A pair of pillars Stateside tech blogging - John Gruber of audacious Fireball and MG Siegler Tech Crunch - said that the 3 IPAD (lack of a better name) will launch a surprise Cupertino giant later this year, just months after the (not-yet-very-official) iPad 2 hits Apple Stores.
Gruber speculation began with a prediction that:
"Summer feels like a long absence. If my theory is correct, they are not only going to be 2 months late iPad, but if they slip up in late summer, they can bump against the release of the 3 IPAD. "
He has since clarified this as a personal theory, but the report Siegler at Tech Crunch says it could be accurate.
"A few days ago, we heard a very good source that Apple has been assembling the pieces of a" big surprise fall, "he writes." Although fascinating, which obviously could not say anything. But part of the "surprise" clearly means that there is something beyond the regular iPod / iTunes.
"We have now learned that" autumn surprise "this is bound to be this IPAD 3. We do not have more concrete information beyond that. But as of this moment, the plan is apparently to release an iteration of the IPAD in the coming weeks. And then, to blow the doors with a new version in the fall. "
Naturally, there's nothing much speculation based on the suggestion for the moment, but both are highly respected tech sites to speculation.
Moreover, considering that there are also reports making the rounds that Apple has filed a number of patents OLED touchscreen, it is not difficult to imagine a package swollen, OLED, arriving before the IPAD 3 the year is out.
Watch this space, compressed war heats up very well with all the great players to come to the battle ground, and it will be stimulating to look which device wins in the end.
