Gen 2 ipad - when and what changes?

[Adam B]

Thinking of getting an ipad for christmas but imagine gen 2 is going to be early 2011, especially as the competition seems to be catching apple up?

Not bothered about waiting for my xmas present but wondered how long that wait might be.

And would be good if the ipad 2 came with a USB, flash and less tight-arsed memory.

Anyone got any views on when gen 2 is epxected and what enhancements it might have?

[Adam B]

va1o said:

Looking like January most likely for the unveiling, following a launch later in Q1/ Early Q2.

The rumours are suggesting 3G will become standard on all models. We can also expect speed improvements with increased RAM, and a camera front/ rear is a definite.

Not really much else they could change to be honest. Perhaps improve the design a bit, make it thinner and give it a longer battery, integrated SD slot etc. Double the storage capacity at each price point maybe? Its already the best tablet on the market so they only have themselves to beat.

USB and flash was what I was hoping for! And Q1 2010 launch

[Adam B]

tinman0 said:

Why would you ever hope for flash?

I reckon there is more chance of the second coming than Apple including/allowing a flash client on iOS.

I am no expert but i thought that was a negative as lots of websites use it including youtube (which I often use for music)?

[Adam B]

ok cross flash off the list

camera was never on the list as I have no intention of taking pictures with a bloody great tablet which is a sofa web surfing device for me

presumably missing something again here, but if you download from itunes on to ipad, how do you synch to your ipods if there is no USB ?

[Adam B]

MURRAY007 said:

I think by this you mean if you download songs from itunes store on the ipad directly, how would you then transfer them to your ipod.

Well most would sync ipad to home computer, and then sync ipod to it. but there are cables on the market which you can transfer ipod > ipod, and ipad > ipod.

Hope that helps,

also New ipad will be announce at CES show in Jan, but wont get released till April/May time, (happened smae time last year) IMO i think thinner ipad with retna screen, front camera for facetime, hopefully intergrated sim card (they are planning this for new iphone) screen size the same, faster processor, maybe in white (not)

if you want more news check out www.macrumours.com

very helpful thanks, to explain all I use my laptop for is 90% internet / 5% email / 5% phhotos

so the plan was to sell the laptop and replace with a Netgear ReadyNAS Duo and an ipad

bad idea?