Gallery: Apple reveals the iPad 2

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Gallery: Apple reveals the iPad 2

By Andy Smith March 2, 2011, 7:06 AM PST

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ntJobs opens the event with Apple success stories from the past decade.

ntJobs, who is currently on medical leave from Apple, was a surprise at the event.

ntThe iPad 2 is officially official. At first look, the iPad 2 doesn’t look much different from the original iPad.

ntHere are some of the new features.

ntThe iPad 2 will be thinner than even the iPhone 4. Jobs says the new edge will be easier to handle.

ntThe iPad 2 killer detail may be the price tag – same as the original iPad.

ntJobs touts how the original iPad is already dominating the market.

ntThe smart cover is a bendable flip that sticks to the side.

Screenshot/Macy Bayern

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

Screenshot/Macy Bayern

ntScott Forstall, senior vice president of iOS Software, takes the stage to talk about iOS 4.3.

ntScott 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.

ntPhtoto Booth gives you nine live photo streams with various effects.

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

ntGarageband has been updated.

ntiPad 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.

ntYou can also play the “Smart Guitar.”

ntThe dimensions of the iPad 2.

ntSteve says goodbye.

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