Sign of Pending Doom?

I know I'm asking for opinions rather than answers, but I would appreciate any feedback. My trusty iPad2 WIFI 32GB has served me well. It worked great as recently as last nite with no issues. When I went to use it this morning, I got absolutely nothing from either the home button or the sleep button. I plugged in the AC charger and let it charge for about 3 hours - still nothing. I finally "reset" it by pressing both buttons, which fired it up. The battery was almost drained, which suggested it did not accept a charge during the previous 3 hours. After the reset, it charged fine and has now been working properly for the past hour or so. This is the first time I have ever had to go thru the reset process.
My question - do I consider this an anomaly and not worry about it, or should I consider this a sign of pending doom? The iPad2 does everything I want or need, so upgrading doesn't thrill me. At the same time, I use it when traveling to access email and Internet, so it is important to me. Any opinions? Thanks very much.

The description you give pretty much describes what happens when the battery has completely drained. After connecting to the wall charger it may take up to 30 minutes before there is any response and the best thing to do after that 30 minutes is a reset of the iPad. To reset the iPadpress and hold both the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button continuously until the Apple logo appears. Then release the button and let the device restart. You will not lose data doing this. It's like a computer reboot.
I would let the iPad continue to charge until it is at 100%. Make sure you backup all data and photos regularly in case something more serious does happen. But, as others have suggested, this might be a one time event.

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