iPad 2 Release Rumors: What Features Will The New iPad Have?

Apple has a special event planned for Wednesday, March 2, and it looks like the company may be unveiling a new version of the iPad.

The rumor mill has been swirling. From full-out redesigns to cameras to displays, it seems everyone thinks the next iPad will see some dramatic changes.

We've compiled a guide to the most-discussed iPad 2 rumors below (there are always more out there). What features do you expect--and hope--to see? Read more about the iPad 2 here.

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The invitation and the date suggest we'll be seeing Apple's iPad 2 come Wednesday. But just what the tablet might look like and what features it may have remains to be determined. Will it be be faster? Smaller? Bigger? Have cameras? A new processor? More RAM? No home button? We've put together a list of some of the juiciest rumors that we might see come true next week.

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The invitation and the date suggest we'll be seeing Apple's iPad 2 come Wednesday. But just what the tablet might look like and what features it may have remains to be determined. Will it be be faster? Smaller? Bigger? Have cameras? A new processor? More RAM? No home button?

We've put together a list of some of the juiciest rumors that we might see come true next week.

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[TechoChris]

09:48 PM on 02/27/2011

all i know is what ever it has i am buying it, I think apple will still control the market for the simple fact that, its simple ! android needs to learn that flashy isn't always better.

[MrBen]

04:44 PM on 02/27/2011

I am definitely interested in the next iteration. If they cut the weight, pep up the chips and add that front face camera, I'm pretty much sold.
I don't expect an ipad to replace anything, merely to augment my current technology use. I have an android phone, a Windows 7 desktop and I support a ton of Macs as my job. If I could carry this around buildings it would make a nice companion that I can edit helpdesk tickets or otherwise look up information on when I'm sitting in front of a broken computer.

[pjs2004]

03:42 AM on 02/27/2011

Without Flash it's useless. Buy an Android tablet.

[Channa]

11:17 AM on 02/28/2011

pfft

[pita143]

10:33 PM on 02/26/2011

I wanted a IPad but knew I could NEVER afford one. I am a disabled vet who lives on a limited income. SO I did the next best thing. I entered contests and I won a first Generation IPad before Christmas. I enjoy the ability to use so many different e book types on one system. Add to that the idea of being able to have a nice large music library. I use I IPad and with a few wires run it through my stereo while keeping it in a recharging cradle I get to listen to music for hours without one single commercial.

[Raymond Chuang]

02:03 AM on 02/26/2011

I REALLY hope that Apple puts in the 5-megapixel image sensor from the iPhone 4 on the back of the 2G iPad. Otherwise, if they use the same sensor as the one on the 4G iPod touch, the 2G iPad will essentially become a glorified iPod touch--not exactly what I want!

[endearingnoises]

07:11 PM on 02/25/2011

I like the home button =(

[Sunzuki]

05:29 PM on 02/25/2011

It's the same as the iPad except the cavity that was in the first iPad now mysteriously has a camera.

[ran6110]

04:24 PM on 02/25/2011

It's an evolutionary upgrade so if it has features you want or need the upgrade, otherwise wait till you really need one.

Personally, after I got my 11" Macbook Air my wife hasn't gotten any fight from me for her keeping the iPad most of the time. I hardly use it now...

Nothing against the device, just most of what I wanted to do on the iPad required workarounds where there are native apps on the Air.

So if it works for you then get one, unless our current one dies we'll wait for the 3.0 version...

[hawkrew]

04:02 PM on 02/25/2011

Looking forward to it.

[DRaymond]

01:10 AM on 02/25/2011

The iPad 2 will be really cool, amazing, innovative, fantastic, tremendous, neat, and special.  You will know this because they will use those words over and over and over again, just like they do at every one of their product announcements.
 
So just consider what an amazing cool person you will be by buying this fantasitc innovative special neat thing.

[Channa]

11:19 AM on 02/28/2011

magic!

[aneesoft]

10:54 PM on 02/24/2011

No matter what the next iPad or the next next iPad will be like, but we can sure that it will be better than the first generation, we have to do is waiting and waiting for its final appearance! More info about iPad: http://www.aneesoft.com/tutorials/ipad/index.html

[ctman2]

09:20 PM on 02/24/2011

Look at the Itouch 2 with front facing camera and then add lighter weight with dual cell capability for CDMA and GSM AND YOU GOT IT

[ran6110]

04:15 PM on 02/25/2011

On the iPad?

[Veganie]

07:28 PM on 02/24/2011

It is a passing idea.

[tuff guy]

07:04 PM on 02/24/2011

all you need to know about the rumors is that they're just that—rumors.

[KevinFletcherTweedy]

06:59 PM on 02/24/2011

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned a slightly larger screen! It's so obvious (with Asus coming out with their 12.1 inch Windows 7 entry). Also, USB3 has been out for almost a year and is backward compatible, so any USB port(s) included should be USB3. A couple of Micro-SD slots would go towards portability, too. Lastly, go for TWO cameras (front for video chat and back for aiming and taking a pic).

[solid]

07:43 PM on 02/24/2011

USB 3will be leapfrogged by Light Peak (Thunderbolt) in short order. I could go for the two cameras though, for Facetime.

[ogaraj]

10:15 PM on 02/25/2011

so, you're saying do what the other tablet makers have been doing? interesting... might as well just buy a Xoom

[MrBen]

04:46 PM on 02/27/2011

You could buy a xoom... if you want to spend $800 plus go through the hoop of buying a month of Verizon service for the device. The Xoom would have been a great tablet if it wasn't burdened with Verizon.
$500 for the baseline iPad is still a very compelling feature.