The heart of Apple's latest tablet

‘Apple, the undisputed leader in enhancing user experience, has always rested on its attempt to define electronic gadgets from being merely application-specific embedded systems to become ornamental possessions. This is true of its latest iteration of its best-selling tablet, the iPad. Although the iPad has already made its mark, the latest release is the first major product launch after the demise of Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs.

The Retina Display on the new iPad, popularly referred to as the iPad 3, is at the heart of the new tablet. It is the most important of the enhancement, cantered around which the new iPad has been marketed primarily. It boasts the highest screen resolution in any class of mobile electronic gadgets, and Apple is the only player in the tablet segment to bring in this feature. This emphasis on increasing the screen resolution will improve the user experience enormously.

The new iPad sports a couple of fundamental enhancements but is not functionally very different from its recent predecessor. Apple has tried to enhance the user experience by enhancing the fundamentals such as display and connectivity.
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Dell to re-enter tablet market with Windows 8

Dell has discontinued its earlier Android based tablet - Streak, but has not ruled out another Android tablet either.

Dell has officially confirmed that it is looking to launch a Windows 8 operating system based tablet.

"We have a road-map for tablets that we haven't announced yet. You'll see some announcements (in this regard) in the back half of the year," Dell's chief commercial officer Steve Felice was quoted as saying by Reuters.

He also added, "We're very encouraged by the touch capability we are seeing in the beta versions of Windows 8."