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"&amp;quot;Thinner. Lighter. Faster.&amp;quot; Sounds like a Nike ad, but it&amp;#039;s actually the description of the new iPad 2, the first successor of the Apple&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;magical&amp;quot; tablet. And, if it were up to sales numbers alone, it deserves one. In the nine months the iPad has been available, Apple stores have sold 15 million, &amp;quot;more than every PC tablet ever,&amp;quot; according to GagaOm.com. And at today&amp;#039;s press conference, Steve Jobs rattled off its list of improvements. Among other things, they include a faster operating system; a new color (now available in white bezel); a lighter (it lost .2 pounds, making it 1.3 pounds) and thinner (more so than the iPhone 4) make; both front- and rear-facing cameras; an HDTV adaptor; and more. With the iPad 2, consumers can also purchase a custom &amp;quot;smart case&amp;quot; that folds into a display and puts the iPad to sleep when covered. So, understandably, many are excited. But some iPad (1) owners are a little ticked since they can&amp;#039;t upgrade them to carry the new and improved features of the iPad 2, especially since they are, at least for now, pegged at the same price points ($499 to $829). One owner says it best: &amp;quot;The ever-increasing release-cycle of Apple&amp;#039;s product generations is getting a little annoying; I feel like I just bought my iPad a few months ago\u2014oh wait, I did (!)\u2014and there&amp;#039;s no way for me to get front- and rear-facing cameras on it, etc\u2026 Given that the prices aren&amp;#039;t really changing on this second-gen iPad, my first-gen iPad feels relatively redundant. It would be nice to start seeing either hardware-upgrade paths being designed into Apple consumer electronics or a trade-in program for people who want to stay up-to-date with new versions of their hardware devices.&amp;quot; -DJFelix I feel DJFelix&amp;#039;s pain, which is why I&amp;#039;ve waited for second-gen versions of all Apple&amp;#039;s products before buying them. Their upgrades are so fast and so furious, and I don&amp;#039;t wanna be the fool who wasted money on a subtly-faulty product. Though that logic doesn&amp;#039;t necessarily line-up considering the iPhone 4, most of which needed a supplemental case to prevent the phones from dropping calls. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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