On Tuesday, while reading my morning news and Twitter feeds, Andy Ihnatko tweeted that he heard reports that Apple Stores were receiving a bunch of iPad 2s. Given my luck getting an iPhone 4 the day after release waiting in a relatively short line, I decided to give it a try. I arrived at the Fashion Valley Apple Store around 8:25 am to see a line and took that as a good sign. When I got to the end of the line, 2 Apple Store employees asked which iPad 2 I wanted and when I said the 32 GB Black WiFi one, one of the employees pulled out a stack of cards and handed me one with the model number written on it. Very cool, I was going to get an iPad 2 without more waiting! At about 9:05 am, I went instead, paid the Apple tax and left with my brand new iPad 2. I already had a smart cover, so I was all set.
Now that I have an iPad 2, was it worth it? You’ll have to wait for my “review” (my reviews are pretty quick and not as in-depth as the well paid tech journalists).