High Tech: iPad2 launched tomorrow in Switzerland

Just a year ago, tablets began to penetrate the high-tech market. Today, Deloitte estimates that around 50 million tablets are sold each year. Apple holds the lion's share of this market with its new iPad, the second version of which will be launched on March 25th in Switzerland.

As practical and aesthetically pleasing as its predecessor, but lighter (601 grams), thinner (33%), and twice as fast, the iPad 2 now features two cameras, front and rear. Its battery life is advertised at ten hours.

Out of competition

Even though there are 102 types of touch tablets on the market from 64 different manufacturers, Apple's iPad has become the benchmark in the most varied fields: business, academic, artistic, media, and even in air transport.
Il faut dire que pour quelques francs, et même souvent gratuitement, le client se voit offrir un vaste choix de fonctionnalités ludiques et pratiques, des jeux, des encyclopédies et même des guides touristiques. De plus, accessible via iTunes, l’App Store regroupe 350’000 applications dont plus de 65’000 sont optimisées pour l’iPad contre une centaine seulement pour l’Android, son concurrent le plus sérieux.

Present everywhere

Used for various demonstrations, the iPad was ubiquitous in manufacturers' booths at the last Geneva Motor Show. Ford even presented its new navigation system, developed with—get this—Microsoft, on an iPad!

Source : www.swissinfo.ch