Apple iPad 2 in Production: Thinner, Lighter, with Front-facing Camera, Report Says

By Nathan Olivarez-Giles, Los Angeles Times
02.09.11

Apple's next-generation iPad is in production by foreign manufacturers, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

The new iPad -- which has been nicknamed the iPad 2 unofficially for months -- is thinner and lighter and features a front-facing camera designed to take advantage of Apple's FaceTime video chat standard, the Journal said, citing unnamed sources "familiar with the matter."

The iPad 2 will also include a faster processor, a more powerful graphics processor and more memory, the report said. The new iPad will not, however, feature a very high-resolution jump, and its 9.7-inch display will be similar to that of the first-generation iPad, the Journal said.

Both AT&T and Verizon Wireless will carry the new iPad, but Sprint and T-Mobile will not, the report said.
Apple officials were unavailable for comment on the report Tuesday afternoon.

The Cupertino company has sold more than 14 million iPads since the tablet computer hit store shelves last April, with about 7.33 million units sold last quarter.

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Week 3: San Simeon

Hearst Castle

 
Tiger skin rug love, I stroke, you bite me.
Executive leather upholstered tightly.
Bar in the next room, cocktails at seven.
Soft lights, sweet music lounge through eleven.
Let's walk in the garden, French windows open.
Patio paving concrete and crazy roses in blossom,
they're doing well this year.
Geranium pattern shrub topiary.
Lie on your lush lawns, waterfall bubbles
Drink at my fountain, forget all your troubles.

—Bryan Ferry, "San Simeon"

Week 3: San Simeon
Mo 2.7 / Tu 2.8
Read: SHOP­—p. 98 - 130
In-class: Reading discussion; Presentation sign-ups; Preview—Literature Analysis / Short Answer Responses; Lecture—“Steps of the Writing Process, Pt. II”

We 2.9 / Th 2.10
In-Class: Diagnostic essay
Due: Reflection 2

Upcoming:

Week 4: Oakland
Mo 2.14 / Tu 2.15
Read: eR—"An Argument Against Same-Sex Marriage: An Interview with Rick Santorum" (The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life), "Preserve Traditional Marriage for Benefit of Future Generations" by Roger Crouse (Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel), "Sex and Consequences" by Peter Wood (The American Conservative)
In-Class: Literature Analysis / Short Answer Responses

We 2.16 / Th 2.17
Read: "The Worst Thing about Gay Marriage" by Sam Shulman (The Weekly Standard), "We Don't Need Gay Marriage" by Mark Vernon (The Guardian), "The Secular Case Against Gay Marriage" by Adam Kolasinksi (The Tech), "Why One Queer Person is Not Celebrating California's Historic Gay Marriage Decision" by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (Alternet)
In-Class: Reading discussion; Lecture—“The Fundamentals of Rhetoric”; Lecture—“MLA Style 101”