Steve Jobs introduces the iPad 2, faster, thinner and with two cameras

The Apple CEO Steve Jobs publicly reappeared on Wednesday (2) the announcement of the new version of the iPad. Called iPad 2, the device was shown in San Francisco, USA. Jobs walked away from the command of the company on January 17, due to a health problem.

Available in two colors - black or white - IPAD 2 will come equipped with a new processor, dubbed the A5, with two cores, as well as rear and front camera for videoconferencing. "IPad 2 is thinner than the iPhone," Jobs said. The unit will have 8.8 mm thick and weighs 580 grams.

The price and storage capacity will be the same as the previous line: from $500 for the 16GB model without 3G connection. 6 are the same models: 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB with the option of connectivity via wi-fi or wi-fi over 3G. The most expensive model costs $830.

It will be available from March 11 on the U.S. market. On day 25, the new version begins to get to 26 other countries.

Among the new features is the presence of an HDMI video output. The cable, sold separately, cost $ 40. There are two new covers, a polyurethane, $40, and other leather goods, sold at $ 70. Both products are equipped with a magnetic blanket, when removed from contact with the device, the screen turns on automatically.

The device also comes with a new version of Apple's operating system for mobile devices, IOS 4.3. According to Scott Forstal, vice president responsible for developing the program, the new version will have faster access to the internet, because of developments in the Safari browser.There are advantages even for iPhone users: the phone can function as a hotspot, or will serve as a wi-fi access to other devices.

The photo application Photo Booth, present on computers with Mac OS X, will attend the iPad 2, using their cameras to photograph the front and rear users and use some effects to play with images.

IMovie, which was already available for iPhone, iPad won version. The program, which lets you record and edit movies directly on the tablet will be available on March 11 for $5 in the App Store.

The Garage Band, music editing, also comes in a version for the tablet. Is it possible to connect instruments, send files by e-mail and start a project and finish in the iPad Mac iPad The accelerometer 2 allows the tablet "feel" the pressure force of a piano keyboard in Garage Band.

The iPad not celebrated one year of existence, but will retire as one of the most successful appliances of the recent history of consumer technology.

The apparatus of Apple will gain a new version, after 11 months and more than 15 million units sold worldwide. This generated a profit of $ 9.5 billion dollars to Apple, Jobs said. "We never had a product with a 'start' as well. The sale, recorded from April to December is more than any other tablet," Jobs said.

The best way to measure success d Apple, however, is seeing the emergence of dozens of new aircraft in the same format , all seeking a piece of a market that, according to an analysis of bank JP Morgan, to reach U.S. $ 25 billion in 2011.

From the CES in Las Vegas at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the main technology trade fairs of the year were the scene of many performances of new tablets. "Everyone says that 2011 is the year of tablets. It seems to be the year of the copies," said Steve Jobs.