Speculation of a 2 March 2011 launch for the iPad 2 can now be laid to rest with Apple sending out to media today with the above graphic, the iPad 2 launch/media event will be held on 2 March 2011 at 10 am PST at the Yerba Buena Center in San Fransisco.

In recent days there was another camp of speculation that the iPad 2 would be delayed by a few months but as we can see from the above inviation graphic this speculation was wrong.

Features that are expected to be included in the iPad 2 include:

• Dual cameras forward & rear facing Camera/webcam (5-8 mega pixels)
• Facetime
• Increased Performance
• Improved Battery for extra performance but same battery life
• Light Peak (USB replacement)
• Micro SD Card Slot
• Thinner & Lighter
• Higher display resolution
• Bluetooth 3.0
• Multi carrier chipset supporting CDMA / GSM / UTMS / 4G LTE allowing compatibility with a large number of cell phone carriers

Now that the iPad 2 launch date has been set, we all only need to wait a week to find out if the above specifications are correct.