ABI Research expects global tablet shipments to exceed 100 million units by end of this year, headed by the market-dominating iPad. Last quarter, overall tablet shipments reportedly hit a new high of 25 million units, a 77% increase year over year and a 36% leap from the first quarter.
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In April, it was revealed that Apple silently modified the 16GB Wi-Fi only edition of the iPad 2, upgrading the tablet with a smaller 32nm variant of the A5 chipset, which previously powered the line. The tweaked second-gen device has an internal identifier of “iPad 2,4.” Although it was initially discovered in last year’s iOS 5.1 beta, it was uncertain at the time what the model represented.
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Two of the major U.K. carriers, T-Mobile and Orange, are said to be jointly preparing point sales and readying demonstrations in retail stores across the country for the upcoming iPad 3.
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The DisplayMate President and screen expert Dr. Raymond Soneira agreed with Apple that the new iPad Retina Display is the best a mobile device has ever been equipped with. He also mentioned that the grayscale, color accuracy and picture quality of the third-generation tablet beat even most laptops, HDTVs and monitors.
Soneira found the company’s own “Retina Display” term to be to the point, provided the distance between the device and user eyes is no less than 15-18 inches. However, he wasn’t quite satisfied with the “Retina” part of the name, just like he did in the past, noting that for individual pixels to be indiscernible at this distance the screen must have a minimum of 458 ppi.
