Amid Fanfare, Apple Unveils iPad 2

In front of a large, expectant crowd in San Fransisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs today unveiled the newest iteration of the company's market-leading tablet, the iPad 2.

Jobs said the iPad 2 sports an "all new design, not tweaks," and is dramatically faster, with a dual-core, A5 chip (the original had an A4 chip). As rumored, the tablet features front and back-facing cameras, a gyroscope like the iPhone's and is "dramatically" thinner—by 33 percent, down to 8.8 mm—and lighter, while maintaining the same 10-hour battery life as its predecessor. Also of note is a new video-out HDMI cable, allowing for easy connectivity with external monitors.