iPad 2 Will Be Out in 100 Days

The second generation of Apple’s iPads is being assembled in Foxconn Electronic factories in China, Digitimes reported on Tuesday. Shipment is within the next “100 days”, which means iPad 2 would be available in February/March and on Apple Stores by April.

Foxconn is preparing 400,000-600,000 Apple tablets for sale.

The iPad 2 (which is not the official name) will have dual camera (front and back) to enable the facetime video chats, a gyroscopic setup for motion control, it also has a mini-USB report (which would replace the 30-pin dock connector). iPad 2 will feature a Cortex A9 CPU and expandable memory and it will look alike iPhone 4, except for its 7-inch screen. Apple sold 4.19 million iPads in the fiscal fourth quarter (lower than expected).

Apple originally had planned to start mass production of the tablet in January; its spokesman did not make any comments.