Apple will announce a next gen iPad – TRUE
- Not sure if they will go with iPad 3 or iPad HD – FALSE
- Seems they were not sure either its just called “The New iPad”
- It will have a retina display – TRUE
- 2,048 by 1,536 or 3.1 million pixels
- It will have better camera’s – TRUE
- 8MP at the back, 3MP in the front – FALSE 5MP, didn’t mention the front
- It will have Siri – FALSE
- But it does get voice dictation
- Not sure about LTE or 4G
- Gets 4G LTE for US and Canada
- It will have a faster processor (CPU) – TRUE
- A5X Chip said to be 4 times faster
- It will have faster/better graphics processing (GPU) – TRUE
- Now has a Quad Core GPU
Apple will announce an update to iOS – TRUE
- iOS 5.1 available today
Apple will update the Apple TV – TRUE
- Apple TV will be updated with new hardware – TRUE
- Overall package will remain the same – TRUE
- Dual core A5 chip – They didn’t say
- 1080p Video output – TRUE
- iOS 5 in line with the rest of the devices – There is an update not sure of the version
- Would love to see an Apple TV app store, but that’s unlikely – TRUE
Apple will announce something new – TRUE
- There is a lot of speculation on this one, my money is on a 7″ touch device. – FALSE
- I suspect this will be a new iPod Touch
- This will remove a link to it being a “small iPad” and having to call it iPad Mini or something
- This will breath some new life into the iPod Touch.
- It would probably be WiFi only.
- Announced iPhoto for iPad
- Looks very nice
- Only works on “New iPad” – UPDATE – Downloaded on iPad2 works fine
- Will work on iPad 2 and iPad “3”, iPhone 4 and 4S. Requires iOS 5.1
Didn’t do to badly I thought
My feelings on this are, if you have the bucks, then upgrading from your iPad 2 will give you an awesome screen and better performance. There is not a massive difference between iPad 2 and iPad 3.
If you are considering a tablet for the first time, the iPad 3 will have the best screen experience., nothing else compares at the moment. But you will pay for that.
I will be keeping my iPad 2 for now, unless I get some bucks to blow, because I would love the iPad 3. Oh and by the way, the price stays the same.