REPORTS HAVE IT THAT IPAD 3 TO BE LAUNCHED IN MARCH

So is it true? Is Apple ready to unveil the iPad 3 on March 7? Well before you go marking your calendars or start camping outside of your nearest Apple store, read the rest of the article but rumour has it that the tech giant is all set to launch its latest version of the iPad and where once speculated to be happening sometime towards the end of the year, recent reports suggest the launch is almost weeks away.

The news apparently comes from many sources but was voiced in particular by Ezra Gottheil, an analyst from Technology Business Research who said in an interview with online computer news source, Computer World that the launch of the new iPad in March was a “sure bet.” In the interview itself, Gotteil even revealed some details about the highly anticipated new iPad saying, “It will have a higher-resolution screen. That's important to them because it means the iPad will work well with home cinema systems, since it will display full HD.”

Of course being an Apple product, everything about it is strictly under wraps and techies have been speculating on hear say alone. But so far what has been revealed is that the iPad 3 will look pretty similar to its present iteration the iPad 2, with some leaked pictures apparently confirming this. The iPad will also be offering full HD display as well as a SIRI personal assistant but most importantly it may just offer, according to tech blog iMore, the highly anticipated 2048x1536 retina display and a quad-core Apple A6 chip.

Apparently at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Apple unveiled some accessories for the iPad 3 behind closed doors, and it is said that most of what was shown more or less resembled the iPad 2.

But it wasn’t only the iPad 3 that maybe making its launch. According to Gottheil, Apple is also planning to launch a smaller and cheaper version of the iPad, aimed at competing with Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Though this smaller iPad, with a 7 inch screen was not an idea that late founder of Apple, Steve JobsSteve Jobs liked, saying that the smaller screen would ruin user experience and that the idea would be “dead on arrival,” the Kindle Fire has disproved this, going on to become a best-seller, selling almost six million units. Apple is now said to be planning its own 7 inch tablet, something that Gottheil said has “always been in the plan,” adding, “Seven inches is a good form factor for some users, and although they will also charge a premium above other similar-sized tablets, they want to protect that price flank.”

It was also added that the launch of the new iPad will apparently be happening at a launch event in San Francisco.