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Amy Mazzola iPad Reflection Professor Law

One of the only similarities between the iPad and the iPad2 is that they look similar. But, there are tons of differences. The iPad2 is "slimmer, lighter, faster and has more features than iPad". It also has a new operating system. And is FaceTime capable and has two cameras, one on the front and one on the back. The RAM size is also doubled in the newer iPad. The 2nd version is also available in black and white models. As far as performance goes, people say that it is much faster and has more memory. Another plus is that it has HDMI capabilities which allows you to hook it up to your AppleTV. "The new [|operating system] iOS 4.3 has improved on some features and added additional features like iTunes home sharing, PhotoBooth, improved iMovie ($4.99 from App Store) and improved AirPlay. With the improved AirPlay, user can wireless stream their media content to HDTV or speakers via AppleTV".

works cited: [|http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-ipad-and-vs-ipad-2/#ixzz1agq0aVsY]

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Jessica Lindstrand


 * iPad apps commentary **

The iPad has over 140,000 apps for work play and everything in between. Apps on iPad look and feel like nothing you’ve ever experienced. They’re available from the App Store in virtually every category. And more are added every day. There are thousands of educational apps. From interactive lessons to study aids to productivity tools, there’s an iPad app for almost every student. The apps allow education at your fingertips. They have apps for English-language arts which allow students to master English at all levels from learning how to read, to practice writing and grammar, to reading and studying classic literature like Shakespeare. There are apps for math with interactive ways to learn numbers, multiplication, algebra, statistics, and more. There are apps for all ages and levels. There are also apps for science and history. You can learn about biology, physics, chemistry, anatomy, astronomy, and more. And find field guides that you can take with you on your next nature hike. You can browse apps for learning the history of the world from ancient times to the present day. View high-definition historical documents and maps, watch videos, play interactive games, read relevant quotations, and more. The types of apps for learning are endless and so easily accessible. The prices range from free to all the way up to $100.00 depending on the app. Most apps don’t go over $20.00. A lot of people use them ranging from preschool all the way up to college. Educators even use them to get tips for methods for teaching. They are a great way to get good information at your fingertips.

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Apple offers a website dedicated to educational use with the iPad: []. I am not sure how accurate the above demographics are, but the illustration offers a lot of useful information on the demographics for the iPad. From Wikipedia: After years of speculation and multiple rumored "leaks" Apple announced a large screen, tablet-like media device known as the iPad on January 27, 2010. The iPad runs the same touch based operating system that the iPhone uses and many of the same iPhone apps are compatible with the iPad. This gave the iPad a large app catalog on launch even with very little development time before the release. Later that year on April 3, 2010, the iPad was launched in the US and sold more than 300,000 units on that day and reaching 500,000 by the end of the first week. ] In May of the same year, Apple's  [|market cap] exceeded that of competitor  [|Microsoft] for the first time since 1989. These are **cumulative** and approxiate numbers. According to one Sam Costello, Apple releases their sales around the same time as the quarterly financial reports. **June 2011** - 25 million **March 2011** - 19 million **Jan. 18, 2011** - 14.8 million **Sept. 2010** - 7.5 million <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit;">**July 21, 2010** - 3.27 million <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit;">**May 31, 2010** - 2 million <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit;">**May 3, 2010** - 1 million <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit;">**April 8, 2010** - 450,000 <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: inherit;">**April 5, 2010** - 300,000 Works Cited <span style="display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit;">Costello, Sam. What are iPad Sales to Date? About.com. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. []. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The future of I-Pads

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">There is talk about an I-Sight camera being installed on the new I-Pad 3. There is also talk that the new I-Pad 3 will come out in 2012. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The company has reduced orders from Taiwanese manufacturers for new <span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|Apple iPads] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> by as much as 25 percent, according to a JPMorgan Chase analyst <span style="background-color: initial; color: #183a52; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">cited by Bloomberg <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Amazon.com is expected to reveal its entry in the volcanic tablet computer market on Wednesday; a $250 gizmo analysts say could be the first real threat to the iPad's market domination. And even Apple appears to be getting worried.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The TechCrunch blog earlier this month said the Amazon tablet will also be called Kindle, and offered a few statistics for the curious: It will be a 7-inch device with a full-color touch screen, it will run Google's Android software, and it will cost $250, the blog said -- well below the price of the least expensive <span style="background-color: initial; color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|iPad] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.

<span style="background-color: initial; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/26/amazons-wednesday-tablet-launch-threat-to-apples-ipad-analysts-say/#ixzz1aWFJEM4k]

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