Ipad 3
If you want to believe the insiders, the iPad 3
plans to take the tablet experience to a whole new level. Apple usually
releases an iOS device roughly a year after its predecessor, but
several rumors have suggested we may see a third-generation iPad launch
sometime this fall.
Both the iPad and iPad 2 were introduced
early in the spring and shipped around the end of March. That places the
iPad 3 release date on track for around March 2012, unless something
goes wrong, and from previous Apple releases, you know things are never
set in stone. The arrival of the iPhone 4S this October, after years of
summer iPhone launches, demonstrated that things can in fact go wrong
with Apple's annual upgrade calendar.
iOS 5.5: The iPad 3 will have a revised version of the current iOS 5 operating system.
Screen:
Rumors here and there have Apple's inability to get the iPad 3 up to
retina display quality as the reason why the device hasn't arrived yet
as of late 2011. Whether it can be pulled off by March 2012 is anyone's
guess. The new MacBooks that were released this year included the
Thunderbolt port which helps assist data transfer at an impressive
speed. Also, given the fact that Apple doesn't seem to be interested in
the USB slot anymore, you might just see a Thunderbolt port as one of
the new iPad 3 features.
One of the most eagerly anticipated iPad
3 features is the retina display. It was highly awaited when the iPad 2
was about to be launched, but much to the user's disappointment, it
wasn't introduced in that release. So, it is highly likely that one of
the new iPad 3 specs will be the inclusion of the retina display.
Recently,
there has been some talk doing the rounds regarding an HD display being
introduced in the iPad 3. There also has been some talk that an iPad
2HD will be introduced this year, and the iPad 3 in the first half of
the 2012. One of the disappointing aspects of the iPad 2 was its camera
and it is expected that the new iPad 3 will feature a much better camera
and it is expected to include a flash for those darker moments.
Other
specs: The iPad 2 marked the debut of the dual core A5 processor, which
has since also found its way into the iPhone 4S. The year before, the
iPad 1 marked the debut of the A4 processor. The safe-ish bet has the
quad core A6 debuting in the iPad 3, giving the new tablet a level of
computing speed which will finally begin to rival the horsepower found
in desktop and laptop computers, bringing the late Steve Jobs' vision of
tablets eclipsing home computers one step closer to reality.
Carriers
and colors: Apple finally managed to deliver a single device in the
iPhone 4S which can talk to all AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon networks.
The iPad 3 could do the same, eliminating the current carrier-segregated
3G models which has been a problem in the past. That should open the
door for Apple to offer the iPad 3 in more colors than merely the boring
white and black.