Geek Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ipad-3-looks-like-ipad-2.jpg" alt="iPad 3 looks like an iPad 2" title="ipad-3-looks-like-ipad-2" width="620" height="64" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27021" /></p> <p>The <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ipad-3/">iPad 3</a> will be announced in the first week of March and likely go on sale soon after, according to a new report from the <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20120209/apple-to-announce-ipad-3-first-week-in-march/">Wall Street Journal’s AllThingsD</a>. Typically well connected and the source of most accurate leaks from Apple, AllThingsD says the event will probably be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.</p> <p>As for the device itself, AllThingsD reiterates existing rumors that iPad 3 will have a much faster processor and a high resolution “retina” display. Here is a roundup of the current rumors to paint a better picture of the device we’ll see in March:</p> <ul> <li>Quad-Core CPU</li> <li>Improved graphics chip</li> <li>2048×1536 resolution retina display</li> <li>Dual Mode CDMA-GSM Support for 3G devices</li> <li>Improved rear and front cameras</li> <li>Enclosure, size, and appearance practically identical to iPad 2</li> <li>Siri integration</li> <li>Likely to ship with iOS 5.1</li> </ul> <p>Most of these rumors have <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/22/ipad-3-with-retina-display-and-an-ipad-mini-7-8-to-be-released-in-2012/">been around a while</a> in some form or another. There is also some speculation that the next iPad won’t be called iPad 3 at all, but possibly iPad 2S, iPad HD, or something else entirely.</p> <p>Regarding the physical appearance of the device, AllThingsD says the next iPad will be “similar in form factor to the iPad 2″. This is familiar wording to the final rumors leading up to the iPhone 4S’s release last year, which ended up looking almost identical to the prior generation iPhone 4. The idea of having a similar appearance is also backed up by recently leaked images from <a href="http://apple.pro/index.php?do=/blog/7/ipad3-%E5%BE%8C%E8%93%8B%E6%9B%9D%E5%85%89%E6%80%8E%E9%BA%BC%E9%80%99%E9%BA%BC%E5%A4%9A%E9%98%BF-xd/">Apple.pro</a> that are said to be of the third generation iPad rear shell:</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ipad-3-shell.jpg" alt="iPad 3 shell" title="ipad-3-shell" width="620" height="223" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27020" /></p> <p>These pictures show what appears to be a rear enclosure for an iPad with a 3G antenna, and although it looks nearly the same as iPad 2 there are some minor differences in how the interior is laid out.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hE-xMUGJ1_74n-PDX6cel4h8URU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hE-xMUGJ1_74n-PDX6cel4h8URU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hE-xMUGJ1_74n-PDX6cel4h8URU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hE-xMUGJ1_74n-PDX6cel4h8URU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=b1mXGj0EzyI:_sVdWE6EI8w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=b1mXGj0EzyI:_sVdWE6EI8w:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=b1mXGj0EzyI:_sVdWE6EI8w:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=b1mXGj0EzyI:_sVdWE6EI8w:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=b1mXGj0EzyI:_sVdWE6EI8w:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=b1mXGj0EzyI:_sVdWE6EI8w:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=b1mXGj0EzyI:_sVdWE6EI8w:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/b1mXGj0EzyI" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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