Apple iPad Event 7 March 2012 - Lets see how I did

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.