Jobs presents the iPad2 in Italy from March 25

Jobs presents the iPad2 in Italy from March 25

All new Apple last gem. "9 times faster than the first model." 

Call it event, because this is all about. From San Francisco to London, where the European press has been accepted in the BBC television studios to watch live from America (through the web and sent via Twitter) last night there was the launch of the iPad 2.

The suspense that has accompanied the Apple event, set for noon 10 (the 19 in Italy) at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, broke up on time to the tune of the Beatles.

Steve Jobs himself has presented the new

Then on stage furnished with a sofa he has appeared: the landlord, Steve Jobs, as if to disprove the whole world (connected via the web) the persistent rumors on the precariousness of his health.

Black polo shirt and jeans, Steve Jobs introduced himself with his usual look, received a standing ovation.

Jobs: "I did not want to miss"

He's fine and even its brand gets along great. "I worked on this product for a long time, I did not want to miss" began referring to its two latest creations, the iBook and the iPhone, it sold 100 million units, amounting to two billion dollars paid to developers for iPhone OS . Then go to the iPad, the product that has dominated in 2010, produced a "revolutionary and magical", which with 15 million units sold has against any possible competition, or Samsung and Honeycomb (Software for Android tablet).

9 times faster

Part of a movie in the background the voice of Philip Schiller describing "the uses possible and impossible", the iPad made in recent months, including the use by children with autism. Then comes the highlight of the event, waited for days: the launch of the iPad 2.

Here is the second-generation tablet, with the new A5 dual core processor, with the same consumption of the previous one, but nine times faster, two cameras and a video output HDMI.

It will be lighter (1.5 pounds to 1.3), thinner iPhone 4, also available in white color from the first day of sale, while they are receiving a new cover-support, leather and different colors .

In Italy from March 25

A thin second skin that automatically cleans the screen every time unfolds, while a system puts the monitor into sleep and wake up automatically).

"It 'wonderful - Jobs said - makes me dizzy."

In the United States will be on sale from March 11, in six other countries (including Italy) from March 25, at the same price as the previous year.

New OS

With the new tablet comes the 4.3 version of the operating system software (Scott Forstall presented it), which will provide new performance of Safari, AirPlay, personal hotspot with iPhone 4.

The new iPhone OS comes on 11 March, as anticipated with FaceTime and iMovie, thanks to the improved screen from 9.7 ".

With AirPlay you can send images directly mounted to the TV screen in high definition (1080p).

Change music

On came the new tablet applications for Apple's GarageBand software, thanks to digital life, the sound is guaranteed by the evidence at the piano while the battery used with accelerometer.

"The year of iPad2"

"I am impressed by all this, think about it, now everybody can make music" was the comment of the guru.

"It seems clear that 2011 will be the year of iPad2." The final video in which it appears Johnathan Ive (designer maker of a slice of Apple's recent success), the tablet has already entered the second generation in history.

Come the first photos

"Come and see which product will be 2011." Yeah, what will? The hi-tech racks his brains around Apple's invitation, issued strictly in electronic format for the event to be held today, March 2, San Francisco and that leaves little room for doubt: the second-generation tablet, or the iPad 2.

Apple today launched its latest jewel, but the presentation (scheduled for 19 hours beginning Italian) is still perhaps the presence of Steve Jobs, who could be replaced by chief operating officer, Tim Cook, or the head of marketing Phil Schiller.

The new tablet - the AGI reported today - will replace the one launched in April 2010 and will be produced by China's Hon Hai, which according to rumors circulating recently have had design problems.

The iPad 2 will cost $ 499 for the base model and will have a memory of 16 gigabytes. The 64-gigabyte model and access to the Intenet 3G will cost $ 829.

The first pictures from China

And just before the news conference, comes the first pictures (true?) Dell'iPad2. The public site specializing Engadget , but actually come from China, as in the logo printed on lighter images.

No certainty - is worth pointing out - the advances that are always circulating around the Apple.

The rumors circulating for days

In fact, the rumors circulating for days. Probebilmente also fueled by the atmosphere of mystery that surround it, as always, the latest in Apple.

Unknown - in fact - the themes of the press conference, the image attached to the invitation seems to confirm the rumors for days that chase each other in the world of computing: the back page of a calendar from the typical design of the house of the bitten apple, makes peeking at the top right screen of an iPad, probably the all-new second generation, hiding the icon in the middle of Google Maps, in a sort of wink to the rival Mountain View.

The curiosity is stimulated by Apple

Again, many are willing to bet that the various rumors have been spread virally to art and from the house in Cupertino to create a climate of expectation around the presentation of the successful tablet.

It had already happened for the first version of the iPad and iPhone 4 in the weeks that preceded the launch of the prototype of the latter caused a sensation smartphone "forgotten" by an Apple engineer in a bar and mysteriously ended up in the hands of the editors Gizmodo's site (which specializes in new hi-tech).

Called the international media

The mystery will be revealed only the last call Apple at 10 am (local time) the day after tomorrow at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, where they were called, among the guests, the press and the international media.

There will be whether or not Steve Jobs?

Among other things, a mystery and while overlooking another catchphrase: who will be designated to preside over the event? The number one in the house of Apple Steve Jobs or his deputy Tim Cook?

The newspaper USA Today focuses on Jobs, so denied the rumors that would be very bad disease and paused for the third time in 10 years. In the case of his defection, the word is likely to pass Cook, who took over the daily management and reports directly to Jobs, obliged to contact all strategic decisions.

Two or three small TV camera

Meanwhile in the network and between blogs specialized high-tech chase stolen images and rumors about the characteristics of the iPad 2. The caution is a must among the bookmakers but gives almost certain that the second-generation tablet is also fitted with a 9.7-inch screen (no longer speak, at the time, a younger brother of seven-inch as competitors Samsung, BlackBerry and Motorola, whose Xoom is on sale for a few days in the U.S.).
The new tablet will have a TV camera or two (for chat and photos), a new anti-fingerprint, anti-reflective screen for better visibility outdoors. However, should not be high-definition screen Retina, such as that fitted to the iPhone 4.

More subtle and quick

Totally discounted the possibility of a model iPad thinner than the previous year, thanks to a new faster processor (uncertain choice of dual-core) and with a battery that lasts longer. On the software is almost certain to debut iPad iPhone OS version 4.3 operating system, then the first model available for the iPhone and 4 by an update that will solve the problems encountered in the current version 4.2.

It will not be presented the IOS 5.0

Instead you can breathe a lot of uncertainty about the possibility that next Wednesday is presented for the first IOS 5.0, the new operating system expected for the summer (or autumn at the latest, at the launch of the iPhone 5), which should improve multitasking of the tablet, as well as accelerate the main functions. They should then be the new face of the connectors, even if some do not exclude that the iPad 2 could be fitted with a USB port or even an SD card reader, while it is almost certain the equipment of a greater amount of RAM (512 MB).