Apple launched the new iPad, the third generation of its category-defining mobile device.

With the breakthrough Retina display, 5-megapixel iSight camera, and ultrafast wireless, the new iPad is more immersive than ever before. Surf the web, check your email, flip through photos, watch a movie, play a game, thumb through a book or magazine, and more. iPad gives you a smarter, more intuitive, more fun way to do everyday things—and thanks to 200,000 apps in the App Store, things you can’t even imagine.¹

Key Features

• 9.7-inch Retina display with Multi-Touch
• Dual-core A5X chip with quad-core graphics
• 5MP iSight camera and FaceTime camera²
• 1080p HD video recording
• Up to 10 hours of battery life³
• Built-in Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
• Cellular data service on Wi-Fi + 4G models (sold separately)
• Available in black or white
• iOS 5 and iCloud⁴

iPad 2 16GB W-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models are still available at new lower prices.

¹ App count refers to the total number of apps worldwide.

² FaceTime video calling requires a FaceTime-enabled device and Wi-Fi connection for both caller and recipient. Not available in all areas.

³ Battery life varies by use and configuration. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information.

⁴ iCloud requires iOS 5 on iPhone 3GS or later, iPod touch (3rd and 4th generation), or iPad; a Mac computer with OS X Lion; or a PC with Windows Vista or Windows 7. Some features require a Wi-Fi connection. Some features are not available in all countries. Access to some services is limited to 10 devices.

Apple introduced iPhoto for iPad and iPhone and released major updates to iMovie and GarageBand, completing the suite of iLife apps for iOS.

Each app takes advantage of the stunning Retina display on the new iPad.

• iPhoto includes breakthrough Multi-Touch features, so you can use simple gestures on your iPad or iPhone to sort through hundreds of photos and find your best shots, enhance and retouch your images using fingertip brushes, and share photo journals with iCloud
• iMovie now gives you the ability to create amazing Hollywood-style trailers as you record HD video on your iPad and iPhone
• GarageBand introduces Jam Session, an innovative and fun feature that allows a group of friends to wirelessly connect their iOS devices to play instruments and record music together live

Apple also updated the iWork apps—Pages, Keynote, and Numbers—to take advantage of the Retina display. The update also includes 3D charts, new builds and transitions, and support in Pages for landscape orientation on iPhone and iPod touch.

On March 11th Apple will begin shipping the iPad 2. While retaining 10 hours of battery life and a month of standby, Apple has added cameras, faster CPUs, a gyroscope and a dual-core CPU. In fact the pricing is staying the same as the original iPad.

The new iPad 2 is thinner than your iPhone 4 at just 8.8mm think. The iPad 2 will have a new chip Apple calls the A5, which features Dual-core processors, up to 2X faster then the A4 chip, up to 9X faster graphics and has the same low power requirements as the previous iPad.

It will ship in both Black and a White version and be available for both AT&T and Verizon.

The new iPad 2 will now have a true 1080p HDMI video output, that will work with all apps and supports rotation.

While Apple is still working on getting the white iPhone to meet their standards, a clever modder overseas has removed the front and back glass panels of their iPhone 4 and made them transparent with a little paint thinner.

If you take a look at the Uwants site, there are several other pictures of this simple iPhone mod.

[via Uwants]