Thinner and faster with the same battery life as before
Thinner and lighter than ever
Plenty of apps available
Front and rear cameras
Easy to use
An awesome tablet which improves on an already successful platform
Dramatically thinner than the iPad
FaceTime video chat
Faster processor
Mobile broadband option
Very sleek and stylish
Lots of iPad apps
Especially new media and magazines
Video calling facilities
Fantastic design
Better ergonomics
Good battery life
IOS 4.3 brings improvements
Facetime chats
Smudge-resistant screen
Superb battery life
Very easy to use
Slim and lightweight
Superb selection of apps available
HD video camera
Faster
Lighter
And now with cameras
Brilliant interface
Video and audio performance are excellent
Without a doubt
The most impressive thing about the Apple iPad 2 is its build quality. Constructed out of a solid piece of aluminium
With a bright and vivid glass display
It's every bit the premium gadget. We also love the operating system on the Apple iPad 2. Unlike rival tablets
There are loads of apps that take full advantage of the iPad's form factor
Helping to turn the Apple into a genu
Design / Finish / Handling / iCloud
Highquality screen
Responsive and highly contrasted
Battery life / Fast web browsing / Notification Centre
General responsiveness / Userfriendly interface
Great choice of apps in the App Store / Wireless sync to iTunes
The editors didn't like
Not immediately available in UK
Not quite worth the upgrade for iPad owners
No Flash support
Complex tasks are fiddly and take time
Difficult to transfer noniTunes content back and forth
No display resolution bump
Trouble with backlight bleeding
No change in screen resolution
Photo quality is mediocre
Still no Adobe Flash support
HDMI
USB and SD connections all require adapters
The omission of Flash video is a big issue
ITunes is dated and it’s hard to transfer data without iTunes
Where's the innovation?
No retina screen
Still no Flash
Negligable performance boost
Apple-only applications
Limited connectivity
Sub-standard cameras
No removable storage
Still expensive
Not enough new to tempt existing owners
Enforced use of iTunes is doubleedged sword
Home screen lacks flexibility
The biggest problem with the Apple iPad 2 is its lack of ports. It's a shame that there's no USB port – making it impossible to easily hook up other devices without buying peripherals
And the need to use iTunes to copy your music across is also frustrating.
Poorquality camera
No builtin SD card reader (optional adapter only) / No USB port / Single proprietary connection
No Flash compatibility for web browsing
Can't play DivX files without a special app or file conversion
ICloud can be intrusive in its interaction with other iDevices
While the display and processor improvements on the new iPad are immediately noticeable, we'd still advise iPad 2 owners to hold off on an upgrade until a killer feature is added to the next tablet model....
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Design / Finish / Handling / iCloud, Highquality screen: responsive and highly contrasted, Battery life / Fast web browsing / Notification Centre, General responsiveness / Userfriendly interface, Great choice of apps in the App Store / Wireless sync to iTunes
Poorquality camera, No builtin SD card reader (optional adapter only) / No USB port / Single proprietary connection, No Flash compatibility for web browsing, Can't play DivX files without a special app or file conversion, iCloud can be intrusive in its interaction with other iDevices
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