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Apple Launched Its Newest iPad – iPad 3/HD

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Apple launched its latest version of the iPad on Wednesday, armed with a Full HD display with 3.1 million pixels and a supercharged new processor.
The device will be available on March 16 and priced from $499-$829 (£399-£659) – the same range as the iPad 2, which the technology giant launched a year ago.
The tablet will be powered by a super fast quad-core A5x chip, putting Apple’s tablet ahead of competitors such as Samsung.
It will also offer a high speed 4G LTE network connection in territories with 4G – in the U.S., it will be available on both the AT&T and Verizon wireless networks.

Photo credit: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire

A tale of two iPads: The new Apple iPad (left) is shown next to its predecessor, the iPad 2 (right) at a launch party at Kings Place, London.
The weight is going up from 1.33 pounds to 1.44 pounds for the Wi-Fi-only model. The original iPad weighed 1.5 pounds.
Apple also confirmed that the new model will come in a version that can use Verizon Wireless’ and AT&T Inc.’s ‘LTE’ wireless broadband networks.

At last! Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new iPad during an Apple event today in San Francisco.

Apple claims the battery lasts 10 hours and the device is just 9.4mm thick.
‘Who will come out with a product that’s more amazing than the iPad 2?’ Apple CEO Tim Cook asked the audience at the San Francisco launch event. ‘Stop wondering – we are’.
The screen, a larger version of the screen in iPhone 4s, is sharper than most 40-inch HD televisions.
Apple claims that the screen resolution is so sharp words on screen are sharper than words in print.
Mr Cook said: ‘We are taking it to a whole new level and are redefining the category that Apple created with the original iPad’.

The new iPad also offers a 5 megapixel iSight camera which can record video in full HD.
Apple showed off new apps, including new versions of it’s iWork apps such as iPhoto.
Many apps showed off the power of the new tablet – for instance editing 14 megapixel digital photos in full size on screen.
The processor is fast enough to handle a 3D game, Sky Gamblers, with 50 fighter planes battling on screen at once.
A new version of the hit iPhone title Infinity Blade showed off graphics similar to Xbox 360 and PS3.

A fresh edition of the GarageBand music software lets four iPads ‘jam’ together via Wi-Fi. Also, a newer version of iMovie allows users to record and edit full HD movies right on the screen.
The iPhoto app allows photo editing direct on screen, cropping pictures, editing lighting and adding effects such as red-eye reduction and black and White filters via the touchscreen.
The new iPad will be 9.4 millimeters thick, or 0.37 inches.

Features Summary:

  • Features include retina display, 5 megapixel camera and 4G LTE capability
  • Screen is sharper than most 40-inch living room televisions
  • Latest version powered by high-speed A5x chip
  • Apple boasts picture resolution so crisp that words will appear sharper than words in print
  • New model of Apple TV set-top box will also play HD films
  • Films on iTunes Store now available in Full HD for first time

Source: Dailymail
Credits: Rob Waugh and Thomas Durante

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How Would the New iPad HD / iPad 3 Look Like

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The Apple iPad 2 has been out for almost a year now, so it’s time to say hello to iPad 3 or iPad HD, if new rumours are to be believed. Apple this week officially sent out invites for its March 7 iPad event, means tomorrow, telling invitees that the company has “something you really have to see. And touch.”

It’s all but certain that the iPad 3 or iPad HD will have a better screen than the iPad or iPad 2. Most rumors point to a Retina display, similar to what’s found on the iPhone 4/4S. The iPad HD version will reportedly have a 2048×1024 resolution, twice that of the iPad 2?s screen.

Consensus says the iPad HD / iPad 3 will run the new A6 processor, which will be significantly faster than the A5 CPU found in the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S, and use less power, which would help in the battery life department.

One of the best reasons to buy the iPhone 4S is its fantastic 8-megapixel rear-facing camera. And it seems increasingly likely that Apple will upgrade this lens in the iPad HD.

A variety of reports suggest that Apple plans to make its first 4G LTE-enabled device the iPad HD or iPad 3.

It’s essentially guaranteed that the iPad 3 will come loaded with iOS 5.1, beta versions of which have been available to developers for some time. So far, the upgrade to iOS 5 offers nothing much new.

References to the iPad HD have also been found in a data usage application called Taptalk, although the guys from Gizmodo do point out that this data can be doctored.
We suspect that the iPad 3 will end up being called the iPad HD, as this will allow Apple to continue to sell the existing iPad 2 as simply the iPad at a lower price than the new model which will be announced next week. (Gizmodo)