Thursday, March 08, 2012

Apple iPad 3 - Top 10 features

Stunning new Apple iPad was released yesterday with much fanfare. And it has got lot of things to cheer about. Some of them are as listed below:

1) Stunning new display
The new iPad features a retina display with a resolution of 2048x1536 (264ppi).
2) Faster processorThe iPad runs on an A5X processor, with quad-core graphics. Apple claims it to be four times faster than the Nvidia Tegra 3.
3) Bigger and better camera
The rear camera, called the iSight, is a 5-megapixel shooter with a back-illuminated sensor and a 5 element lens. The front camera is now called Facetime camera.
4) Full HD recording
The iPad is capable of shooting full HD videos.
5) 4G/ LTE
The iPad is now capable of speeds up to 42 Mbps using dual-carrier HSDPA and 73 Mbps on LTE.
6) Voice Dictation
A new key at the bottom that activates the microphone - tap and speak.
7) iPhoto
iPhoto comes to iPad, offers image editing and processing with multi-touch support.
8) iPad 2 stays
iPad 2 not phased-out, gets $100 price-drop across the line i.e. $399 for 16GB Wi-Fi only model.
9) Pricing
The new iPad inherits the iPad 2's original pricing, starts at $499 for 16GB Wi-Fi only model.
10) Availability
The iPad will be available on March 16 in US and other select countries, with no word on an India release date yet.

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