Apple recently announced the much awaited iPad 2 at an event in San Francisco. The iPad 2 comes with a front facing camera as well as a rear camera. The iPad 2 is also 33% thinner as compared to the original iPad. iPad 2 runs on the recently announced iOS 4.3 and comes with the same 9.7 inch display and 10 hours of battery life.

The iPad 2 will be available in the US from March 11th on the airwaves of AT&T and Verizon. Customers in Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, UK and other lucky countries will be able to purchase this amazing gadget from March 25th. Until then, you can check out the exclusive specs comparison of the original iPad and the new iPad 2 after the break.

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