Difference Between HTC Puccini and iPad 2

Ever since its launch in March 2011, Apple’s iPad 2 has been a darling of all tablet lovers. Not only it is selling like hotcake because of its features, it is perceived as the ultimate because of innovative marketing by Apple. Many mobile manufacturers have tried to come up with their tablets, but so far have failed to shake up iPad 2 from its top position in the tablet segment. Now it is the turn of Taiwanese giant HTC to take on the might of iPad 2 with its recently unveiled tablet HTC Puccini. Let us take a closer look at the product to see if it indeed has it to challenge the supremacy of iPad2.

Apple iPad 2

While other major players were busy designing tablets to compete with iPad, Apple surprised the world with the launch of iPad 2, which was decisively much better than iPad. iPad 2 is not just lighter and thinner than iPad, it is much faster and gives a better performance than its predecessor. Despite all such changes, it is priced at $499, the same as iPad at release, and also is a miser as it consumes same power as iPad. Apple has claimed that it is twice as faster than iPad and nearly 10 times faster than iPad when it comes to graphics processing.

iPad2 has A5 processor that is nearly two times faster than processor of iPad and it produces a screen resolution of 1024×768 pixels. It runs on Apple’s proprietary mobile operating system, iOS 4.3. iPad 2 is 33% thinner than iPad making it almost as thin as the thinnest smartphones, which is an achievement in itself. It measures 241.2×185.7×8.8 mm and weighs just 601g. It is a dual camera device, whereas iPad had none. One can not only take pictures but also record HD videos with the rear camera, while the front one is a VGA camera that allows face to face chat with Facetime, and to take self portraits and share with friends on social networking sites.

HTC Puccini

Puccini is an attempt by HTC to make its presence felt in the tablet segment, which is one of the fastest growing segments. The company has seen to it that it is loaded with features that allow it to compete with the best in the business, including iPad 2. Puccini has a large, 10.1 inch touch screen with a resolution of 1280×800 pixels. It runs on Android 3.1 (Honeycomb), an OS developed by Google especially for tablets, has a super fast NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core 1.5 GHz processor with 2 GB of internal memory. Puccini comes with a leather case that makes it easier to carry along, and it has a stylus just like HTC flyer. It is believed to have 8 MP camera at the back which has dual LED flash.