Gallery: Apple reveals the iPad 2 - TechRepublic

Gallery: Apple reveals the iPad 2

  • \n\tJobs opens the event with Apple success stories from the past decade.

  • \n\tJobs, who is currently on medical leave from Apple, was a surprise at the event.

  • \n\tThe iPad 2 is officially official. At first look, the iPad 2 doesn’t look much different from the original iPad.

  • \n\tHere are some of the new features.

  • \n\tThe iPad 2 will be  thinner than even the iPhone 4. Jobs says the new edge will be easier to handle.

  • \n\tThe iPad 2 killer detail may be the price tag – same as the original iPad.

  • \n\tJobs touts how the original iPad is already dominating the market.

  • \n\tThe smart cover is a bendable flip that sticks to the side.

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    \n\tthe iPad 2 will come in white and black. The polyeurothane case comes in five colors and the leather case also comes in five colors.

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  • \n\tScott Forstall, senior vice president of iOS Software, takes the stage to talk about iOS 4.3.

  • \n\tScott Forstall, senior vice president of iOS Software, takes the stage to talk about iOS 4.3. Improvements to AirPlay now include photo slideshows, and video and audio from apps to other devices.

  • \n\tPhtoto Booth gives you nine live photo streams with various effects.

  • \n\tWith iMovie, each video can have up to three audio tracks, in addition to a voiceover track you can record on the iPad’s microphone.

  • \n\tGarageband has been updated.

  • \n\tiPad 2, the musical instrument. Using an acceleromete, the iPad can tell how hard you’re hitting the screen to affect the power of a note.

  • \n\tYou can also play the “Smart Guitar.”

  • \n\tThe dimensions of the iPad 2.

  • \n\tSteve says goodbye.

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