iPhoneIslam is the developer of PhoneIt-iPad app that turns your tablet into a 10-inch phone that can send and receive text message and make regular calls without any problems. In order to use the full power of this app you’ll need a regular 3G SIM card instead of data-only SIM cards that you get with your iPad, and after replacing your SIM card, you’re ready to make calls and send text message with your iPad. We have to mention that this app requires you to have a jailbroken iPad device, so keep that in mind.

Anyhow, if you want to use your iPad as a cell phone, you just need $20 to get this app from the Cydia store and a jailbroken iPad.

Apple has surprised us once more with its new innovation. The new generation of Apple tablet has come. You can call it Apple iPad 2. What is the interesting point of this gadget? We can simply say that this new generation is better than iPad.

You should know some spesifications of iPad 2. Apple iPad 2 features iOS 4.3 for you. This new tablet comes iwth front and rare facing cameras, USB connectivity port, retina display, etc. For its connectivity, you can trust 3G and Wi-Fi. It can give better speed for internet access. The display of Apple iPad 2 is more interesting with sleek and smart LCD display.

Compared with Apple iPad, this nw generation provides thinner and lighter design. Front facing camera is also featured for video chatting. iPad 2 also comes with more powerful processor. Additional memory and graphic processsor will be included.

It’s time to decide which one is better. Is your answer Apple iPad 2?

Finally, Apple officially announced the iPad 2 that is lighter, thinner and faster than the original iPad. The new iPad 2 is 33% thinner and 15% lighter than the iPad. Powered by the new dual-core Apple A5 chip, the new tablet, according to Apple, is 9x faster than old version. While iPad has no cameras, Apple adds two cameras, one on the front and on on the back, to the iPad 2 for FaceTime video calling and photo shooting. The back camera can record 720p HD video at up to 30fps.

The iPad 2 comes with a 9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS multitouch display with 1024×768 resolution at 132ppi, and fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating. It also packs Bluetooth support, 3-axis gyro, accelerometer, digital compass and ambient light sensor. WiFi-only and WiFi+3G versions are available and the latter will be available in two models, one with UMTS/HSDPA/GSM/EDGE support and the Verizon model that supports CDMA EV-DO Rev. A data. 3G version also includes GPS/A-GPS.

With the addition of cameras, the iPad 2 comes with the iOS 4.3 with the Photo Booth app that adding effects to your photos. The iPad 2 will be available in Black and White. It will be released in the US on 11 March, and in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK on March 25.

Pricing:

WiFi-only

* 16GB – $499
* 32GB – $599
* 64GB – $699

WiFi+3G

* 16GB – $629
* 32GB – $729
* 64GB – $829

Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar says that Apple’s next-generation iPad, expected to be refreshed in March and entering the product line as a second generation tablet, will be equipped with a dual-core processor. The current generation Apple iPad tablet was launched with Apple’s customized A4 processor, which is clocked at 1 Ghz of power. Kumar believes that the next iPad iteration will come with a dual-core ARM Cortex A9-based processor with 1 Ghz of computing power per core. Kumar did not specify if Apple will customize the CPU, like it had done with the A4, or will use components from suppliers such as NVIDIA with its Tegra 2 chipset that is expected to be widely available on a number of tablets and smartphones in 2011.

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For this reason, Amazon has decided to remove the titles published by Macmillan, as a sign of disagreement. And ‘interesting to note that the sale of books through Amazon will prove more convenient for the publishing house, but the moment remains firm on his decisions. With the commercialization proposal to 12.99 and 14.99 euros, Apple has managed to win at least five of the six largest publishers: Macmillan, Hachette, Penguin, Harper Collins and Simon & Schuster.

If the news published by the Wall Street Journal were confirmed, the publishing houses of favoring a relatively high selling price in the long term, hoping that the success of iTunes in the music business and mobile applications, will also move to electronic books.

Apple has also created a version of iWork for iPad, which is controlled – of course – with your fingers. Iwork iPad is priced for $ 9.99 per application – or Keynote, Pages and Numbers.

Another interesting news is that all applications developed for iPhone and iPod Touch compatible with iPad. Not only that, when you purchase one for your iPhone, the application will be downloaded even on iPad, without additional cost.

Turning to hardware, we start with the size of the product, which amounted to 242.8 millimeters in height and 189.7 millimeters in width and 13.4 millimeters thick. The only model with Wi-Fi connectivity weighs 680 grams, while that with Wi-Fi and 3G reaches 730 grams.

The work plan is characterized by a capacitive multi-touch screen with bright LED backlight from 9.7 inches. The maximum resolution is 1024 x 768 pixels to 132 pixels per inch (ppi). The screen is coated with a layer resistant to fingerprints, abrasive and grease.

To move the operating system are a CPU Apple A4. This is a system on chip with a frequency of 1 GHz and designed by Apple itself. I pay more attention to events in the house of Cupertino know that Steve Jobs and company have bought some time ago PA Semi, a company specialized, precisely, in the design of microprocessors.

The internal memory to store files of any kind is, depending on the model, 16GB, 32GB or 64GB. The integrated lithium-polymer battery for 25 WHr allows a separate declaration of up to 10 hours to surf the web with Wi-Fi, watch videos or listen to music. Recharging can occur via adapter or via USB cable connection to a computer. Being an iPhone, iPad greased integrates itself an accelerometer and an ambient light sensor.

As for audio playback, we have a frequency response from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz, while audio formats are supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps) , MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV. The maximum volume is obviously controlled by the user.

As for watching TV and video, there is support for 1024 x 768 with a dock connector to VGA adapter; 576p/480p or 576i/480i with the A / V composite Apple. Supported HD H.264 up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile Level 3.1 with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in. M4v,. Mp4, and. Mov, MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 x 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in. m4v,. mp4, and. mov.

As for the Wi-Fi model, we support Wi-Fi (802.11 a / b / g / n) and Bluetooth 2.1 EDR. Version Wi-Fi and 3G, however, supports UMTS / HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz), GSM / EDGE (850, 900.1800, 1900 MHz), Wi-Fi (802.11 a / b / g / n) and Bluetooth 2.1 EDR.

On the body we find the dock connector, the jack 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack, integrated speaker, microphone and micro-SIM slot (only in model Wi-Fi 3G). The normal SIM, it seems, do not go well. You must ask your operator a SIM smaller. The micro-SIM, in fact.

Although this is a completely touchscreen, iPad has on the body of the buttons: volume, mute, power on / off and home. Apple iPad ensures that it is built to comply with strict controls Environmental Impact farewell arsenic, BFR, mercury, PVC and the material it is made Telaro is aluminum, and then recycled.

Regarding prices, the only version of Wi-Fi 16 GB version sells for $ 499, the 32 GB model at $ 599 and the solution from 64 GB to 699 dollars. The model Wi-Fi and 3G, however, provides these prices: 16 GB ($ 629), 32 GB ($ 729) and 64 GB ($ 829). Wi-Fi version will be available in 60 days, while that with 3G will arrive in late April / early May.

Close, citing accessories. There will be a standard and a dock with integrated keyboard, if you prefer to use iPad on the desk like a laptop. You can use iPad, thanks to a case, even as a digital picture frame. There is also the Camera Connection Kit that provides two ways to import video and audio from your camera: via USB or SD card reader.?