Photo of iPad Enclosure with Dual Dock Connectors

looks old to me.

But no camera...

The dock connector is off-centre. That is completely unlike Apple. Next!

Fake

I don't see it happening. I could be wrong, but I just don't see it happening. This is a MOBILE device that's mostly aimed at those on-the-go. I can't fathom more than 15% of iPad users actually dock it, and if they do, no more than 20% of the time. I don't see Apple putting any focus on dual connectors.

BlakeLiebenTH said:

The dock connector is off-centre. That is completely unlike Apple. Next!

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It is centered with the Apple Logo, which is off center as well.
Doesn't matter, this is an old prototype design.

So easy to fake that it scares me.

While it would be cool for the Apple iPad Keyboard Dock I don't think I would ever use it. I sync my iPad every once in a while and just use a wireless keyboard if I need one.

djkirsten said:

But no camera...

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You mean no back camera.

As far as it being off-center both iPad connectors look off-center if you zoom in.

Wow busy news day today!

Won't happen. That's something Microsoft would do.

Not likely

Not likely since the dock connector is located on the left side which would be covered by folding cases.

Very unlikely apple would do this.

it's a stupid idea to have dual dock connectors.
why do you need to dock in landscape?
you can still see everything when the ipad is docked in portrait.

Or could it be an open SIMM slot?

Since I don't have a 3G capable iPad, I don't know... But this is interesting. Is this the 'second generation' iPad?

djkirsten said:

But no camera...

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It might be really way in top left corner and got covered..

"In a related story, emergency rooms across the country have been seeing an increase in traffic relating to hand lacerations. Officials are stating that the new Apple iPad is the culprit. Apple released a new iPad with a side connector port allowing users to charge their iPad in landscape mode...."

Fake

afireintonto said:

it's a stupid idea to have dual dock connectors.
why do you need to dock in landscape?
you can still see everything when the ipad is docked in portrait.

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I agree... There would have to be a really damn good reason to include that feature on a device that already has severely limited internal space. I'd wonder what they gave up to do that.

I'm don't have an issue using the iPad in landscape with the cable plugged in. Oh, but I use the Apple iPad cover and as a result can't use any of the iPad docks, which isn't a big deal because I don't have any docks for my iPhone or the few iPods that I have. It seems like a 'committee decision', a feature that isn't really a feature. Oh, and why isn't it centered on the edge? Doesn't that make it prone to tip?

Whatever...

Peace said:

You mean no back camera.

As far as it being off-center both iPad connectors look off-center if you zoom in.

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You're right. The bottom connector looks shifted to the right (left as seen). The labeling can be explained somewhat by the curvature of the back, but the bottom slot looks definitely shifted...

Ps

I have to say fake on this, it just seems, to me at least, that a second dock connector is totally unneeded and a poor aesthetic choice.

Get rid of all docking ports, sync over wifi, power with a mag safe connector.

There's a magsafe patent for iDevices - might be nice to see.
The back isn't curved - guess they try all sorts of things out.
Would rather see LightPeak MagSafe really.

That would have been nicer than the current configuration. I would have settled for just landscape even.