Retina display - 2048 by 1536 pixels, and if you do the math, that's over 3.1 million pixels. Put another way, many of you have an HD at home. These have a resolution of 1920x 1080. The iPad shows over 1 million more pixels than your HDTV does at home. Pixels are packed really tightly. 264 pixels per inch.
iSight camera - iPad has auto exposure, great exposure, great color. Autofocus. Great edge-to-edge sharpness. HD video recording now at 1080p resolution. Auto face detection. Auto exposure lock and auto focus lock. 1080p video recording, video stabilization, temporal noise reduction for low light.
Voice dictation. - Now there's a new key on the bottom that''s a microphone. Tap and speak.
Next-generation wireless. 4G LTE. - The iPad has had great wireless performance, and it supports EV-DO with a maximum downlink of 3.1Mbps, and HSPA with a max downlink of 7.2. Now the new iPad adds HSPA+ with a max downlink of 21 Mbps, dual carrier HSDPA with a max of 42 Mbps, and LTE with a max of 73 Mbps download. Performance is amazing. Additionally, software to make it a personal hotspot. If your carrier supports it, you can share the high speed network from your new iPad with up to 5 devices. New iPad: 4G LTE, fast 3G HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA networking, 3G world ready, Personal hotspot, most bands ever.
New iPad is priced at just $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB, $699 for 64GB. And $629, $729, and $829 for 4G. Same prices as iPad 2. Available on March 16.
With the iPad 2, we introduced some other apps today: iLife apps. Garage Band and iMovie. They're updated as well.
GarageBand adds smart strings joins smart guitars, smart keyboards, and smart drums. Your own string orchestra. There's a Note Editor; iCloud to keep songs on all devices; and better sharing features. But the best new feature is called "Jam Session." Four iPads can play together to create a new song over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
iPhoto for iPad. - "And it is amazing." Same photo library, but great new browsing, new ways to edit with multi-touch editing, professional-quality effects, brushes for applying those effects, and there's Photo Beaming to let you beam high resolution photos between your devices. And Photo Journals help you share photos with friends. Once you've chosen them, you can make them look even better. Auto-enhance button to alter contrast color. Tap on crop tool and iPhoto will analyze and find horizon line. Touch button and it straightens horizon line. $4.99 and available starting today.
They're going to keep the iPad 2, starting at $399. 16GB iPad 2 starts at $399, with 3G at $529. And new iPad at 16GB, starting at $499.