iPad 3 With A6, LTE, Retina Launch Rumored to be March 7

finally they got ride of that ridicously "i" everything.. pad 3 sounds just fine.

And here come the iFans who've been saying for the last year that LTE is pointless but suddenly think it's the greatest thing ever now that it's (finally) available on an iDevice.

2048x1536 sounds a little ridiculous for the size of screen the iPad has. Could you imagine trying to read non-scalable text on that? Yuck. So has there been any rumors about the graphics chipset in this one?

Sadly, that's a typo.

I'm so freaking tired of all these "computer" monitors with 1080 lines.
I think the 2048x1536 resolution is the only thing I find interesting about it.
Not that I am going to start buying iCrap now; but I hope other tablet makers will follow.

Really? Still milking the "retina display" meaningless buzzword?

And in later news Samsung have delayed the shipment of the cpu's as a response to the legal issues over ridiculous patents while the appleoids screams they been samsunged again and commit ritual suicides.

I think you've got the situation reversed. It was the Anti-Apple crowd that was making snid comments about the iPad 2, saying it was inferior, and using its lack of 4G LTE as proof(haha..lol) of it being inferior. Even though benchmarks everywhere proved otherwise..Especially in the graphics department. Several times over.

Now, IF the iPad 3 has 4G LTE, that's awesome. But it's not the end-all-be all that some people make it out to be. If it was, speed wise, the proportional equivient of going from dial-up, to DSL, or even Cable.. Then sure.. It would be amazing.. And a massive negative and stupid oversight to not include it in a new "top of the line" product... But at the speeds its averaging right now? Hardly.

And chances are, once again, the iPad is gonna wipe the floor with everything out to date.. And embarrass the TF Prime and it's Tegra3(which sucks, because I want to get the 1920x1200 one once they release it. Such is life.). And of course, you all will come up with your own reasons as to how the iPad 3 is "fail" once it's out... And the market will prove you wrong as the iPad continues to sell like hotcakes... And finally.. We will be waiting for the media to try and promote the next "iPad Killer", and we will watch it fail miserably.

Apple haters lol never fails with every story. Its about time they get away from the same ole 1080p nonsense that plagues so many cheap panels these days. My desktop monitor is 2560 x 1600 at 30 inches IPS and would never go back to anything less. So this is welcome news even though I wouldnt have much use for a IPAD 3 when I already have an Iphone.

If your 30 inch monitor is only 2560 x 1600, relatively speaking and an Ipad 3 is 2048×1536 on a 10 inch display, your 30 inch IPS panel is really out of date...... at the same pixel pitch the 30 inch IPS should have what ? 4500x 3000 pixels? Sorry you paid that much for a monitor.

Again, it is nearly that time of the year anyway. Apple is going to keep a more or less regular schedule.

really? there will always be a reason for someone to bitch about something.

sounds like a great device. bring it apple. they might not push the performance envelope when it comes to desktop computers, but their mobile devices perform very well

I wouldn't say it's "revolutionary" or "magical" but it just wasn't previously the best option for the iPhone/iPad. The technology used to bring 4G to a mobile device wasn't perfected and required a lot of battery power. I'll take longevity and 3G speeds over 4G with 5 hours of use any day. Apple won't put it in their phone unless the technology is ready.

Someone doesn't know how monitors work...

ipad 3, 2560x1600, fanbois,... my dad can beat up your dad.

Spoken like someone that can't afford one to me. Just sick with your sub $200 1080 panels because you are truly clueless.

Is anyone else hoping that they announce the iPad 2s instead? I need to see a few more hipster heads exploding.

You know there is some truth to that. Monitors, even the 30" ones could really use a much higher resolution. They have been stuck on the same old resolutions for a long time know. With higher res monitors of iRet pixel density you really wouldn't need to have to worry about AA anymore or hacks like sub-pixel hinting.

you can rest asure the iPad 3 will be more over priced crap. Thanks but no thanks, but I wont crawl as low as Apple expects its zombies to .

In other news, Apple fandom developers create a unified forum thread app called, "iStupid", trying to introduce the concept that the term "stupid" means awesome, cool, b****in', rad, etc... So when all the apple fan'peeps download and start using the "iStupid" app and and start using the phras iStupid all the time all the non Crapple Zombies will be snickering... When the app fan'peeps say the word "iStupid" out loud, they still won't get the double entendre... guess who will? hhhmmm... geeze I don't know... O.o

i so want one of those, but wont pay 1500-2000$ for it




he has some amount of a point... why do we pay so much for something that is probably vastly cheaper to produce, i mean what 2000$ for a decent one, and a phone has a higher pixle dencity for what, 30$ a panel? point being, its likely that 4 ipad 3s will be cheaper than that one monitor, and thats an entire computer like device, that is portable, and most likely has a better looking screen.

Original DSL was 512K and Cable was the same. Dialup was 56K. So around 10 times faster.

3G to LTE = around 3-4Mbps to 75Mbps in performance. That's ~20 times faster. So is LTE therefore amazing?

If you've used a 2G/3G/HSDPA+/whatever device and then used an LTE device for browsing/surfing/downloading/etc then you would know the difference is like night and day.

Am I correct in assuming that you have yet to truly experience LTE due to being stuck on an iPhone device?

As much as I hate apple, I like the idea of the double res monitor. It's viable now and for all those who say tat the res will make everything too small, just think that apple probably thought of that. Also, 4g is nice, as I have to buffer low def. videos on 3G on my phone.

Oh and people criticizing Apple devices criticize them because they're made for idiots (literally). The Interface is simplistic, though this is often sold as a positive aspect of i products, which leaves you with limited capacity for content creation. The irony is that the "Apple" types are the ones who claim to be "sooo creative".

Apple devices come with basic features, available on many other devices before them, but dumbed down for mass consumption and heralded/marketed as being "innovative" to the masses. Through this dumbing down process the individual using the device is compelled to de-evolve into something equatable to "pond-scum" in critical thinking capacities.

The Creative capacity, in the hands of the masses, is destroyed by this process. Rather than being content producers... individuals are relegated to being content consumers. It is akin to sitting in front of the TV watching Reality TV Shows. You don't control what goes on TV, you only can choose what crap to consume.

Apple is, in essence, Fascism.

Wait until you see the battery life on that screen when turned on and in use. Your opinion may change. Android devices have had to equip themselves with far larger batteries than their iPhone competitors in order to power their superior screens.

Apple appears to have opted to go the Android route and couple their device with a top-end screen (which was not always the case). They probably went with LG for the display so we can expect it to lose to Android Tablets in color reproduction capabilities.

Now I love Apple... I love my iPad, and I would love to have such an impressive pixel density because it would mean I could read e-magazines without having to pinch-and-zoom every other paragraph.

BUT... if Apple did this, one or more of these would happen.
The battery life would plumet, that many pixels is going to suck power like crazy. The iPad would have to get thicker, going completely backwards to Apple's "Always thinner" mentality. The price would skyrocket even higher than it already is, which would be a terrible move in the face of things like the Kindle Fire. I don't think Apple should go for more than 1440 x 1080, that's still more than any other tablet has ever managed to get.

And yet I know, when the iPad 3 does come out everyone (including the stock-share owners) are going to bitch all the hell because Apple didn't release a piece of technology that CAN'T EXIST YET. It's f***ing ridiculous. AT THE MOST, I think they should go for 1600 x 1200, but beyond that is insane.

Actually that is why they went with Sharp on these displays. Sharp apparently had a way to do it without much power overhead. The device is supposed to be slightly thicker but I do not thing you have much to worry about on the power overhead. Might be slightly less life but not much. We will see though as I have put off purchasing of the IPad because I figured they would put the high pixel density display on it.

Apple could put horse dung in the iPad3 and they would still sell a few million.

22 Days till an event? So all the invitations to all the important media outlets must have been lost in the mail. Where it is being held must not have gotten the memo.

Seriously, if there was going to be an event you would think SOMEONE would be raising a flag about it. This is why rumors are usually a waste of time. There are a lot of details that need taking care of for an event. Credible rumors will have some kinda details other than tech specs.

Any hopes for gorilla glass?

Indeed, the 2560x1600 have been around for ages without any upgrades and i believe the old DVI-D have been the main issue where WQXGA (the real name of 2560x1600) is the maximum resoution @60hz. Display port on the other hand support up to 3840 × 2160 @60hz so where are the good monitors at that resolution?