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Re: iPad 2 cover vs. Floppy disks

Subject: Re: iPad 2 cover vs. Floppy disks
From: dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan)
Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 21:00:23 +0000 (UTC)
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rich12345 wrote:
> On May 2, 12:04ï¿½pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>> I think it's just the "smart cover" that has the magnets--
>> in fact, they are the way that the cover tells the iPad that
>> it's on or off. ï¿½(Remember the ImageWriter cover interlock? ï¿½;-)
> 
> darn, you ruined my dream!  I guess I won't be buying
> an ipad after all.
> 

No worries; everything useful that can be accomplished with an iPad can also
be done with a IIc, battery, and LCD panel. ;-)

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