Topic: iPad

Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover

Summary: Apple CEO Steve Jobs shows off a new, bendable, magnetic case specifically designed for the iPad 2 and called the Smart Cover.

March 2, 2011 -- 12:15 GMT (04:15 PST)

Topics: iPad, Apple, CXO, Mobility, IT Employment

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RE: Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover

Too bad you need to use a laptop to view the video. Flash=no iP*** allowed!

peterskine@...
7 March, 2011 09:58

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thinnner is not necessarily better

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.

anthonymaw
14 March, 2011 09:49

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RE: Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover

Most magnets "bend" a screen image over time. What keeps this from happening on an iPad?

xrae00@...
14 March, 2011 10:38

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  @xrae00@...
  
  I hope you just wrote faster than your thoughts here...
  
  LCD is not a CRT...it's not affected by a magnet.
  
  dcroteau
  15 March, 2011 09:48
  
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RE: Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover

That's not a new concept at all.<br><br>That "triangular foldable cover / support" has been out there for many years on portable cardboard drawing boards/tablet used in meeting and presentation.<br><br>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!)

dcroteau
15 March, 2011 09:53

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RE: Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover

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.

Willtur
17 March, 2011 10:42

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RE: Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover

Same outfit, different product launch

thomasrutter
24 March, 2011 22:11

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RE: Jobs reveals iPad 2 Smart Cover

Wait... you're telling me I can BUY a COVER for this?
iGenius!

jmwells21
20 April, 2011 09:40

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In case you missed it!

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

sfdrf
20 April, 2011 13:41

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  @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!!
  
  12312332123
  21 April, 2011 04:41
  
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