Next Generation iPad To Feature 2 Cameras?

Apple’s next-generation iPad, rumoured earlier this week to be shipped by Apple’s manufacturers as early as February 2011, may also include both rear and front-facing cameras, according to various reports circulating today.

Citing unnamed sources from four component suppliers working on the iPad 2, Reuters reports that the next-generation iPad will feature cameras on the front and back of the device, along with a reduction in weight and bulk and a longer battery life.

Camera module makers Genius Electronic Optical and Largan Precision were also starting new supply deals with Apple, the sources told Reuters.

The Apple iPad 2 is expected to arrive in the US in April 2011 with a UK launch expected in May or June following a January 2011 announcement from Apple.