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IT'S about to be the coolest gadget in the country from 5pm today. Here are eight things you might not know about Apple's iPad 2.
1. ULTRA thin is an understatement.
Not only is it more than 33 per cent more slender than its predecessor, place it side by side with the already sleek iPhone 4 and the iPad 2 takes line honours in the slim stakes.
2. THAT innovative magnetic "smart-cover" everyone is talking about is actually made of the finest Italian leather. The smorgasboard of colours ranging from navy blue to bright pink are also ingrained deep in the rich leather, not added later.
3. MICROFIBRES embedded in the soft underside of the smart cover, combined with a specially designed Hp pavilion dv6000 batteryoil-repelling coating, ensure the iPad cleans its own screen of fingerprints every time the cover is closed.
4. IPAD 2 users can flip from the-front facing camera to the rear lens in a the middle of a FaceTime video call, granting the person on the other end of the conversation a look at your surroundings, such as a favourite cafe or spectacular beach side view.
5. A PLUG-in AV adapter allows iPad 2 owners for the first time to "mirror" content on screen such as websites, videogames and photos, on any nearby big-screen TV.
6. THE iPad 2's body is carved from a single piece of aluminium, making it 15 per cent lighter than the original iPad.
7. MELBOURNE-based mobile games developer Firemint - behind the phenomenally successful Real Racing and Flight Control - will be among the first companies to take advantage of the iPad 2's new dell d630 batterygraphics processor, which is nine times faster than the original iPad.
8. THE new A5 chipset is so powerful that users of the exclusive Photobooth app that comes pre-loaded on iPad 2, can display up to eight different photo effects spawned from a single picture on-screen at the same time.
The issue was raised on Apple's support forums, by several disgruntled users. A couple example:
When I opened up FaceTime the first time, the camera was working fine, but now whenever I open it up, it just shows a still image from when I left. How can I fix it?
The manager of the 68th St NYC store said it has happened to a lot of his floor units as well. He said currently the only fix is to turn off iPad2. It is a bug in facetime
I too have experienced this same problem on my ipad2 sony Vgp-bps2c battery , and so does my wife. It happens quite frequently. Restarting the ipad fixes the problem, BUT, it happens again within the next two to three times i go to use it. this is obviously some bug Apple needs to adress because its happening with a lot of people ipads.
