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• iPad 2: An upgrade that maintains Apple's tablet lead

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 03 March, 2011 07:08

  At today's Apple event, Steve Jobs wasted no time jumping straight to the point: "We're here to talk about Apple's third post-PC blockbuster product."

• Steve Jobs launches the slimmer, lighter, faster iPad 2

  By Gregg Keizer | 03 March, 2011 06:41

  Apple CEO Steve Jobs today took a San Francisco stage to introduce his company's newest iPad.

• Will Apple make preemptive strike, cut iPad price?

  By Gregg Keizer | 02 March, 2011 08:25

  Apple should get a jump on the tablet competition Wednesday by dropping the price of the iPad and expanding its distribution, an analyst said today.

• In pictures: 15 best iPad apps for newcomers

  By Tom Kaneshige | 01 March, 2011 14:57

  Are you considering the iPad 2 as your first iPad? An iPad, unplugged, is a welcome contrast to the communications-driven iPhone. Take our tour of cool apps that take advantage of the iPad's leisurely user experience.

• Apple iPad 2: Five reasons it already has other tablets beat

  By Tony Bradley | 01 March, 2011 05:07

  We don't yet know for sure, but -- based on the teasing image accompanying media invitations to an Apple press event later this week -- all signs suggest that the iPad 2 will be officially unveiled. Rivals are aggressively trying to compete with the Apple tablet, but the iPad 2 already has other tablets beat and it's not even a reality yet.

• Xoom Vs. iPad: The real tablet wars begin

  By Daniel Ionescu | 26 February, 2011 08:45

  Motorola couldn't have chosen a worse time to start selling the Xoom, the first real Apple iPad competitor. Just as the Xoom went on sale on Verizon, Apple dropped an iBomb in the shape of a press invitation next week to the unveiling of the next generation iPad (let's call it the iPad 2).

• iPad 2 event March 2: What to expect

  By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 25 February, 2011 01:15

  Apple will officially unveil the iPad 2 on March 2 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, putting an end to one set of rumors and sparking a whole new set.

• UPDATED: Apple Oz denials look dodgy as US invites go out

  By Spandas Lui | 23 February, 2011 11:51

  It's official. The invites have been sent out. Apple will hold an event next Wednesday, March 2, where it will likely launch the next iPad, according to US analysts.

• Is March 2 iDay for iPad 2?

  By John Cox | 23 February, 2011 07:51

  Apple will host on March 2 an event in San Francisco where the company is expected to announce the next version of its popular iPad tablet, according to a technology blogger at the Wall Street Journal.