iPad 2 available today

As one of just three exclusive South African Apple approved retailers for the launch of iPad 2 today, Friday 29 April 2011, DionWired expects stock to go fast and will have experts on hand to brief both devotees and the uninitiated and its Woodmead, Gateway, Bedford Square, Woodlands, Fourways, Somerset and Hyde Park stores. It also offers a full complement of internet connectivity solutions and customers who sign up for a Vodacom 3G contract, can receive a R1000 discount off the iPad 2.

The iPad 2 is a complete redesign, being 33% thinner and 15% lighter than its predecessor and features a Dual-Core A5 processor which means better multitasking, faster application load time and higher application performance. Graphics performance is up to nine times faster. It has two cameras - a front-facing camera, which allows for video calls using FaceTime and a rear-facing camera that shoots HD-quality movies.

It will be available in both black and white, starting with the 16GB WIFI-only model at R4399, the 32GB WIFI-only model at R5399 and 64GB WIFI-only model at R6399. The range is completed by the 3G models which start with the 16GB WIFI+3G model at R5599, 32GB WIFI+3G model at R6599 and the 64GB WIFI+3G model at R7599.

As DionWired GM Andrew Jackson explains, "For us, this is probably the consumer electronics event of the year. It's effectively a whole new mobile device."