Neat! Makes me want flexible displays even more. Not that I think it would be useful, just so that they'd have some give to them and not be as susceptible to damage.

(thanks for the warning on the music - awful)

Hey man, my band and I worked a long time on that song.

The glass is laminated to the touch sensor, so that's going to help it hold together, but yeah, it was pretty remarkable seeing it deflect 2 inches. I watched the video for the first time earlier this week.

I'm really hoping that in the next iteration they can mange to get the LCD right up against the glass so it doesn't look like there's a small gap. That's how the iPhone's screen is put together and the effect enhances the appearance significantly. Or looked at a different way, it makes the glass less apparent, as if you're interacting directly with the pixels.

FWIW, got my (wife's) iPad 2 on Friday and I'm officially addicted. Come the first of the month I'm probably going to order one for myself.

I think the new cover is great- keeps it VERY slim and I love that it shuts off when you put the cover on top.

My favorite app thus far is OnSong for being able to display lead sheets for church music. It's kind of a pain to create the content, but once it's there it's awesome to be able to bring up a song, transpose as necessary, and then show the chords to the worship team. It's only too bad I can't get an iPad for each worship team member!

That flexibility is mostly because of how thin the glass is. I recall handling some samples of the glass that was used in LCD's about 10yrs ago. That stuff could be rolled way past making a half pipe. As I recall it was about .020" thk and maybe 15" wide.

Wow, the lead time on these things is pretty long! Ordered one for my parents from apple.com on Sunday and its telling me now that estimated delivery is 4th May. A little gutted really. I suppose it would have be worth joining the queue of eager iFans at the Apple Store. Oh well.

Yeah, I just did order a second iPad for myself, and the lead time is crazy. I ordered my wife's the day they became available and just received it last Friday. The second one I ordered has an expected date of early May. Seems the demands is very high for these . . .

Apparently you can monitor iPad 2 inventory at Target stores near your location and put yourself at the right place at the right time when the (limited) inventory arrives

http://log.maniacalrage.net/post/4030658171/tip-how-to-get-an-ipad-2-at-target-today-i

Apparently Target stores receive their daily iPad 2 shipments on a fairly predictable schedule (UPS truck delivery routes?), so you can figure out when in the day to check, and then get yourself to the right store.

Several people have posted various scripts that automate the process. Would be interesting if someone put together a web site that did it all Might generate some traffic...

iPad 2 retail availability tracker web site

Haha, this reminds me of when I got my Wii. Same process trying to get in just after the shipment time at target.

Cheaper Than an iPad 2: At End of Emails, Type ‘Sent from my iPad 2'

Funny, even though the iPad 2 only puts 'Sent from my iPad' at the end of your emails by default . . .