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iPad 3 event preview

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Mar 1, 2012 a 3:24 pm

Complete rumor rundown of Apple's upcoming iPad 3 event, from release date to hardware hopes and software speculation

Apple's next generation iPad 3 will almost certainly be announced on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, California. Everything else about it, however, is still up in the air. That's nothing new. The road to every Apple product release is paved and pot-holed with rumors true and fake, and this one is no different.

Still, while Apple is secretive they do tend towards patterns. What they've done in the past can indicate what they may do in the future. That's what we're going to look at here -- sift through all the recent rumors and try to figure out what makes sense.

Updating interfaces for iPad 3: Why your favorite app might take a while to go Retina

By Marc Edwards, Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 a 12:49 pm

Depending on how an app was designed and developed, updating for an iPad 3 Retina display could take days or weeks

Flash forward — After lining up for hours, or sitting at home all day waiting for a courier to arrive, you finally have your hands on an iPad 3 with its amazing Retina display. A display with over 3.1 million pixels. All of them difficult to distinguish, because they're so damn tiny. Text is crisp. Photos look are amazing. This thing is gorgeous.

You launch your favourite app and notice things aren't as amazing as they were a few seconds ago. The app in question doesn't contain Retina image assets -- the pictures that make up the user interface elements are at the iPad 2's screen resolution, so things look as blocky as they did on your previous iPad. What's going on?

Leaked iPad 3 glass and digitizer images reveal no major changes to front layout, may include Siri

By Andrew Wray, Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 a 12:52 pm

2048x1536 pixel Retina display examined, rumored to be iPad 3 bound

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Feb 17, 2012 a 5:10 pm

For a while now most people outside the walls of Apple have generally assumed the iPad 3 would come with a 2048x1536 Retina display. The 2010 iPhone 4 introduced the idea of pixels so small they were almost invisible to the naked eye, and while rumors suggested the 2011 iPad 2 might make a similar leap forward, Retina displays that big just weren't in the cards. That was then. This is now.

Apple rumored to be urging developers to get Retina display iPad 3 apps ready for announcement event

By Andrew Wray, Friday, Feb 10, 2012 a 2:57 pm

Building off of news from yesterday that Apple will be holding an iPad event in early March comes word that Apple has been in a frenzied rush with developers to finish up their iPad app efforts so they can be demoed on stage. Some of these apps may also be included in future iPad commercials showing off the new model. TheNextWeb reports:

Poll: What hardware features do you want in iPad 3?

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 a 10:58 am

Attention iMore Nation! Now that it looks like Apple is getting close to announcing the iPad 3, it's time to get serious about what we're expecting from it. Let's start with hardware.

Supposed debug leak shows iPad 3 with quad-core A6 chip and LTE

By Andrew Wray, Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012 a 12:19 pm

BGR was given screenshots from sources who claim to have access to the iPad 3, indicating it will come packed with a quad-core A6 chip and support LTE speeds.

iBooks 2 also contains x2 graphics for a Retina display iPad 3

By Andrew Wray, Thursday, Jan 19, 2012 a 6:18 pm

BGR was tipped on a few references to x2 iPad graphics -- the kind required for Retina displays -- in the new iBooks 2, adding fuel to the iPad 3 rumour fire.

Rumor: Apple starts issuing iPad 3 build orders for March release

By Andrew Wray, Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012 a 11:52 am

According to japanese news site macotakara, Apple has issued build orders to Foxconn and Pegatron for the iPad 3, which is expected to hit in March.

This first lot production implements LCD's, which are produced by Sharp Electronics Corporation, and aims to be shipped at early March, source told.

It has been rumored that Sharp will produce the new IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) iPad 3 panels, with a purported Retina display resolution of 2048×1536.

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Rumor: Apple to ship Retina display iPad 3 in March, iPad 4 in October

By Andrew Wray, Friday, Jan 6, 2012 a 11:20 am

Randomly accurate rumor site Digitimes suggests that, according to industry sources out of Taiwan, Apple will release a Retina display iPad 3 in March, then turn around and ship a more significant iPad 4 in October.

The 9.7-inch iPad 4 is expected to come with much upgraded hardware specifications and integrated applications so as to compete with an array of Android-, Wintel- or WoA (Windows on ARM)-based tablet PCs to be released in the fourth quarter, said the sources.