In what shouldn't be too much of a shock for anyone, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the next generation iPad is now in production, which would concur nicely with the rumors that the iPad 2 will be released in the next four to six weeks. The WSJ report doesn't offer a whole lot of details, but they cite their sources as saying that the new iPad will be "thinner, lighter and will come with a faster processor, more memory and a more powerful graphics processor" and front-facing camera (no word on a rear-facing camera).
However the next iPad will not feature a higher resolution display. WSJ sources note that the new iPad's display will be "similar" to the current model.
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