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Apart from the fact that you will be able to buy Apple iPad 2 from tomorrow, the first initial hands on reviews of the iPad 2 are starting to come in. How before the release? Apple actually provides pre-release hardware to particular organizations for initial reviews. Find what they have to say, after the break.

1. AllThingsD

• Cameras take mediocre still photos, decent video
• Battery life not as strong as first iPad, but impressive.
• “It never crashed in my tests, unlike every Android tablet I’ve tested.”
• “As of now, I can comfortably recommend it as the best tablet for average consumers.”

2. Engadget

• “iPad 2 managed an astonishing 10 hours and 26 minutes of non-stop playback” â€" better than iPad 1 in their testing.
• Cameras are “pretty bad” for stills, reasonably useful for video
• GarageBand is a “groundbreaking piece of software for tablets”
• “The iPad 2 isn’t just the best tablet on the market, it feels like the only tablet on the market”

3. NYTimes

• “My friends, I’m telling you: just that much improvement in thinness, weight and speed transforms the experience. “
• 5-megapixel camera on the back (no flash) (This is probably the only review that says the iPad 2 has a 5-megapixel camera, others beg to differ)

4. MacWorld

• “Pick up an iPad 2 after handling an original iPad, and you’ll notice the difference right away. This is a lighter, thinner device.”
• “The iPad 2 also has 512MB of RAMâ€"twice that of the original iPadâ€"and a 200MHz bus speed, likewise twice that of the original.”
• “Though the iPad 2 is an improvement on the original iPad in numerous ways, itÂ's still an evolutionary product, not a revolutionary one”
• “In short, the iPad 2 is the fastest iOS device ever made, by a long shot.”

5. SlashGear

• “We were able to software decode a side loaded 1.4GB .avi file in OPlayer on the fly, while watching it, without and lag or stutter. The same clip in the same app on the original iPad loads slower and drops frames and audio during playback.”

So from what we see in these initial iPad 2 reviews, it has been confirmed that the iPad 2 has 512 MB of RAM, and not the 256 MB RAM found on the original iPad. The tablet is thinner, faster and lighter than its predecessor and outruns it in the performance arena.

It’s only till tomorrow that we have to wait, after that, we’ll all be seeing plenty of reviews and iPad 2 unboxings in the following days.

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