Ipad 2 VGA - Mirroring?

HI,
The main page for Ipad 2 features says the Ipad 2 will mirror with the VGA cable, but on the specific Mirroring Page it only mentions doing so with the HDMI cable. Does it mirror everything through the VGA cable?

I got my iPad2 hooked up to a VGA monitor earlier tonight, using the standard VGA adapter that Apple started supplying when the first iPad launched. Mirroring worked just great - no frame loss, and all features supporting including full view of SpringBoard (the home screen) and rotation.
I made a short demo video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PhPLz_WF2c
So, the conclusion here is that mirroring is a feature of the A5 chip inside the iPad2, and you don't specifically need the HDMI cable to make it work.
Hope this helps all the teachers and business professionals out there!
Paul.

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See Lee wrote:
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