Brand new iPad 2 just died

I bought a 16 GB wifi iPad on March 31st...earlier today (April 6th) I was using it, set it down for a few minutes, and when I came back and tried to wake it from sleep...nothing...it's completely dead. Doing a hard reset doesn't work, plugging it in does nothing, iTunes doesn't even recognize it. It's now nothing more than an expensive aluminum and glass paperweight.

Ed,
I wrote a post that sounded almost exactly the same the day after I got my iPad 2. I hope you're as lucky as I was- do the hard reset, but hold the power and home buttons for awhile- longer than you expect you'll need to (say, a full minute, just to be safe)-
Mine came right back to life. I was so used to it being a few seconds on my iPhone, that I didn't think to hold the buttons longer-
All okay since- it sometimes slows down a little (Internet connection) and I'll turn it off and on again, but no more sudden death.
If it doesn't work, take it in though, and the other poster stated-
Good luck!

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