Apple to Offer iPad 2 and iPad 3?

Posted by unlocker under iPad on Thursday Feb 16, 2012

More evidence surfaced that Apple will still sell iPad 2 as an entry level iPad when the company release the next generation of the device.
Taiwanese publication DigiTimes provided more evidences Apple will continue to offer iPad 2 amidst the release of iPad 3. According to the sources of the publication, Apple suppliers will ship 25 million lower resolution (1024×768 pixels) iPad 2 displays in 2011 even after Apple launches of iPad 3. The report claims that Apple suppliers are expected to ship 40 million “Retina” (2048×1536 pixels) displays in 2012. To get a perspective, Apple suppliers are estimated to have shipped 48 million LCD panels in 2011.
In the fourth quarter of 2011, Apple shipped less than a million panels for iPad 3. However, the Cupertino-based company will continue to increase the volume of the shipment of the panel that are used for the new version of iPad. The sources pointed out that, 6 to 7 million panels will be shipped on the first quarter of 2012 and will escalate to 10 million panels on the third quarter of the year.
Currently, Apple has decreased the shipments of iPad 2 panels from 16 million panels in the third quarter of 2011 to 10 million panels in the fourth quarter. This first quarter of the new year, the panel shipments amounted to 7 to 8 million units. According to the sources of the publication, the shipments for the iPad 3 will surpass that of iPad 2.
Offering a lower version of the device proved to be good for Apple business. Last October 2011, Apple released the latest iPhone, iPhone 4S. However, the company still offered the older generation of iPhone at a lower price. There were reports that the iPad 2 display panels approaching the rumored number would be indicative of continued iPad 2 production well beyond the introduction of the iPad 3.
It seems that a cheaper iPad 2 with 8GB storage for $299 or $349 will also help Apple to compete with rivals such as Amazon who launched their Android-based tablet - Kindle Fire last year for only $199.

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Update: Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 iPhone 4S, iPad 2

Posted by unlocker under Jailbreak on Wednesday Feb 1, 2012

In a recent post, pod2G announced that the iPhone Dev team, Chronic Dev team and iOS hacker planetbeing had joined him to figure out a way to publicly release his untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 that relied on a developer account.
It seems that there has been progress in developing an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 in iPhone 4S and iPad 2. Now, Cydia’s founder and developer Jay Freeman also known as saurik joined the team in creating the jailbreak.
MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev team has just tweeted that the team’s combined efforts is making progress. He tweeted, props to @saurik for major contributions to the A5 version of @pod2G’s untether yesterday! (still no ETA, but moving forward)
pod2G also replied, @MuscleNerd @saurik And greetings to @planetbeing for the coding + research. Really great stuff to escape from the sandbox.
Thus, it looks like they have figured out a way around the sandboxing difficulties that pod2G had mentioned. pod2G has also tweeted that they don’t plan to release the untethered jailbreak to developers for obvious reasons. He said, sorry, we can’t release the A5 for the developers, the exploit used have to be kept secret. I know this is unfair.
As MuscleNerd has mentioned there is currently no ETA. However, this noted progress is good news for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 users.

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