iPad 2 Rumored to be in Production 192
Stoobalou writes "The normally sober and sometimes accurate Wall Street Journal is claiming that Apple's iPad 2 is currently in production. Foxconn might be producing a limited number of prototype samples of the Second Coming of the iPad but we're pretty sure full production won't start until Steve Jobs (or whoever will be donning the black turtleneck in his sickly stead) strides onto the stage at the official launch keynote."
WSJ = Apple re-setting expectations (Score:2, Interesting)
WSJ gets leaked info directly from Apple. Given the quotes in the video, it seems like they're trying to lower people's expectations. One (maybe, but not for-sure, two) cameras, same resolution, higher specs otherwise. Everybody expects higher specs, but also dual cameras, higher-DPI display, and for it to fart unicorns and be made of unobtanium mined from Pandora.
Me? Gimme facetime so the little one can call her grandparents. That alone will sell an amazing amount. But I'd really like higher-DPI. And possibly a 7".
Re:Still waiting for the ideal.... (Score:5, Interesting)
I hate to be yet another voice claiming great iPad battery life against your direct experience, but. . . seriously, did you have a defective unit or something? In my experience a few hours of reading won't even drop my battery gauge by more than a few percent. Hell a few hours of video isn't even a problem.
The only problem I ever have with battery life is when I want to completely drain it, as they say one should occasionally do. I think the damn thing harvests power from ambient radio waves.