The Apple announcement was expected Wednesday. The Steve Jobs, chief executive of the company and who remains on sick leave due to cancer, appeared in the Yerbabuena Center of San Francisco to present his latest stroke of genius, the iPad 2.
Defying speculation that some newspapers claimed that Jobs was about to die, the executive launched beats rivals to mock the competition Tablet PCs, as quoted by Reuters news agency.
Walking back and forth, Jobs spoke passionately about the main features of IPAD 2 while his deputy and heir apparent Tim Cook noted.
"We've been working on this product for a while and I do not want to miss it today," Jobs said before a packed auditorium in San Francisco without stopping to talk with their energy and distinctive style.
Among the nicest things that stands out is 33% thinner than its predecessor, is available in black and white, comes with blankets for protection, weighs 590 grams (the iPad 1 weighs 680 grams) and features a dual processor A5 .
The iPad 2, with a value of $ 499 is thinner than the iPhone 4, two times faster than its predecessor and is equipped with cameras. It goes on sale March 11 in the U.S. and 25 and March 26 in other countries.
will also be available both with wireless service from AT & T and Verizon. A 499 dollars is about $ 100 cheaper than the Motorola Mobility Xoom. Mobility Motorola's shares slid 4 percent while Apple rose 3.8 percent on Nasdaq in New York driven by investors who took a breather after the appearance of Jobs.
"It's going to hit sales of Xoom" he said. "You'll have serious competition," he added. The company sold nearly 15 million iPad in 2010 following the April launch, three or even four times what some analysts had predicted.
The company expects to sell 30 million or more this year, generating about 20,000 million dollars in revenue.
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