Goldman Sachs has gone ahead today and mentioned several features of the next-gen iPad. According to their information, the iPad 2 will be thinner and lighter and will come with an “embedded camera and mini USB.” The 7-inch tablet is not yet finished, unlike previous rumors claimed, and it will only be available after the next 9.7-inch iPad. And while we’re at analysts taking guesses, the iPad 2 is apparently coming at some point in early Q2 2011. As always we’ll take a grain of salt, or two, with such analysts’ predictions, but that doesn’t mean they’re that far off.
In fact, after seeing the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet yesterday, dare I say the first iPad killer, I can also analyze the future iPad 2. In case Apple will not include at least a front-facing camera and some extra ports, like a mini USB connection, the PlayBook will likely kill the iPad 2 too. The Samsung Galaxy Tab, although a very impressive adversary, didn’t strike me as a true iPad killer. Maybe I’m too used seeing Android in action left and right to be really surprised by a tablet that had nothing to surprise me with in the first place.
The PlayBook, although inferior in at least three ways to the iPad – screen size, 3G connection and tablet-dedicated content (apps and eBooks in particular) – has plenty of other features that are far better than the iPad’s. The BlackBerry PlayBook came out of nowhere and made us fall for it, at least for its proposed specs and features. We’ve been fooled by the BlackBerry Storm, the first iPhone killer wannabe, but hopefully this time around the PlayBook will not disappoint.
And that’s why Apple has to make some significant changes to the iPad 2, and we’re not talking about the superficial kind of upgrades found on the iPhone 3GS when compared to the iPhone 3G. And it doesn’t take a Goldman Sachs analyst to say that the next-gen Apple tablet will get cameras, additional connectivity options, and maybe a lighter form; not to mention that we expect a lot of extra hardware upgrades for the iPad 2 that would kick the competition in the nuts. Although a Goldman Sachs analyst could always have some sort of inside information on the matter. Not that we’re judging or anything.
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