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This Week in Mobile and Web – 03.04.11

Apple had some big new this week, with the announcement of the iPad 2, iOS 4.3, and new iPad apps. The iPad 2 is slimmer — by a third — has front and rear facing cameras, a dual core A5 processor, and 512MB of RAM. It also has a built-in magnet system that allows for covers and cases to ‘snap on’ and take advantage of the new lock/unlock features. The iPad 2 will be available in WiFi and 3G versions (AT&T and Verizon), starting March 11th, starting at $499. In addition, they announced that iOS 4.3 will be launching March 11th, to coincide with the launch of the iPad 2. This looks to be true as iOS 4.3 “Gold Master” has been made available to developers. It will be available for the iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 3rd/4th gen, and both iPads. One last thing…they also announced that iMovie and Garage Band will be available in iPad flavors soon. You can watch the full keynote here.

Now…the rest of the news.

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OS News

Also, this week in the OS battle….

Nielsen released a couple of charts depicting smartphone market share per OS, per manufacturer. The first chart shows that there is still a three-way battle between Android, iOS, and RIM (Blackberry), with Android leading, by a slight margin. The second show OS adoption by age. Android appears to be more popular with younger folks. This might have something to do with the fact that there are more devices to choose from, at lower price-points.