Apple to launch Premium version of iPad 2

Cnet is reporting that Apple has begun production of a premium iPad 2 , becoming the first vendor to offer a a specialized tablet device. Presumably the upgraded model would appeal to the publishing vertical and other professional market segments.

"Apple is...expected to roll out a premium version of iPad 2--a higher resolution screen, front-/rear- facing HD cameras--in the current quarter," Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, wrote in a research note today. This follows similar reports about a high-end iPad in the works.