Rumor Has It: iPad 2 Is On Its Way

Rumor has it that suppliers, model specifics, and new materials have already been chosen for the iPad 2. A new patent has also come to light that introduces some interesting possibilities about what materials might be used in future iPad casing designs, reports gigaom.com.

Other iPad rumors from around the tech world include the addition of front- and back-facing cameras for use with FaceTime, three-axis gyroscope for games, a Cortex-A9 chip CPU, a mini-USB port, and more memory. Some sites are also predicting a 7-inch model to bridge the gap between the iPhone/iPod touch and the current large iPad screen, though Steve Jobs recently went on the record against that idea.

The speculated release time for iPad 2 is April 2011, a year after the first iPad was introduced.