2012

Rumor: iPad 3 coming on Steve Jobs' Birthday

By Andrew Wray, Friday, Dec 23, 2011 a 1:31 pm

Take this one with a 9.7-inch grain of salt, but Focus Taiwan is reporting that current Asian supply chains suggest that Apple might be trying to get the iPad 3 out on February 24th, Steve Jobs's birthday.

Rumor: Apple prepping 7.85-inch iPad for second-half of 2012 to compete with Kindle Fire

By Andrew Wray, Friday, Dec 16, 2011 a 3:24 am

Randomly accurate rumor site Digitimes thinks Apple will be releasing a 7.85-inch iPad sometime around Q4 2012 to help compete with the Amazon Kindle Fire.

iPad 3 on schedule for March/April 2012 release

By Andrew Wray, Monday, Dec 12, 2011 a 2:10 pm

Randomly accurate rumor site Digitimes claims word from supply chain sources that Apple is on track to release the iPad 3 within the next 3-4 months.

The next generation iPads are expected to be available in the next 3-4 months as makers in the supply chain have started delivering parts and components for the new tablets to OEM contractors while reducing those prepared for iPad 2, according to sources in the supply chain.

Steve Jobs worked on Apple's next product until the day before he passed away

By Andrew Wray, Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011 a 1:38 pm

PCMag notes that Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son revealed in an interview with the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, John Roos, that Apple CEO Steve Jobs was working on Apple's next big product up until the day before his passing.

Rumor: Apple working on a 7.85-inch iPad for 2012?

By Andrew Wray, Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 a 3:13 pm

According to Economic Daily News out of Taiwan, Apple has purportedly paired up with LG Display and AU Optronics for a new 7.85-inch iPad to be released in early 2012. The smaller iPad would supposedly carry the same 1024x768 resolution of the current iPad 2, making a higher DPI level and helping Apple compete with the recently-announced 7-inch Kindle Fire.

Analyze This: 82+ Million iPhones to be Sold in 2012?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Aug 19, 2009 a 9:16 am

Yeah, so if the analysts are to be believed -- and Hollywood is wrong about the world ending first - - Apple might just sell 82+ million iPhones in 2012 (not by 2012, but 82+ million that year alone!) accounting for 5.7% of the market.

RBC guestimates that Apple will dominate the media-centric category of smartphones, much as RIM will dominate productivity, leaving Palm and perhaps others to fill out 2-3 additional categories like personal information management, cloud-focused, etc.

The growth in smartphones is expected to come not only at the expense of feature phones, but of PC-class devices as well (fulfilling the so-called Post-PC prophecy).