The clarity and size of the iPad is fantastic! A great tool to have.

The iPad is great

The charger does not work after 6 days

Ipad 2 has to be be one of the best products Apple has brought out yet, and that is after trying out a range of their other products too! I had been looking at buying a new tablet for a good while, as I only had a laptop and thought it would be a refreshing to change to have a new gadget.

Aesthetically pleasing; simple to use

A little heavy

When I discovered that along side the New iPad, Apple had released a new model of the iPad 2, the "2,4", the search was on to find one. Thanks to the assistance of a few people on the web and a very helpful guy at the Apple Store in Perth I was able to find out which serial numbers determined which...

I surprised my hubby with a IPAD for XMAS and he was estactic! He loved it, works like new, clear, had all the bells and whistles except for SIRI. Other than that I'm happy i made the purchase!

The Good Much faster in some areas. Thinner and lighter. Huge, intuitive app library. Smart Covers are slick. iMovie and GarageBand are killer apps. Dual cameras add functionality. Still excellent battery life. Tough-to-beat price. The Bad Not night-and-day better for some iPad owners.

Much faster in some areas; Thinner and lighter; Huge; intuitive app library; Smart Covers are slick; iMovie and GarageBand are killer apps; Dual cameras add functionality; Still excellent battery life; Tough-to-beat price

Not night-and-day better for some iPad owners; Cameras are sub-par by Apple standards; Android sometimes more powerful and open; Smart Cover doesn't guard the back; Still the same 1024x768 display

If you already own the original iPad there's little reason to splurge on the latest. While the cameras bring new functionality, the results as far as the rear camera is concerned, are basic.

More horsepower under the hood; slightly lighter; looks and feels great; battery life is still brilliant

Rear-facing camera offers basic results

If you're reading this, you're probably not one of the diehard Apple cultists who queued overnight to score the iPad 2 on launch day. Even more than its market-defining predecessor, the next-gen tablet from Cupertino was the subject of media hype, fan hysteria and in Asia, price hikes on the grey...

Incredibly sleek look and feel; video calling; tons of apps optimised for iPad; particularly magazines and new media

Lack of Flash video is galling for a media-centric device; bloated iTunes software; difficult to transfer media without iTunes

: Speedier and more streamlined than its predecessor, the iPad 2 is a wonderfully sleek next-gen device – which makes the lack of Flash video, and that clunky iTunes software even more noticeable.

: Very sleek and stylish; lots of iPad apps; especially new media and magazines; video calling facilities

: The omission of Flash video is a big issue; iTunes is dated and it's hard to transfer data without iTunes

Despite some operating system niggles, the otherwise slick iOS combined with elegantly designed hardware leads to some real, tangible benefits for the end user - such as excellent battery life. All this makes the iPad 2 the standard by which all other tablets will be judged.

Overall, it was a rather ill-thought out purchase on my part. Luckily I managed to re-sell it on eBay for a decent price. Seller got a good bargain, considering it wasn't used much.

- Aesthetically pleasing: if you're into Apple design; - Simplistic to use; - Fast; good graphics

- Personally; I found it still a little heavy; - App store: less variety; I find; than Android; - Had to buy lots of extra paraphernalia - bluetooth keyboard (which doesn't work with other bluetooth tablets/computers; - Paid word processing programs