According to a few sources (directly asking polish iSpot employee for instance) I can say with enough confidence, that on 25 th of March the new Apple slate will be oficially available in Poland. It is a good news, because original iPad took 7 months to arrive (and when it finally shown up, it was overpriced a lot).
EDIT: We already know the prices of iPad 2 in Poland.
Availability:
You can pre-order at mac-store.pl and ishock.pl.
iSpots will have it available on Friday the 25th on 5pm (also available online).
iPad2 will not be available in Orange Poland, according to gsmonline.pl. Other operators did not make a statement yet.
Is it worth waiting for? iPad 2 does not bring many changes, but they will have an impact:
- Dual core A5 processor running at 1.08 GHz EDIT: CPU is running at 894 MHz (source: CHIP)
- EDIT: Powerful PowerVR SGX543MP2 accelerator (source: CHIP)
- 33% thinner and 15% lighter than the original iPad
- two cameras: front camera for FaceTime and rear camera, which is capable of recording 720p HD video
- this time white iPad will also be available
- smart cover which magnetically attaches itself to iPad, and can also be used as a stand for the device
- built in gyroscope
- Storage: 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB options
- VGA video output (adapter sold separately)
iPad 2 will be running iOS 4.3 (which, by the way, will not be available for iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2gen)
How fast is that A5 CPU? According to estimates on ifans.com, A5 is comparable to nVidia Tegra 2 and new dual core Snapdragon in RAW CPU tests. However, it has much more GPU processing power, which makes it about 4 times faster than Tegra 2.
With that kind of processing power, one question remains: will EVE Online run on it?*
* sadly, it won’t, because EVE is only compatible with Mac OS X, and not iOS.