iPad 2 sales survey: 70% of users are first time Apple byers

According to one of the financial analysts of Peper Jaffray ( a famous finance consultancy) Gene Muster who has together with his team surveyed more than 250 people which have purchased the new iPad 2 tablet, most of the devices available in stores In USA have being sold on Saturday already. After contacting most of the sales outlets they have find out that there are no more iPad 2 available for purchase. So it looks like Apple has already sold more than 500 000 iPads during the first weekend.

JailbreakMe jailbreak for iOS 4.3 coming soon?

Recently we have read reports from various sources that a new jailbreak tool for jailbreaking new Apple iOS 4.3 is under way. The developer of this unlock is an known jailbreak developer @Comex who is best known for his JailbreakMe website. In fact this should be a renewed JailbreakMe website based jailbreak solution. This rumor comes from exchange of Twitter messages between @Comex and some users.

Comex responded to inquires about his demo on iPad 2 jailbreak and the possible release of the jailbreak. He explained that he needs some time to pack the jailbreak solution into a finished jailbreak tool.

No iPad 2 launch in Japan

After the recent tragedy happened in Japan with the terrible earthquake and tsunami which followed immediately after it, Apple has announced it will postpone the release of the iPad 2 to the Japanese market which was previously scheduled for March 25 th.

Spokesperson from Apple confirmed this and said in a interview to media that Apple will delay the launch of their new product because of the tragedy ravaging Japan.

iPad 2 iOS 4.3 jailbreak saga continues

Finally we see some real results by the jailbreak developer community. Here is a picture of a jailbroken iPad2 posted by a jailbreak developer chpwn to his Twitter feed where he gives credit to another jailbreaker @comex. The picture clearly shows an iPad 2 so it by necessity runs iOS 4.3

As we wrote previously yet another jailbreaker know as @i0n1c has some kind of a jailbreak for 4.3 firmware but he is still working on some kernel issues before it is ready for public use. Nobody doesn’t know will comex release his jailbreak before or after i0n1c releases his own version. It is also not known will this new jailbreak work for for other iDevices like the iPhone 4 or also on other Apple products. Will it be tethered or untethered?

iPad 2 ordering?

Many people haven’t been so excited for a long time, like they are now waiting for the release of the Apple iPad 2 tablet. Differently than in previous similar occasions, Apple fans wont be able to pre order their devices until the date the iPad gets to the stores on 11th March.

We are not sure why this is so but one explanation could be that Apple is not sure about the level of demand and will they be able to satisfy it initially. On the other hand perhaps this is just a tactical decision to avoid shipment issues with some customers getting their devices too early and others getting it too late.

iPad 2 for businesses

Forebs magazine reports that a mayor retail company Best Buy wants to equip their entire store workforce with iPad tablets. This move should promote the company slogan on Connected World among its employees and customers..

Tech analysts report that Best Buy as a big chain supplying consumer electronics and with more than 1000 nation wide located stores is well suit for the move. This company has a work force consisting of more than 180,000 employees in many countries around the world, but the iPad is planned to be available only to sales personal in U.S. based stores. Still, this means that Best Buys will get many thousands of iPads, which will be a great deal for Apple.

iPad 2 features

Apple is promoting the idea that iPad is not just refreshed upgraded version of the original iPad, they say it is a completely new device.

Most important are the hardware related changes. Ipad 2 has new Samsung A 5 processor. This processor should be more than 9 times faster than its predecessor in the iPad. Also the graphic is improved with a new graphic processor which is expected to be double the speed than on the original iPad.

iPhone jailbreak for 4.3 ready?

Almost immediately after the release of the iPad 2 which is powered by the new iOS version 4.3 one of the main developers in the Chronic Dev Team nicknamed p0sixninja is working on a new hack which will use a new bootroom exploit in order to jailbreak the new firmware version 4.3.

The original iPad was already jailbroken since the 4.1 and 4.2.1 firmware with some of the best jailbreak software tools out there: Pwnage tools, RedSn0w or Greenpois0n.

iPad 2 revealed

Tech analysts reaction vary regarding the new iPad 2 which was showcased recently. While it has some new improvements, the industry was mainly interested by the appearance on the stage of Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs. Mr Jobs has a serious medical problems and is currently on a medical leave, but he managed to appear on the stage to reveal the new generation of tablets.

Apple iPad 2

The release of the second version Apple’s best selling product the iPad is being scheduled for March 2nd in San Francisco. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in SF is the usual place where they introduce their products and make ground breaking announcements.
The invitations for the press are already out.