Weird, That dock on the side doesn't look like it is in the center of that side. Maybe an optical illusion. Actually neither is the portrait one and the logo looks off center as well.

This is a Verizon exclusive iPad. Apple finally caved in.

What about a spring loaded shield for the dock connectors so it gives that nice flush look when it's not docked? It'd also help to keep out lint and all the other random crap that seems to get in that port. I know it's probably not necessary but I think I'd like the look better as it would make remove the look of the hole and with a dual docking configuration I don't think you'd want both of them sitting out there like that - it'd just look very un-Apple like IMO.

Ghastly. No way Steve would approve of that.

I think this was old prototype that Apple didn't go with. I personally don't see this as a big deal if there's only one way to charge iPad.

Doesn't look thinner. I would expect next version to be flat on the back. More Iphone like. But what do I know?

Real or not, I want one.... Keyboard dock sucks since I want it for email and email in portrait mode is terrible. would love to dock the iPad in landscape mode without using a stand and cable.

Here's Mission Repair's shot of the iPad "metal frame" that they apparently received in February as part of their "first batch of parts":



And here is what the iFixit teardown reveals of the shipping iPad frame:



To put it delicately, they ain't the same, even allowing for the insane idea that Apple was shipping revelatory parts to random third party repair people before their closely control wonder product ever shipped.

I think it's pretty clear that Mission Repair uses bogus revelations about unreleased Apple products as a way to drive some traffic to their site and get some free publicity.