iPad 2 Shells - Front and Back Camera

China is one step ahead of everybody these days. There is no mystery. Like everything else, iPad, iPhones are manufactured there. What  prevents a guy in plant A (manufacturing iPad case) to pass the info to a friend who happens to own a plastic moulding company.

Chinese online stores are full of interesting things. Look at like these super nice TPU covers for iPad2. Yep I said iPad2. And there are dozens of companies selling iPad 2 cases, soft cases, hard cases, crystal cases, silicone ... 

If you check the leftmost iPad, there is a camera in the front center and a camera in the back. A large opening at the bottom seems to be for a big speaker with some sort of grid. As an ex laptop and tablet designer I would say that it could be also for more ventilation and hint to more powerful chipset.

Another point I noticed is that chinese manufacturers refer to the old and new case by dimensions and the new one seems to be smaller... Bets are opened.

Those who think iPad2 will be released in January are certainly wrong. FoxConn who manufactures iPads in ShenZhen is supposed to ship first production units end of February, which is consistent with a March announcement and April delivery. 

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And look at this: Rolls of Centrino labels. Last time I seen some, Intel was sending unannounced security checks every 6 months to see if they were kept in a secure place. Here you can buy rolls of everything.

Look at this little girl in ShenZhen super duper computer store doing her home work. What do you think she will be doing when she grows up? Posting on Facebook and following Justin BBBBBr?

Nope, she will most certainly be an engineer and design software or hardware.

We are finished here. I am learning Mandarin.
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Picture credit goes to oskay
Browse the ShenZhen set pictures there are very interesting.