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iPad 2 Features Rumour Roundup…

A nice little roundup of what most people think the iPad 2 will offer…

• Dual Core ARM Cortex A9 CPU.
• POWERVR SGX543 GPU (with Open CL).
• No Retina Display, but a less reflective screen more suited to eBook use.
• Front and Rear Cameras similar to the iPhone 4′s.
• Gyroscope.
• More RAM.
• Smaller, lighter, thinner – especially the screen.
• NFC capabilities (maybe).

I am hopeful of the “full monty” Apple A5 making an appearance in the iPad 2. i.e. Dual Core ARM Cortex-A9, and the all singing all dancing Imagination Technologies’ POWERVR SGX543 GPU, with OpenCL support and superb OpenGL ES capabilities – approaching OpenGL 3.x in actual fact. But I am still concerned that the silicon was only available to Apple very late last year. So we may be disappointed, or get one half of the full deal.

But all in all I think the collection of rumours Jonny Evans has gleaned from all the usual Apple web sites are pretty solid.

You can take it to the bank that all of the Apple A5 related goodies outlined above will certainly be the core of the iPhone 5.

Oh, one more thing: I don’t think the iPhone 5 will be called by that name exactly.