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iPad 2 tablet launched by Apple’s Steve Jobs
- 15 million – number of iPads sold since 2010 (source: Apple)
- 75% - Apple’s share of the tablet market in December 2010 (source: Strategy Analytics)
- 64 million – predicted global sales of tablet computers in 2011 (source: Gartner)
- 82 - Number of new tablets launched at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (source: CCS Insight)
Along with the updated hardware, Apple unveiled several new applications for the iPad 2, including the video editing package iMovie and music making programme, Garage Band.
However, according to James Holland, editor of Electricpig.co.uk, the company still has some way to go in refining the iPad’s software.
“Where Android is still ahead is they have nailed a few of the interface issues, like notifications – when the iPad wants to tell you something it takes up the whole screen and you have to dismiss that to continue working,” he said.
“Apple needs to up its game because it is positioning the iPad as a post PC device.
“At the moment it is slightly backwards in that it makes you do one thing at a time,” said Mr Holland.