How to vertically center text in a table cell with multiple lines?

Question

I want to vertically center "Apple iPad".

Does someone here knows how to do that?

My code looks like this:

\begin{table}[H]
  \noindent 
    \centering{}
      \begin{tabular}{cc}
      \hline
            \noalign{\vskip\doublerulesep}
      Modellname & Display-Auflösung \\ ~ & (in Pixel)
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]
      \hline
      Samsung Galaxy SIII & 1280x720
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]         

      Samsung Galaxy SII & 800x480
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]

      Apple iPad & 1024x768 (Standard)
      \\ ~ & 2048x1536 (Retina)
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]         

      Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) & 1280x720
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]         

      Samsung Galaxy Y & 320x240
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]         

      Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc HD & 1280x720
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]

      Amazon Kindle Fire & 1024x600
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]

      Google Nexus 7 & 1280x800
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]         

      SamsungGalaxy Tab 2 (10.1) & 1280x720
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]

      Motorola Droid Razr 4G & 960x540
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]                     
      \hline
      \end{tabular}
\end{table}

Answer 1

One way would be to use the multirow package which allows you to create cells spanning multiple rows:

Notes:

• I also applied \multirow to the header of the first column.
• I also replaced the x with \times.

Code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[H]
  \noindent 
    \centering{}
      \begin{tabular}{cc}
      \hline
            \noalign{\vskip\doublerulesep}
      \multirow{2}{*}{Modellname} & Display-Auflösung \\ ~ & (in Pixel)
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]
      \hline
      Samsung Galaxy SIII & $1280 \times 720$
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]         

      Samsung Galaxy SII & $800 \times 480$
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]

      \multirow{2}{*}{Apple iPad} & $1024 \times 768$ (Standard)
      \\ ~ & $2048 \times 1536$ (Retina)
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]         

      Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) & $1280 \times 720$
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]         

      Samsung Galaxy Y & $320 \times 240$
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]         

      Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc HD & $1280 \times 720$
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]

      Amazon Kindle Fire & $1024 \times 600$
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]

      Google Nexus 7 & $1280 \times 800$
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]         

      SamsungGalaxy Tab 2 (10.1) & $1280 \times 720$
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]

      Motorola Droid Razr 4G & $960 \times 540$
            \tabularnewline[\doublerulesep]                     
      \hline
      \end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}