Staff need to be trained and assembly line glitches need to be resolved before they can deliver flat out. That said, I ordered an Apple TV last November that shipped directly from Shenzhen after a short delay-- it seems that they're not even bothering to warehouse inventory in North America anymore because there is no cost saving when everything has to be air freighted anyway.
Apple, unlike pretty much every other major player in the consumer electronics/computer market, has a great track record of having products available to buy the day they're announced. The online Apple store always goes down on days when new products are announced so people can order stuff as soon as it's been presented.
"we're pretty sure full production won't start until Steve Jobs (or whoever will be donning the black turtleneck in his sickly stead) strides onto the stage at the official launch keynote"
Going by Apple's track record, they usually announce the product and allow you to buy it immediately from their website, to be delivered within a few days. If they had to manufacture the things, they'd make the announcement.... and then everyone would twiddle their thumbs for a few months, waiting for the damn thing.
I don't believe Apple operates like that any more. They know people go ape shit for their next must-have gadget, so they now adopt the "It's out to buy now! RUN!!! RUN!!!" approach.
And people normally do.
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Steve looks too fat in that picture.
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Seriously though, Apple's greatest achievement is how they have managed to wrap the public and the tech media around their little finger. The dust hasn't even quite settled from the first iPad launch and I am already seeing articles plastered all over the place about the 'rumors' of the iPad 2.
Oh, and yes, I'm disappointed about the screen resolution. The iPad's screen is great, but the latest iPhone screen is better and having a 10" screen at the iPhone's pixel density would truly have been fantastic.
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I am so disillusioned with the iPad that I'm not holding much hope for its successor.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
Granted it came out before the iTunes store, but Apple was the company behind Rip. Mix. Burn. which greatly pissed off all the record companies.
Hmmmm.
I think I'll base an Apple options strategy on that.
For each five lines of the above, there's an options strategy:
Buy calls, covered writes, straddles, long puts ......
The main new feature the iPad 2 is rumored to have: wings.
Ya'know,
This might be the only piece of The Newbie Experience I have no patience making policy over. I have taught a couple of brand new users very successfully with the catchphrase "when in doubt, right click and see what shows up". It's like a treasure chest of goodies.
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I'm Sure Apple are at least on the verge of producing the Apple iPad 2. I agree with one of the last comments that Apple have been great at aiding the media and giving them a bone to chew on so-to-speak! Its actually great but simple marketing. They can guage how much demand and get some valuable last minute feedback before they go into production. I keep up with all of the ipad 2 news here http://www.infoweblive.com/default.aspx/apple-ipad-2 ;)
I would like to see multiple USB ports and a built in stand liek some of the new HTC Google Android phones? oops did i mention them both in the same paragraph? My bad
PS: I'll be buying an Apple IPad 2 as soon as its available
You can do HD video out via AirPlay. There are open AirPlay servers for any computer, or you can use an AppleTV.
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The normally sober and sometimes accurate Wall Street Journal...
I don't think you fully appreciate the amazing levels of hypocrisy and outright lack of awareness involved in posting that on a site like Slashdot. This is, after all, the site where it's entirely possible to have 100 comments on a story before anyone posts a rebuttal/explanation that total invalidates all prior comments with two sentences that come straight from reading the article.
How is this news? Apple tends to stick to annual release schedules. iPad launched in April. April is now 2 months away. Breaking news! Product in production two months before it goes on sale!
The only news would be if the iPad2 WASN'T in production already.
More iGadgets.
I've not run into a youtube video that I can't play on my ipad. I have the wi-fi version so I can't comment on the data.
The Ipad 2 is vaporware, which is trying to compete with the Android tablets like the Xoom that is being released in a few days.
Maybe I can substantiate its imminence!
I've heard rumors from 9to5mac that the shipment planed for the Valentine's Day
Am I the only one who wants a 12"?
Man, that came out wrong.
12" screen, that is.
until that purchased contents DRM system is deprecated and you're left with a bunch of useless files you can no longer play.
Actually, the Apple DRM'ed files would continue to play as long as your devices held out.
Another poster replied with a good point - physical DVD's can be destroyed. If you accidentally deleted your Apple media, one good point in their favor is you can simply re-download the files because Apple knows what you have. And not all Apple media is DRm - audio files are not. It's only Video that has that annoying encumbrance.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
I fear I shall purchase such a device. My annual bonus shall be distributed soon and the peer pressure is great. We are working with iPads in the office, and I have a fantasy of using such a device as a gaming (board/tabletop RPG) aid (I recognize I will need to do some of my own development)... Oh, the gadget-goodness, it burns...
Of course, my employer will probably provide me with one, in which case, I can save some money...
And it is expected to fully absorb the marketplace within a week or so. Hopefully, it will be a match for the heavy flow of demand right at the beginning.
I'm not a human, but I play one on T.V.
I would appreciate rumors of your demise, but I fear those would be even more exaggerated than the crap you spew.
Also rumored to have USB...(one of those, shoulda been there in the first place kinda things).
But what are the chances they bring out light peak instead? would be Very Apple of them to go that way instead.
Apple will continue to put a new one of these out every 6 months, and tell you that you absolutely must have it. And somehow they make money, humans are so gullible.
What do I know, I'm just an idiot, right?
This is not news for most of us here.
The iPad is a success.
Really, it's not even a tiny leap to think they will make another iPad.
You know what else is in the works? a new iPhone.
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...because Jobs takes sick leave and puts one of his minions in when they have a 'nothing to report, minor refresh' keynote.
I'm not at all an Apple fan, and not particularly keen on iPad, but here's a tip: before you write any other comment on it, go to your nearest Apple store and, you know, play with an iPad for a few minutes, to know what it even is. Just so that you don't write patently stupid things like:
won't let me watch 90% of the videos on YouTube
please get rid of those damn game center nag messages. i don't need to be reminded every time i start every game that i have chosen not to participate in some mid-level manager's "social high score networking" pop-up dialog box wet dream. it's asinine and insulting. stop it.
It's only first-gen products that get announced and ship later. They'll have millions of iPad 2's built before they introduce them. They will ship "today!" same as MacBook Air recently.
Apparently, they are marking down the original Ipad for ***90%*** off...***sold for $23.74*** (hey, isn't that closer to 95% off!?)
1. I own an iPad. 2. Most of the video content on YouTube is served up in Flash which the iPad does not support. While I was being somewhat sarcastic with the 90% figure, the actual number on the percentage of video content on the web delivered in Flash is quoted by many sources to be over 75%. This has been one of my biggest frustrations of owning the device and while some may see it as a trivial matter. What you call "stupid", I believe it is a legitimate concern.
1. I own an iPad. 2. Most of the video content on YouTube is served up in Flash which the iPad does not support.
iPad has a YouTube app, which will play all videos from the website. It doesn't work in the browser, yes, but who cares?