From The Verge:
Now where have I seen this before……
UPDATE: For the record, I posted this a full 5 minutes before The Verge…..
UPDATE 2: The more I look at Acer’s picture I realize that I am almost certain that font utilized is the same font used in Apple’s iconic “Think Different” campaign (Garamond). Irony at it’s best.
Part two of my series of things Apple won’t do comes to us from Appleinsider. They claim that Apple is set to release the new retina-sporting iPad 3 coming in March. So far so good. Unfortunately, the article did not stop here, but instead suggested that in October Apple would release an “iPad 4” with “killer apps”.
Last year there were similar rumors from sites like Digitimes that indicated Apple would release a second iPad in 2011 in the fall season as well. The only logical explanation is that what is really being talked about is iOS 6, which certainly could bring some new “killer apps” to the iPad 3 in the October time frame.
Long story short: Apple will not release two new iPads in a given year - especially “to counter a rumored Google-branded tablet as well as touchscreen devices running Windows 8”.
Update: Gruber agrees
According to a report from Digitimes today Apple is gearing up to release a cheaper iPad to compete directly with the Kindle Fire.
The report claims that such an iPad would be based internally on the a6, but feature the same panel on the iPad 2 allowing them to sell it for $299.
My predictions:
There is a 0% chance Apple will sell an iPad, with an a6, for $299. If, and this is a HUGE if, Apple sell’s an iPad 2 for $299, it will be the entry level iPad 2 exactly as it stands today. I would say it is slightly more possible that Apple even follows it’s current patterns with iPhones and introduces the cheaper iPad as an 8gb model instead, although personally I think that may not be enough storage for an iPad.
I guess everyone was quick to forget the rumors leading up to the launch of the iPhone 4S, where the “low cost” cheaper model was long rumored to be driven by an a5 chipset and then remained the iPhone 4 we all know and loved….
Digitimes via TiPb
