At 2 o'clock in Beijing time yesterday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs personally unveiled the iPad 2 in San Francisco. Apple’s announcement showed that the iPad 2 will be on sale on March 11 in 27 countries such as the United States, but it does not include China.
Compared with the first generation of iPad, iPad 2 uses a new Apple dual-core A5 processor, so that the entire iPad 2 computing speed increased by 1 times than the first generation, but the overall power consumption is lower than the previous generation iPad processor . iPad 2's graphics performance is 9 times that of the previous generation. Users will be more fluid and beautiful when watching animations and playing online games. iPad 2 has become more "thin", iPad 2 body thickness of only 8.8 mm, thinner than the previous generation by more than one third, the weight reduced from 760 grams to 590 grams. The new iPad 2 is equipped with a camera at both the front and the back to support photo and video chat at the same time. In addition, it is worth noting that the iPad 2 will support Wi-Fi and 3G Internet access at the same time. The user can easily access the Internet by inserting two mobile phone chips of different formats into the card slot on the iPad 2.
But iPad 2 still has a lot of "insufficiency." Users have been calling for an increase in the USB interface or not. Using a USB flash drive and a removable hard disk is as inconvenient as the first generation; the camera pixel is less than 1 million, far lower than the already popular 5 million pixel camera, and you want to use an iPad 2 like an iPhone 4 It is obviously not realistic to shoot an Oscar-winning short film. In addition, the iPad 2's screen resolution has not changed, leaving many users shouting regret.
But these "defects" is not Apple intentionally "leave one's hand" for the iPad 3 to pave the way? Many insiders are skeptical.
The price of the iPad 2 is consistent with that of the first-generation iPad. The Wi-Fi iPad 2 versions of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB are priced at US$499 (3280 yuan), US$599 (3938 yuan) and US$699 ( 4595 yuan); Wi-Fi + 3G version of the price of 629 US dollars (4135 yuan), 729 US dollars (4792 yuan), 829 US dollars (5450 yuan). iPad 2 has just appeared, the first generation of iPad began to sharply lower prices. In the early hours of this morning, the price of the first generation of iPads in Apple's online store in China has been updated. The lowest price of 16G is 2,888 yuan, which is a price reduction of 1,100 yuan.
For the domestic "fruit powder", I am afraid that the most concern now is when the iPad 2 can enter the domestic market, the reporter called Apple China yesterday to inquire, its responsible person said that it has not received the iPad 2 in the domestic market related notice. There is no information to disclose.
Looking back at the market, the company has been overtaking more than a week ago. Hewlett-Packard has launched its Tablet TouchPad in Shanghai, becoming another "giant" in the Tablet PC battle. At this point, following Apple’s devaluation of the iPad in September last year, BlackBerry, Motorola, Google, Cisco, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo have all joined the tablet computer battle.
Compared with the iPad, the performance of these branded tablet PCs is equally eye-catching. The BlackBerry Playbook can be directly connected to the BlackBerry to achieve the two-in-one. The Motorola Tablet PC XOOM is equipped with its latest Android 3.0 system and the system is more stable and faster. Lenovo Le Pad's four-leaf clover desktop design allows users to "use one mind and four"; HP TouchPad's high-definition screen color full ... ... these brands of tablet PCs have their own characteristics, function is not inferior to the iPad, but the iPad With its first-mover advantage and huge number of application functions, it still occupies more than half of the market share.
According to a forecast issued by JP Morgan Chase, the size of the tablet PC market in 2011 will reach US$24.9 billion, and the global tablet shipments will reach 70 million units, and in 2012 it will continue to grow to 100 million units. "The huge market prospects require that manufacturers quickly prepare for their products and markets. From now on, Apple Corp. seems to be the most prepared." According to a Wall Street Journal article, the iPad was quickly developed by a generation in less than a year. Upgraded to the second generation, once again leaving behind competitors.
The release of iPad 2 has made Apple one step ahead in the market, but it is not "impeccable." Analysts pointed out that other companies such as BlackBerry, Motorola, Google and others have adopted aggressive pricing policies. If these brands can further reduce the price of tablet PCs, they will become more active in the competition with Apple.
Many people in the industry believe that although Apple iPad is currently the only one in the application, other tablet PCs will compete with the Apple iPad by enriching their own application stores.
At this conference, Jobs’s opinion on the future of tablet PCs also made the industry think deeply: “Tablet PCs are not PCs (personal computers). In addition to the update of hardware devices, humanized design combined with culture is even more important.â€
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The biggest hot spot of the iPad 2 conference was the presence of Apple’s President Steve Jobs. Since his application for leave for pancreatic cancer on January 18 this year, his health status has been the focus of attention. Not long ago, there was gossip magazine exposing jobs related videos and photographs of Jobs critically. Steve Jobs in the picture described as withered and slow action. He was said to have only 6 weeks of life. Some of Apple’s shareholders also demanded that Jobs be announced in advance at the Apple shareholders’ meeting. Successor plan.
Jobs appeared on the iPad 2 conference site, although he was stature, and the pace was slightly slow, but he looked very good. His unexpected arrival also won the standing ovation of all guests at the conference. In the new product release period of up to 1 hour and 20 minutes, Steve Jobs stood in charge of nearly all of the process.
In October 2003, "Fortune" magazine disclosed that Steve Jobs was found to have pancreatic cancer. Jobs received surgical treatment for pancreatic cancer in July 2004 and he underwent liver transplantation in April 2009. On January 17 this year, Apple employees again received Steve Jobs's request for e-mails, the reason is still a health problem.
Unicom fans to skip 1 directly into 2?
Until today, China Unicom's effort to introduce the 3G version of the iPad generation has not produced results. The release of the iPad 2 also triggered speculation in the industry that China Unicom will not skip the iPad generation and introduce the iPad 2 directly.
The reporter called Unicom on this issue and inquired that the person in charge of the Unicom Group General Department told reporters that although the 3G version of the iPad generation has obtained the national 3C certification, it has not obtained the network license from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and whether Unicom will adjust its direction and directly change the direction. There is no exact news about the introduction of iPad 2.
3G Internet access is an important function of the iPad tablet PC. The WCDMA network used by the 3G version iPad is only operated by China Unicom in China. Therefore, the iPad 2 has entered the domestic market, and Unicom's status has nothing to do. Market analysts believe that in the current situation, China Unicom will skip the iPad generation, and the possibility of direct negotiations with Apple to introduce the iPad 2 is very high. Because the iPad 2 is on the market, the attraction of the iPad's first generation to consumers will inevitably decline.
"This is a huge cake, but we still do not know how China Unicom and Apple will be divided." An industry source said.
Compared with the first generation of iPad, iPad 2 uses a new Apple dual-core A5 processor, so that the entire iPad 2 computing speed increased by 1 times than the first generation, but the overall power consumption is lower than the previous generation iPad processor . iPad 2's graphics performance is 9 times that of the previous generation. Users will be more fluid and beautiful when watching animations and playing online games. iPad 2 has become more "thin", iPad 2 body thickness of only 8.8 mm, thinner than the previous generation by more than one third, the weight reduced from 760 grams to 590 grams. The new iPad 2 is equipped with a camera at both the front and the back to support photo and video chat at the same time. In addition, it is worth noting that the iPad 2 will support Wi-Fi and 3G Internet access at the same time. The user can easily access the Internet by inserting two mobile phone chips of different formats into the card slot on the iPad 2.
But iPad 2 still has a lot of "insufficiency." Users have been calling for an increase in the USB interface or not. Using a USB flash drive and a removable hard disk is as inconvenient as the first generation; the camera pixel is less than 1 million, far lower than the already popular 5 million pixel camera, and you want to use an iPad 2 like an iPhone 4 It is obviously not realistic to shoot an Oscar-winning short film. In addition, the iPad 2's screen resolution has not changed, leaving many users shouting regret.
But these "defects" is not Apple intentionally "leave one's hand" for the iPad 3 to pave the way? Many insiders are skeptical.
The price of the iPad 2 is consistent with that of the first-generation iPad. The Wi-Fi iPad 2 versions of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB are priced at US$499 (3280 yuan), US$599 (3938 yuan) and US$699 ( 4595 yuan); Wi-Fi + 3G version of the price of 629 US dollars (4135 yuan), 729 US dollars (4792 yuan), 829 US dollars (5450 yuan). iPad 2 has just appeared, the first generation of iPad began to sharply lower prices. In the early hours of this morning, the price of the first generation of iPads in Apple's online store in China has been updated. The lowest price of 16G is 2,888 yuan, which is a price reduction of 1,100 yuan.
For the domestic "fruit powder", I am afraid that the most concern now is when the iPad 2 can enter the domestic market, the reporter called Apple China yesterday to inquire, its responsible person said that it has not received the iPad 2 in the domestic market related notice. There is no information to disclose.
Looking back at the market, the company has been overtaking more than a week ago. Hewlett-Packard has launched its Tablet TouchPad in Shanghai, becoming another "giant" in the Tablet PC battle. At this point, following Apple’s devaluation of the iPad in September last year, BlackBerry, Motorola, Google, Cisco, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo have all joined the tablet computer battle.
Compared with the iPad, the performance of these branded tablet PCs is equally eye-catching. The BlackBerry Playbook can be directly connected to the BlackBerry to achieve the two-in-one. The Motorola Tablet PC XOOM is equipped with its latest Android 3.0 system and the system is more stable and faster. Lenovo Le Pad's four-leaf clover desktop design allows users to "use one mind and four"; HP TouchPad's high-definition screen color full ... ... these brands of tablet PCs have their own characteristics, function is not inferior to the iPad, but the iPad With its first-mover advantage and huge number of application functions, it still occupies more than half of the market share.
According to a forecast issued by JP Morgan Chase, the size of the tablet PC market in 2011 will reach US$24.9 billion, and the global tablet shipments will reach 70 million units, and in 2012 it will continue to grow to 100 million units. "The huge market prospects require that manufacturers quickly prepare for their products and markets. From now on, Apple Corp. seems to be the most prepared." According to a Wall Street Journal article, the iPad was quickly developed by a generation in less than a year. Upgraded to the second generation, once again leaving behind competitors.
The release of iPad 2 has made Apple one step ahead in the market, but it is not "impeccable." Analysts pointed out that other companies such as BlackBerry, Motorola, Google and others have adopted aggressive pricing policies. If these brands can further reduce the price of tablet PCs, they will become more active in the competition with Apple.
Many people in the industry believe that although Apple iPad is currently the only one in the application, other tablet PCs will compete with the Apple iPad by enriching their own application stores.
At this conference, Jobs’s opinion on the future of tablet PCs also made the industry think deeply: “Tablet PCs are not PCs (personal computers). In addition to the update of hardware devices, humanized design combined with culture is even more important.â€
Spot highlights Jobs' stock price rose "We have been paying for this product for a long time, I do not want to miss its release." Jobs plagued the iPad 2 unveiled, breaking its "disease" rumors, Apple's stock prices have also risen.
The biggest hot spot of the iPad 2 conference was the presence of Apple’s President Steve Jobs. Since his application for leave for pancreatic cancer on January 18 this year, his health status has been the focus of attention. Not long ago, there was gossip magazine exposing jobs related videos and photographs of Jobs critically. Steve Jobs in the picture described as withered and slow action. He was said to have only 6 weeks of life. Some of Apple’s shareholders also demanded that Jobs be announced in advance at the Apple shareholders’ meeting. Successor plan.
Jobs appeared on the iPad 2 conference site, although he was stature, and the pace was slightly slow, but he looked very good. His unexpected arrival also won the standing ovation of all guests at the conference. In the new product release period of up to 1 hour and 20 minutes, Steve Jobs stood in charge of nearly all of the process.
In October 2003, "Fortune" magazine disclosed that Steve Jobs was found to have pancreatic cancer. Jobs received surgical treatment for pancreatic cancer in July 2004 and he underwent liver transplantation in April 2009. On January 17 this year, Apple employees again received Steve Jobs's request for e-mails, the reason is still a health problem.
Unicom fans to skip 1 directly into 2?
Until today, China Unicom's effort to introduce the 3G version of the iPad generation has not produced results. The release of the iPad 2 also triggered speculation in the industry that China Unicom will not skip the iPad generation and introduce the iPad 2 directly.
The reporter called Unicom on this issue and inquired that the person in charge of the Unicom Group General Department told reporters that although the 3G version of the iPad generation has obtained the national 3C certification, it has not obtained the network license from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and whether Unicom will adjust its direction and directly change the direction. There is no exact news about the introduction of iPad 2.
3G Internet access is an important function of the iPad tablet PC. The WCDMA network used by the 3G version iPad is only operated by China Unicom in China. Therefore, the iPad 2 has entered the domestic market, and Unicom's status has nothing to do. Market analysts believe that in the current situation, China Unicom will skip the iPad generation, and the possibility of direct negotiations with Apple to introduce the iPad 2 is very high. Because the iPad 2 is on the market, the attraction of the iPad's first generation to consumers will inevitably decline.
"This is a huge cake, but we still do not know how China Unicom and Apple will be divided." An industry source said.
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