We were sceptical when Apple launched the original iPad, but it's proved a roaring success. Where previous attempts at tablet computing have repeatedly stalled (anyone remember the MID?), Apple got it just right, completely reinvigorating the tablet market in the process.

Our first impressions of the eagerly awaited iPad 2.

There's so much to say about Apple's new tablet, the iPad 2, yet it really boils down to a few short and sweet sentences. It's the latest tablet on the market, having beaten the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook to market by a good month , and its return to store shelves (or lack thereof) comes just a...

When I first bought my iPad 2, friends asked if I would use it, as I already had a smartphone, a MacBook pro and an iMac. Over the past ten months, however, I have probably used it more than all my other devices put together.

Upon its release, last March, iPad 2 was among the first tablets to come with a dual-core processor.The Apple A5 is a 1GHz CPU that performs admirably still. It's now the brainpower of the iPhone 4S,which manages to thrash most other's in its wake.