MacRumors reports that one of their readers who had ordered iPad 2 online received it yesterday.
Meanwhile, customers who had ordered their iPad 2 on Apple’s online store are expecting it to be delivered on March 17 based on the Fedex tracking number.
According to us, the coolest thing that Apple unveiled at the ‘Come See What 2011 Will Be Year Of’ event was the iPad Smart Cover and not the iPad 2 as we more or less expected the new features and improvements based on the rumors and speculations.
Folks at iFixit were as intrigued as us and decided to disassemble it to find out whether: “how it attached perfectly to the iPad” and “Apple was using cutting-edge magnets with special properties”.
Comex, developer of popular jailbreaking tools like Spirit and JailbreakMe has successfully jailbroken iPad 2 that was launched on Friday.
That was quick, especially since Apple has patched the limera1n and the SHAtter exploit in iPad 2.
Some early iPad 2 users are reporting couple of issues with their shiny new gadget.
Some users have observed a yellow tint on the iPad 2 screen and some users are reporting that they’re experiencing excessive level of light bleeding from the edges of the LCD panel.
Apple’s iPad 2 comes with a faster 1 GHz dual-core A5 chip, which can do twice the work of the original iPad and up to 9 times graphics performance.
According to a report by AnandTech, Apple’s new A5 System on a Chip (SoC) includes a more powerful PowerVR SGX 543MP2 instead of the PowerVR SGX 535 used in the original A4.
Apple has already started shipping iPad 2 for users who ordered them when it was available at 1:00 am on Friday on its online store.
Based on the MacRumors discussion thread, users are reporting that they’ve received shipment notifications and FedEx tracking numbers for their iPad 2.
If you’ve picked up your shiny new iPad 2 or ordered it online and wondering if it can be jailbroken then we’ve some bad news for you.
Apple has patched the limera1n and SHAtter bootrom exploits in iPad 2, which will make it even more difficult to jailbreak iPad 2.
It was great to find out from the iPad 2 teardown that it comes with 512 MB RAM compared to only 256 MB in iPad 1.
We were hoping that the increase in RAM ensures that mobile Safari browser does not refresh the page every time you switch tabs, which is quite an annoying issue in the first generation iPad. The good news is that the increase in RAM appears to have fixed the issue.
If you’re hoping to use iPad 2 3G on T-Mobile’s network or buy it on Ebay as it’s not available in your country then we’ve some good news.
MuscleNerd, member of the iPhone Dev team has confirmed that iPad 2 3G + Wi-Fi GSM model is carrier unlocked.
After months of rumors and speculations, Apple’s iPad 2 has finally arrived.
Folks at iFixit, the teardown experts are at it again, they’ve disassembled iPad 2, which has revealed some interesting details about the internals of iPad 2 such as RAM etc.
