Thursday 6 January 2011

iPad 2 case appears at CES, complete with iPad 2 mockup

A number of iPad 2 cases have shown up on the Web, and all of them have been very consistent in the fact that they all have a camera hole in the back, a camera hole in the front, and a speaker hole. This Dexim keyboard is the same design, although it has an added feature: a Bluetooth keyboard that can adhere to one of the flaps.

Attach the keyboard, and it's sort of like a laptop. Remove the keyboard, and there's still something else in the case that different, a machined aluminum iPad 2 mockup inside. Aside from that, it's pretty similar to the cases that have leaked online, and that means it's pretty close to the rumored iPad 2. Of note is a home button that is positioned nearer the bottom edge, implying rumors of a slimmer bezel might be on target.

One more thing of note: all these similar iPad 2 cases must mean something, as all these manufacturers wouldn't be building cases along the same design unless they knew something. On the other hand, it's possible they're all wrong. Somehow that doesn't seem logical.

Engadget has a full gallery of shots.