The new iPad is expected to be delivered this Friday in several countries to those who pre-ordered in time. We are starting to hear some info that indicates some of the UK orders might be shipping a little later though with some readers of Macrumors getting new dates of March 20 instead of March 16 in their original email.
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In the UK, Apple has sold out of the first batch of pre-orders of the new iPad. The shipping estimate is now set at 2 - 3 weeks on all models in the UK.
For those in the US, there's still some stock available for delivery on launch day with most options showing March 16 delivery although a few of the AT&T models are showing March 19 delivery dates which indicates that plenty of people are pre-ordering.
Apple has released iPhoto for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. The new app allows you to browse, share and edit photos with the key being the ability to use multitouch to manage the pictures.
Apple has uploaded a video of the iPad/Apple TV announcement yesterday. The keynote is about 90 minutes in length and is available to watch on the Apple website.
After many months of speculation, Apple has finally unveiled The new iPad. The device is now just called iPad rather than iPad 3, iPad HD or iPad 2S as some had speculated. The reason for this could be to fall in line with how people view the iPod nano, iPod touch, Apple TV etc... each has a generation, but essentially they are not referred to as the Apple TV 3 as an example. We suspect that the next generation iPhone will simply be called iPhone or The new iPhone as it will be listed on the Apple website later on this year.
Back to the new iPad. The key features of this model are the Retina display, 5 megapixel camera with new optics, A5X processor and 4G connectivity to name a few things.
We'll find out for sure later on today, but rumours are hinting that the iPad 3 will be going on sale on March 16 (next Friday). The length between announcing the iPad 3 (which is later today) and when it will go on sale about match the iPad 2 launch last year. What isn't clear at the moment is what countries it will launch in. Typically the iPad launches in the US and is followed a few weeks later with several other countries. Apple might be working on a more unified launch this year.
The same rumours are going around today which is just one day ahead of the iPad 3 announcement. Today the three rumours are about a smaller iPad, 4G LTE as well as new smartcovers.
PhoneArena has reported that Best Buy has a stockpile of thousands of cases for the iPad 3 which are ready for launch on Wednesday following the announcement. What we don't know at the moment is if Targus, who created the iPad 3 case, have built it on official dimensions and specs or if they are just guessing based on internet rumours of the iPad 3 being marginally thicker.
A few more pictures of the iPad 3 have been found over the past few days. The latest show the casing of the iPad which includes the aluminium back and the glass front.
About a year ago the Readability app was submitted to the app store. It was declined. The app is now available to download for all iOS devices.
More rumours continue to be created about the next generation iPad. Most believe it will be called the iPad 3 although some still expect an iPad 2S and some are now hinting that it will be called the iPad HD.
When Apple announces the iPad 3 next week, we expect to hear that it will have a Retina display that has four times the amount of pixels when compared to the current version. The problem with this is that it could cause a number of apps to go over the 20Mb download limit that is imposed on those currently on 3G connections.
