It looks like Steve Jobs was at the Apple event today and in good health it seemed as the crowd was going wild to see him at the event. Â With an introduction of sales over the last year looking relatively strong and bragging about the number of iPad apps versus Honeycomb apps it seems Steve Jobs is in a great mood this morning. Â
An interesting note that autistic children even use the  iPad and “We’re not curing Autism, but it’s helping.† With the introduction of the iPad2 and its new Dual Core CPU â€" A5 which will improve the following:
- 2x faster CPU
- 9x faster graphics
- Same low power as A4
The size of the iPad will also be deminishing, making it 33% thinner and lighter while adding a front facing video camera it will be the first dual core tablet to ship in volume.  A Gyroscope that is in the iPhone and iPod touch will also be included in the mix. Boasting both colors and availability on AT&T and Verizon what more could you ask for.  Possibly 10 hours of battery life and over a month of standby time?  Well that is included too. The iPad2 will also be able to hold a candle to the previous price standing at $499 (WiFi only @ 16GB) â€" $829 (WiFi + 3G @ 64GB). The shipping date of March 11th will make a lot of Apple fans excited and looking to empty their piggy banks to grab this exciting new device.  An additional feature will be to output HDMI with one of Apple special new cables retailing at $39.  Apple is also releasing a more magical “cover†for the iPad2 â€" A flap that will cover the front of the screen with the ability to turn it off when covered and turn the device on when lifted off and is held in place using magnets.  The cases will retail from $39 â€" $69 based on if you choose poly or leather.
Updates On iOS 4.3Scott Forstall came out and boasted the next release of iOS 4.3 touting increased Safari performance using the Nitro JavaScript engine.  Accompanying this is iTunes home sharing â€" delivering all of your media over the air using your Apple TV as the output device.  4.3 will also allow for a personal hot spot unfortunately only for the iPhone 4.  It will also support Photo Booth on the iPad2.  FaceTime will also be added to iOS update giving the ability to FaceTime with an iPod, iPhone, Mac  or iPad.  Its looking like the release of iOS 4.3 will also be March 11th so mark your calendars.
iMovie will also be included in the bundle for iPad owners and will include all of the warm and fuzzies like Precision editor, multi-track audio and new themes. Â The price for this app which is available March 11th will be $4.99. Garageband will be the second piece of bundled software to hit the iPad. Â Boasting Touch instruments, guitar amps and effects, 8 track recording and mixing, 250+ loops and the ability to email an AAC copy of your song its possible to keep everyone up to date on what your working on. Â With the exact price as iMove as well as the same release date people will be clamoring to start up their own garage bands.
With a lot of focus on the iPad2 and the next iOS release it seems that Apple has closed the mouths of most nay sayers when comparing the next generation of the iPad to the coming soon products from the major labels.  It looks as though the next wave of iPads will be in the consumers hands way before competitors like the Xoom will be able to hit a million sold.  Whether or not it will surpass what is to come later this year will be for you to let us know.  Leave a comment below on what you think the later half of 2011 will have to offer in comparison to the iPad2.
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