Apple to launch iPad 3 this year?

After just a bit of time from the release of Apple’s iPad 2, rumors have started to spread out about its successor called iPad 3.

According to the guys at The WSJ Blogs, Apple is expected to release a second iPad this year by adding it a bit LTE 4G taste. This is what they had to say:

“While most vendors appear fixated on matching the specs and features of iPad2, our checks suggest Apple will release iPad3 in time for the holiday season, sporting a better display and LTE capabilities.”

There has been strange news about iPad 3 around the globe lately, first we had a bit of speculation from TiPb where they had reported Apple expected to launch iPad 3 in september 2011. John Gruber at Daring Fireball had guessed that there might be one soon while TechCrunch had claimed that an iPad 3 is confirmed:

Daring Fireball:

How could Apple release a third-generation iPad just six months or so after the second one? Maybe it won’t be an actual next generation model. Maybe it’s more like an iPad 2.5, or iPad 2 Pro — a new higher-end model that sits atop the iPad product family, not a replacement for the iPad 2 models (which, of course, haven’t even been released yet).

Or: an iPad 2 HD. What if that’s the source of the conflicting reports of a retina display next-gen iPad? I am nearly dead certain the iPad 2 is going to have the same display resolution and size as the current iPad. I am not so sure at all, though, that there won’t be a double-resolution 2048 × 1536 iPad in 2011.

TechCrunch:

We’ve now heard that this “fall surprise” is related to this would-be iPad 3. We don’t have any more concrete information beyond that. But, as of right now, the plan is apparently to release one iteration of the iPad in the next few weeks. And then blow the doors open with another new version in the fall.

The only way to currently know whether this speculation about iPad 3 is correct, we will have to wait for WWDC 2011. Stay tuned to catch more news on iPad 3.

[via :WSJ Blogs, TiPb ]