Get ready for the iPad 3: Apple sends invites to March 7th iPad unveiling in San Francisco

By on Feb 28, 2012 at 12:10 PM
Breaking February 28, 2012

Apple on Tuesday circulated invitations to a press conference on March 7th where the Cupertino-based technology giant will unveil its next-generation iPad tablet. The event will be held in San Francisco rather than in New York, as had been reported earlier on Tuesday. Apple’s iPad 3 is expected to feature a high-definition 2,048 x 1,536-pixel Retina Display, a new quad-core Apple A6 processor, a larger battery, embedded 4G LTE connectivity, an 8-megapixel camera and an exterior design that is very similar to the current iPad 2 but with a slightly modified case. New features tied to the next major build of Apple’s mobile platform are expected to be on display next week as well, and we took a quick hands-on look at iOS 5.1 earlier this month. Tune in to BGR on March 7th for all the news surrounding Apple’s iPad 3 unveiling as it breaks.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1777797658 Orlando Sablon

    How many u show the invite picture with the retina display…u find a picture from a year ago…good job BGR!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1777797658 Orlando Sablon

    How many u show the invite picture with the retina display…u find a picture from a year ago…good job BGR!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1777797658 Orlando Sablon

    How many u show the invite picture with the retina display…u find a picture from a year ago…good job BGR!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=690865558 Ernesto L Maldonado

    Right as I am leaving for San Francisco! Boom, talk about timing! Except, I AM COMING HOME MONDAY! Crap, I wonder how much to change the tickets. :-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=690865558 Ernesto L Maldonado

    Right as I am leaving for San Francisco! Boom, talk about timing! Except, I AM COMING HOME MONDAY! Crap, I wonder how much to change the tickets. :-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001008714007 Chris Hyatte

    Nice. Will probably pickup 15-20 of them to flip during the first few weeks. Easy profit if you have the disposable cash for the initial investment.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000537662432 David Hamilton

    Why is this news when Samsung already confirmed they have a processor that’s faster than apple a6 processor honestly this is a catch up device with the same old static icons with no dramatic new browser benchmarks or new features.

    Sent from my BlackBerry Bold 9900 running QNX OS 5.0.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1533668014 Jairo Chiriboga

    Where’s the home button??

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003113154240 Kwixo Jones

    For example?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003113154240 Kwixo Jones

    For example?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=582440997 King Troy

    Kwixo Jones everything that is listed has been out already. and im sure what ever “new app” they (ripped off from the apps store) i mean came up with.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003113154240 Kwixo Jones

    Can’t really recall hi def retina displays or quad core processors being packed into tablets a year ago. Also, by your logic, no company should ever refresh a product line since most “new ideas” have been previously implemented.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=582440997 King Troy

    yes you are right im not an apple fan. but i know good tech when i see it. no matter who makes it. and ipad 3 will sell in its name not its tech.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=5113104 Kwakú Keøvani Agyapøng ßadú Jr.

    i highly doubt it since the iPad doesn’t follow the iPhone’s naming sequence. Remember the iPhone 2 was called iPhone 3G, since the iPad is in a standard numbering system this would have to be called the iPad 3 the change from regular to retina accounts for the number bump. Just as the next iPhone won’t be called the iPhone 5 since
    iPhone 1 = iPhone
    iPhone 2 = iPhone 3G
    iPhone 3 = iPhone 3GS
    iPhone 4 = iPhone 4
    iPhone 5 = iPhone 4S

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003113154240 Kwixo Jones

    Iphone 2 was named 3g to reflect it’s 3g connectivity, which at the time was a big marketing tool. Much like companies continually add 4g to the end of handsets now.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001082513988 Joseph Waldvogel

    I pretty much expected the 4S to come out!!! Just my going from Apples Past iphone releases!!! The iPad hasn’t been out long enough to make a good guess, but I think the iPad2 was a Minor Update to the Original iPad, So Apple could have called the 2 a 1S instead. I think #3 is due for a Major overhaul. Samsung has already said they plan to come out with a High Rez screen on their Tablet in a few months. When you basically have 4 times the pixels on screen you need a much more powerful CPU/GPU to push all those pixel around just to keep the same speed as a ipad2, but people will still want it even faster!!! So that means a pretty major CPU/GPU update. Which is where the Quad-Core is coming from. 4G is getting out there also much better then a year ago, with all the Android tablets coming out with 4G, I don’t see Apple waiting any longer on that.

    So all we can do is make a educated guess with what Apple plans to do. Many of the other Android Company’s announce their products months before it ever comes out. It can be 6 months to a year before it finally comes out, if at all, and if it’s still the same as was talked about so long ago.

    I’ve held out from buying a ipad 1 or 2, if I have to, I’ll hold out another year if the ipad 3 isn’t what I expect it to be. If Apple waits that long, they’ll be past up by everyone else. IF it has all this, how will Apple top it on the ipad 4???

    The iphone 4S wasn’t a disappointment. It was a pretty good update. Especially for new iphone users and those with the older 3GS that were ready to update. If you had a 4 like I did, there wasn’t a huge need to get a 4S. There’s no need to upgrade every year.

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