Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover

March 2, 2011, 12:15pm PST | Length: 00:02:42
Apple CEO Steve Jobs shows off a new, bendable, magnetic case specifically designed for the iPad 2 and called the Smart Cover.

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Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover

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>> For the original iPad we did a case. The case is pretty cool. It can prop the iPad up for typing or for watching movies. Worked pretty well except that we went to all this trouble to make a beautiful design and we covered it up with this case; right? But more than that, we added thickness and weight to the product and we made it more difficult to use with some of the accessories. So we thought we could do better than this for iPad 2. And we started from the very beginning to design the case right alongside the product. And we have done that, but it's not a case anymore. It's a cover to cover the glass. It's a smart cover. And this is what it looks like. And it bends and folds around just like this as a typing stand and to watch movies on just like the old one. It looks great with black. Looks great with white. And it even automatically instantly wakes up the iPad from sleep when you open it and automatically puts the iPad to sleep when you close it. Now, how is this held on? Do we have some screws that you screw in? What do we do? No. We use magnets or engineering and IDT came up with this idea of using magnets that grasps it and auto-align it so it's always in perfect alignment. And I'll show you a little video of this. You won't believe it. It's so cool. And you can remove it in a second. You can add it in a second. It adds minimal weight and thickness, because it's just covering the top. It's got a microfiber lining that cleans the screen every time you move it, open it or close it. Again, it automatically wakes on open, puts the iPad to sleep when you close it. It's really easy to remove or change the cover. So you can have a bunch of them and pick which cover you feel like today and easily just put it on. And they come in polyurethane, which is used to make spacesuits or leather.

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RE: Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover
Traxxion 21st Apr 2011
@sfdrf
You mean like the way a car/automobile interior light goes off (on a timer) when I close the door? The same way it has done for decades? Or the way a laptop turns itself off when I close the lid?

When you put it like that its so cool!!
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peterskine@... 7th Mar 2011
Too bad you need to use a laptop to view the video. Flash=no iP*** allowed!
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thinnner is not necessarily better
anthonymaw 14th Mar 2011
I have to wonder how many of the new thinner iPad 2's are going to get destroyed because they were accidentally crushed or bent. A thicker body design is mechanically stronger and more resistant to bending stress and therefore more durable, not to mention that there is more room to pack more "stuff" inside a bigger case.
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xrae00@... 14th Mar 2011
Most magnets "bend" a screen image over time. What keeps this from happening on an iPad?
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RE: Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover
dcroteau 15th Mar 2011
@xrae00@...

I hope you just wrote faster than your thoughts here...

LCD is not a CRT...it's not affected by a magnet.
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RE: Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover
dcroteau Updated - 15th Mar 2011
That's not a new concept at all.

That "triangular foldable cover / support" has been out there for many years on portable cardboard drawing boards/tablet used in meeting and presentation.

Yes, it's a good idea to use it in a case for tablet but that is far from being revolutionary and needing a Jobs intervention/presentation.... he's really addicted to being on a stage...

(Yes, I like the fact that this video is in Flash format and that no iStuff can visualize it...how ironic!)
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RE: Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover
Willtur 17th Mar 2011
I think its funny some of the videos here are hilarious, I have never seen so many people get together for so little advancements in features.
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RE: Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover
thomasrutter Updated - 24th Mar 2011
Same outfit, different product launch
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RE: Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover
jmwells21 20th Apr 2011
Wait... you're telling me I can BUY a COVER for this?
iGenius!
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In case you missed it!
sfdrf 20th Apr 2011
It puts it to sleep and wakes it up when you put it on or take it off!
Even if i hate apple, that is pretty cool.

Too bad his voice is winey as hell
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RE: Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover
Traxxion 21st Apr 2011
@sfdrf
You mean like the way a car/automobile interior light goes off (on a timer) when I close the door? The same way it has done for decades? Or the way a laptop turns itself off when I close the lid?

When you put it like that its so cool!!

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