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• Vodafone to offer iPad 2

  Vodafone has announced it will offer Apple's iPad 2 tablet, with the device available on a 12- or 24-contact or for outright purchase.

• Australian Maritime Safety Authority to trial iPad 2

  The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) will begin a two-month trial of 12 iPad 2 tablets with its executive team on Monday 5 September.

• iPad 2 supplies creep closer to demand

  Apple's supply of the iPad 2 edged closer to demand today as the company's online store showed a two-to-three week shipping delay.

• Apple launches iPad 2 this Friday at $579

  Apple has confirmed it will locally release the second generation of its popular iPad tablet this Friday at 5pm, with pricing from $579.
  

• Seven ways the iPad 2 is better than Motorola Xoom

  Seven ways the iPad 2 is better than Motorola Xoom

• Early iPad 2 demand outstrips supply

  Apple started selling its new iPad 2 earlier today through its online store, but shipping delays mounted as immediate supplies vanished.

• iPad 2: Don't take it apart, or risk cracked glass

  Apple's iPad 2 tablet which became available Friday, boasts a big battery, tiny speakers, an ample 512MB of RAM and a glass front that's tricky for tinkerers to take off.

• iPad 2 launch: Top 10 headlines you won't see

  Tired of all the iPad 2 predictions? So are we. With a nod to David Letterman's Top Ten list Signs You've Purchased a Bad iPhone, here are our favorite (yet fake) headlines that will no doubt be lost in the iPad 2 hoopla.

• Has Apple got white right for iPad 2?

  New rumors say that Apple has got white right this time, and will unveil a white iPad 2 when the company announces the next version of its popular tablet, expected later this week.

• Apple iPad 2: Five reasons it already has other tablets beat

  We don't yet know for sure, but -- based on the teasing image accompanying media invitations to an Apple press event later this week -- all signs suggest that the iPad 2 will be officially unveiled. Rivals are aggressively trying to compete with the Apple tablet, but the iPad 2 already has other tablets beat and it's not even a reality yet.

• Xoom Vs. iPad: The real tablet wars begin

  Motorola couldn't have chosen a worse time to start selling the Xoom, the first real Apple iPad competitor. Just as the Xoom went on sale on Verizon, Apple dropped an iBomb in the shape of a press invitation next week to the unveiling of the next generation iPad (let's call it the iPad 2).

• Digg founder: Don't buy an iPad now -- iPad 2 on the way

  Digg founder Kevin Rose blogged this week that Apple will announce the iPad 2 in the next 3 or 4 weeks -- maybe even Feb. 1.