IPad 2 is acting crazy!

Bought it in July 2012 and over the last month, the screen sensitivity has gradually gotten worse with these problems:
1. When I type something on the touchscreen keyboard, it will either type too many letters (like 10 of them) after touching it only once & very lightly or won't type a letter I touch at all. On some letters, I can turn it on its side to rotate the keyboard and it will work mostly.
2. It opens apps when the screen is on but not touching it anywhere...even when I hold it in the palm of my hands. Will also do it if my hand is hovering over the screen.
3. It won't respond to me touching a link, but sometimes when I rotate the screen, it will work (like with typing some letters).
4. Starts zooming in & out on its own or flipping between pages or apps.
When I turn the screen off and turn it on a minute later, it works better for a couple of minutes then starts doing it again.
I know others have experienced this craziness because I have seen MANY complaints about it when I googled the problem, but I need to know what to do about it. Is there a fix? I'm sure it went out of warranty after a year (please correct me if I'm wrong), so now what? Buy another one because it will probably cost more to fix it than buy a brand new one at this point. Please help!!!

FORCE IPAD INTO RECOVERY MODE
1. Turn off iPad
2. Turn on computer and launch iTunes (make sure you have the latest version of iTune)
3. Plug USB cable into computer's USB port
4. Hold Home button down and plug the other end of cable into docking port.
DO NOT RELEASE BUTTON until you see picture of iTunes and plug
5. Release Home button.
ON COMPUTER
6. iTunes has detected iPad in recovery mode. You must restore this iPad before it can be used with iTunes.
7. Select "Restore iPad"...
Note:
1. Data will be lost if you do not have backup
2. You must follow step 1 to step 4 VERY CLOSELY
Hope it helps

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