Actually the description of the Smart Cover makes me a lot more interested if I take the iPad plunge, particularly being able to fold back so it'll remain attached even when held like a magazine.

Love mine, Apple does it right.
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I can't wait to see what my iPad 2 looks like with it's pre-odered iPad 2 full-body Invisible Shield on. In other news, Apple is sending me a replacement iPhone 1, for a fee, lol. I'd rather save a few hundred euros and get an iPad 2. I'm waiting for iPhone 6

This iPhone 5 mockup from Macrumors with it's same physical size, but 4" screen looks cool though:



I however would like iPhone 5 to look like an iPad 2 Wifi, with a solid aluminum rear shell. Like a sleek extra-terrestrail body from the future. And while you're at it Apple - get rid of the dock connector-port, move to the cloud and build in inductive charging.

Yah it's pretty neat.. You fold it into a triangle, it props the iPad up.. Either upright or mostly laying flat... You fold it all the way back it lays flush like a magazine, or if you fold it back, but then in half... The magnets clasp to one another and it's flush with itself, leaving the camera exposed.. Or, you can just remove it with a sm all tug. Pretty neat overall, but the only issue I see with it is dirt and hand oils and the tendency for it to transfer those things directly to your screen since you end up touching the inside of the smart cover itself a lot.

The other neat thing it does is if when you peel it back you do it slowly or one panel at a time, the backlight starts dim, then steps up with each panel you roll back when initially uncovering the face of the iPad. It's pretty slick.

While I've not yet held the iPad 2, I prefer the look of the original iPad. Although, my iPad is in it's case all the time, so I never actually get to see it, except when it's removed for cleaning.

I was going to pass on the smart cover, but, okay...I'll drink.

Any ideas why DED would put the original iPad in the case backwards and not fold the flap in for these pics? All that trouble to take nice close ups and missing that seems low rent to me.

The magnetic attachment is pretty strong. You can let it hang without fear of it falling off. You can even hold and swing it by the cover (to an extent), but I wouldnt recommend it. Anyway, I think the Smart Cover makes the iPad 2 great.

Can you tell if the sim card slot opener is made out of liquid metal, like the iPhone one?

Sounds pretty good on paper. But will anyone want to buy it?