The iPad 2 is now said that it will ditch the heavier aluminum casing for a carbon fiber shell. Apple has heard iPad users that said the iPad is too heavy for a mobile device (and it is, in fact, too heavy to hold in certain situations), and the next-gen tablet is apparently going to be slimmer. We already heard the tablet will sport a slimmer, thinner display and that the full tablet will be slimmer than the original. Using a carbon fiber shell can only help make that iPad 2 even lighter.
Moving on, we hear that the tablet will come with NFC support. NFC, or Near Field Communications technology, is going to bring new features to the iOS universe as iPhones, iPod touches and iPads could be used for all sorts of interesting features, including e-wallet features.
But what’s most interesting today is that Apple, despite dissing the 7-inch tablet format through its official spokesman, acting CEO Steve Jobs, during an earnings conference call is again rumored to work on that particular format. While the iPad 2 will most likely be a 9.7-inch device, sources said that a 7-inch component was manufactured by Apple’s suppliers which means such a tablet could be in testing in Apple’s labs as we speak. We can only expect that those Apple people working on the smaller tablet have sharp enough fingers to deal with such a smaller screen size. If not they could always use some Apple sandpaper to file down their fingers so they could actually use a 7-inch iPad 2.
Now these are, until proven otherwise, just rumors so we’ll stack them in the iPad 2 rumor pile that is getting bigger and bigger every minute. And despite all that, we still don’t have a clear release date for Apple’s next-gen tablet.
Moving on, we hear that the tablet will come with NFC support. NFC, or Near Field Communications technology, is going to bring new features to the iOS universe as iPhones, iPod touches and iPads could be used for all sorts of interesting features, including e-wallet features.
But what’s most interesting today is that Apple, despite dissing the 7-inch tablet format through its official spokesman, acting CEO Steve Jobs, during an earnings conference call is again rumored to work on that particular format. While the iPad 2 will most likely be a 9.7-inch device, sources said that a 7-inch component was manufactured by Apple’s suppliers which means such a tablet could be in testing in Apple’s labs as we speak. We can only expect that those Apple people working on the smaller tablet have sharp enough fingers to deal with such a smaller screen size. If not they could always use some Apple sandpaper to file down their fingers so they could actually use a 7-inch iPad 2.
Now these are, until proven otherwise, just rumors so we’ll stack them in the iPad 2 rumor pile that is getting bigger and bigger every minute. And despite all that, we still don’t have a clear release date for Apple’s next-gen tablet.
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