10 February, 2012
By Adnan
February is here and with each passing day, March comes closer. We’ve heard rumours from well informed sources that Apple is planning on announcing it’s next iPad in March 2012. To further substantiate those rumours, sources reveal that Apple is instructing key app developers to submit their iPad 3 apps well before the announcement. The company uses such apps for demonstrations at the event as well as advertisements that air immediately after the event.
Much as already been rumoured about iPad 3. It is believed that Apple’s next magical tablet will come with a quadcore A6 processor, bigger battery, more RAM, Retina Display, better cameras and LTE support. Rumours indicate that the next iPad will not have any major design changes as compared to the iPad 2, but it just might turn out to be a little thinner than its predecessor.
If you’re familiar with Apple product announcements, you’ll know that Apple always uses some apps to show off the capabilities of the device it is announcing. Back in 2010 when iPhone 4 was being announced, Infinity Blade was demoed. Last year at the iPhone 4S release event, Infinity Blade 2 was demoed. At the iPad 2 event in March 2010, apps such as iMovie, GarageBand and PhotoBooth were used to show off capabilities of the new iPad 2. So it goes without saying that Apple does need apps to be ready before iPad 3 announcement, which is presumably going to take place early next month.
The source reveals that Apple is putting certain developers in ‘crunch mode’ so that they finish apps on time, through which the company will select the lucky few that are going to be used at the event. Apple also needs the apps so that they can be used in the ad spots that will air immediately after the event takes place. Given the fact that ample time is required for ad spots to be created, it can be safely assumed that developers of Apple’s choice have to submit their apps with one week.
Much more will be revealed about Apple’s upcoming iPad in the next few weeks. The hype surrounding iPad 3 continues to grow and people really do what to see what Apple has in store for them.
