iPad2 Fakes Leak in China while Tech World Parties in Vegas

The ever-lovable China-based MICgadget blog waved a red flag at everyone drooling over new and possibly never-to-be-released gadgetry on the CES showfloor in Las Vegas Thursday, teasing web surfers with a headline about leaked photos of the much-anticipated iPad2.

These are pretty clearly mock-ups but with CES in full swing and an Apple vacation black-out in place, they signal a revving of the hype machine and ramping of new-gadget lust that ought to be at a near fever pitch by the time Apple announces a “special event” sometime in late January/early February.

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Victor
If this is the new design, I don’t like it.
iMan
If these pictures are correct then that means apple is taking the iPad the way of the iPod Touch and to make it almost kid-like but a large base of iPad owners are business users, and if they take away the serious look then the “image is everything” business men leave for another tablet like the blackberry playbook. Apple has to keep the iPad as a serious product geared toward a serious market.
Rob
The back panel speaker port may be the low ‘woofer’ and the ‘tweeters’ on the front through perforations…
landoncube
I like the carbon fiber look.
These nicely done pics don’t address the rumors of a thinner bezel, though. Same screen size with a thinner surround? Surely just enough smaller to force me to buy all new cases?