So, you’re enjoying your fondle-slab, a/k/a the iPad 2, are you? You are working, playing, day or night, the iPad has the fit that’s right.
Until there’s a new one.
John Paczkowski of AllThingsD reports that Apple is set to announce the release of the iPad 3, sometime during the first week of March 2012. Excuse me while I do my “told you so” dance for a minute.
OK, I’m back. As rumor has it, the announcement event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, since that’s where Apple likes to make its big announcements and thangs.
Today, Apple stock rose $17.12, or 3.59%, to $493.80 per share, fueled in large part by the iPad 3 launch rumors. Apple opened on Thursday at $480.95 per share. How ya like them apples?
What does the new iPad 3 hold for you, the consumer hopelessly devoted to all things from Cupertino? A faster processor, better graphics, and an improved display. Just enough to make you curse the day in 2011 you bought your iPad 2.
Some (alleged) specifics: The Retina display, currently on the iPhone 4S, is supposed to be part of the iPad 3, so the iPad 2’s now-lousy 1024-by-768 screen will be shamed by the iPad 3’s 2048-by-1536 screen, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The first-generation iPad ran on Apple’s 1-gigahertz, single-core A4 processor, and is now only useful for lining birdcages. The second-generation iPad ran on a 1-gigahertz, dual-core A5 processor, and soon will only be appropriate for scooping dog poop off of city streets. The iPad 3 is rumored to include a new quad-core CPU that is expected to be called the A6. No info exists on how fast the A6 runs, but you can assume that it will make the A5 look like grandma’s Rascal when it has almost run out of battery.
Oh, let’s not forget communications. The first two iPads were either available in Wi-Fi only or Wi-Fi and 3G models. The iPad 3 is rumored to have the same 4G LTE chips that are used in the iPhone 4S, so they will be sucking down data from the net like LiLo at a party in Dubai.
Look at your bank accounts and commence to weeping and wailing, Apple fanboys! You might only have until February 24 (Steve Jobs’ birthday) before you must hand a giant pile of cash to Apple so you can get your very own brand spankin’ new iPad 3.
