Just how do you make the best tablet in the world better? Apple's iPad Air was Editor's Choice and Readers' Choice for Best Tablet in the 9-inch plus category, in the last Digital Life Awards. So, for an encore, Apple just had to improve on the Air. And it has. So it is thinner. And faster. And lighter. Think about it. The original iPad Air was already quite thin at 7.5mm, the same thickness as the iPad mini, and fully 20 per cent thinner than earlier editions of the iPad mini. Now, Apple has put it on a diet and come out with the iPad Air 2. This is even thinner at 6.1mm, which is 18 per cent skinnier than the original, making it the world's thinnest consumer tablet. Samsung's Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is 6.6mm thick; and Sony's Xperia Z2 is 6.4mm thick. The iPad Air 2 is as tall and as wide as the original iPad Air, but by some alchemy, it manages to weigh around 32 to 34g lighter. In outward appearance, the iPad Air 2 is virtually indistinguishable from the original, with a … [Read more...] about DL Editor’s Choice: Apple iPad Air 2