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Athima Chansanchai

The elusive great white iPad 2?

For some, the white iPhone or iPad is their Moby Dick, ever elusive and gaining an almost mythical quality as hopes are raised and dashed with each rumor. So we'll add to that roller coaster with today's report of an all-white iPad 2.

9 to 5 Mac posted a pic (see image above) of an alleged white second-generation iPad, which industry watchers predict will be unveiled at the Apple event Wednesday. What looks like a frame is actually a bezel (aka "digitizer") that seems to sync up with leaked images of screen protectors and the backside of the device (image shown below).

It arrived mysteriously — don't these things always? — in their inbox, but they took it with a grain of salt, as we all should. (Even those that want it so bad, they can taste it. Not me, but some people out there are like that about this.) Even 9 to 5 ponders, "one of the reasons for the black frame that surrounds most of Apple’s displays is that it presents the image better visually.  However, this image above, seems to refute all of that."

This fits in with the usual buzz that accompanies a highly anticipated product's imminent arrival, but we'll all soon know for sure in two days.

Related: Apple's iPad 2 event: Sure things and long shots

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