HotHardware checked out the second-generation iPad and awards it with a Recommended award for its increased performance and enhanced holding comfort. The main cons include the poor camera quality, lack of USB/microSD/Flash support, and the heavy weight (for one-handed use).

"The magic is back for a second act, baby, and it doesn't play for the Lakers (that's the other Magic). The magic we're talking about plays for team Apple, and while the competition tries to come up with a so-called "iPad killer," Apple may have beat them to the punch. How's that for irony? We're of course referring to the iPad 2, Apple's second tablet in as many years, and the first successor to the slate that started it all. Don't confuse that to mean Apple invented the tablet, which it didn't, but the Cupertino outfit was the first to figure out how to market and sell such a device to the mainstream, almost single-handedly reviving a mobile concept that many didn't think could co-exist with laptops and netbooks.."



Link: HotHardware