Is Apple Already Planning the iPad 2?
A recent discovery by Mission Repair has sparked rumors that Apple is already planning the second iteration of its iPad tablet.
Tons and tons of sites have made a point of listing all the features missing from the iPad. Among them was a forward facing camera. With no camera present at all, many tech fans wondered what Apple was thinking not including either a forward facing camera or a more traditionally located camera on the back of the device.
It seems that in leaving the camera out, Apple was just being Apple. That is, the company left it out of the first device because they'll likely include the camera in an updated model in the future.
Mission Repair recently received a box of iPad parts and notice that the metal, internal frames had a space that looked suspiciously camera-sized. The lads grabbed a standard webcam from a Unibody MacBook and lo and behold, it fit into the mysterious space in the frame like a hand in a glove.
*Images via Mission:Repair


They probably do realize that, but don't care. They just sit there and laugh as the fanbois snap up their inferior product.
Engineering manager: "Gentlemen, we can either work hard and create a great product, or push some of our budget over to marketing and head home early. What say you?"
Engineers: (room empties instantly)
Microsoft did charge for Vista SP3 -- they call it Windows 7.
Turns out they didn't. Just saving it as a way of increasing sales.
I think why it's surprising nowadays, is because this is supposed to be a forward thinking, revolutionary device (these are not my words).
Look, I like some of Apple's products, and I'm by no means a total hater, but it's beginning to get absurd.
They put a camera/video recorder on their current gen iPod Nano, but the "Game changing" futuristic touchscreen tablet device that runs proprietary software from Apple App Store doesn't have a camera?
Are you kidding me?
The reason it's totally absurd is because these new devices from Apple keep getting more and more expensive at their base price point, but they still gouge the shit out of you with the features.
So instead of it just being a 200 dollar iPhone that you need to spend another 300 dollars on to get video, its a 500 dollar tablet PC, that you'll have to spend another 600 dollars on to get a forward facing camera.
That is purely obscene. Even someone who can afford and loves all things Apple has to agree.
If I wanted to spend a small fortune on something that only looks pretty and is not functional I would buy a Van Gogh. At least Vincent doesn't wait for you to shell out a king's ransom before releasing "Sunflowers 2.0"
Along those lines, XP was just a service pack for Windows 2000.
I know it's cool to say, but it's really getting old.
Since when has apple given all that they can in their first gen products?
Ipod took what 4 generations?
Iphone 3 generations?
God knows how many times it took for a mac, mac laptop
This is apple, they have their hard core fans and the dumb general consumers who will simply buy by "omg its white and it looks apple"...
Google ftw, now off to read on their tablet os
If google wanted, im sure they could catch up with apple in a year or two with handsets and tablets...
Isn't Windows 7 sort of like a Vista service pack?
Win 7 still rules Vista still sucks balls