You know how it goes… rumour sites get an idea, somebody cryptically “confirms” it, and suddenly it’s set in stone. Today’s rumour du jour? Apple will launch the iPad 3 in early March.
Today’s rumour comes from AllThingsD, which states that “sources” (quote marks my own) say that Apple will hold an event in the first week of March to announce the iPad 2′s successor. MacRumors notes that Jim Dalrymple at The Loop (it’s all a bit he-said-because-I-heard-from-my-friend-Chinese-whispers at this point…) quotes the post with a simple “yep” at the end. Make of that what you will.
But will it be the iPad 3, or the iPad 2S, or something else again? Nobody knows, and like most rumours regarding Apple, it’s best to grab the salt shaker and take a hefty swig before implicitly trusting them.
[AllThingsD and The Loop via Macrumors]
Ryu
Friday, February 10, 2012 at 7:57 AMI reckon it’s the iTv apples new television
Johnny P
Friday, February 10, 2012 at 9:42 AMJust as there starts to be a hint of Android competition, Apple opens a can of whoop ass and smokes them
Chris M
Friday, February 10, 2012 at 6:18 PMOh, is that the way you see it? Rather narrow minded isn’t it? Considering A: the Kindle Fire is the highest selling tablet on the market at the moment, and B: apple are merely still playing catchup with the likes of HP and Samsung in terms of features and performance of their units.
np
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 8:57 PMHighest selling does not necessarily mean successful. Amazon are making a loss on every Kindle Fire sold (to get market share and try to pull customers into their media infrastructure).
And in regards to “all the rest” of the tablets even if Apple sold half as many they would still be making three times as much.
I’m not an Apple fan but these are the facts.
Most of the competition is posting a loss. They can’t compete.
Chris M
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 11:19 AMSince when did cost become a factor in which product was the best selling? That’s not what is being discussed here. Your point is completely irrelevant.
The fact is, people are seeing more and more that yes although apple make good products, it’s always more of the same, and it’s always lacking behind everyone else. Specifically in a market THEY created, and they are behind the eight-ball already. They’ve always played catchup and most likely always will. Annoys me they lack the capacity to actually innovate and push boundaries and create technologies themselves instead of taking someone elses 10-20 year old ideas and market it as if they invented the bloody thing.