What’s So Cool About the New iPad?

An article by Josie S.    No Comments

Well it’s been a long day for tech bloggers and Apple geeks everywhere.  After a night of restless sleep we woke up and were introduced to the new addition to the Apple family, the “New iPad“.  We’ve had rumors flying at breakneck speeds the past few days about what we were going to see in the new iPad.  So were the rumors true?  Read on to find out:

Retina Display

Well, duh…This has probably been the most expected new feature.  The tech community seemed to come to a consensus fairly quickly that the display was going to be better than 1080p.  With information and photo “leaks” it was all but certain that the iPad was going to have the Retina Display. From what I’ve seen the display is gorgeous.

New Camera

They brought the iPhone 4S camera to the iPad with a few less megapixels (the new iPad is 5MP and the 4S is 8MP).

Dictation

Contrary to popular belief, Siri was not included in this version of the iPad.  They did, however, give us dictation which basically allows you to dictate texts, documents, emails, etc.

4G LTE

Ok lots of letters here but basically 4G is a faster version of mobile internet.  Which means when you’re away from a WiFi hotspot you can get “WiFi-like” speeds on your cellular data network.

Quad Core 

Apple included a new chipset to support the new retina display.  What does this mean for you? A faster iPad.  You can open and run apps faster and you’re going to get better battery life (again to support the new retina display).

Availability

So when can you get this beauty?  Well you can preorder now, as of 9:00 pm PST you’re still able to preorder for a delivery date of March 16th.  Also just a warning there are a lot of people trying to get on the site still so things might be on the slow side, be patient and you’ll get through.

What do you think of the new iPad?  Love it?  Hate it?  Let us know in the comments.