• iPad 3 to Feature Senseg’s E-Sense Touch Technology?

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    iPad 3 to Feature Senseg’s E-Sense Touch Technology?

    iPad 3 to Feature Senseg’s E-Sense Touch Technology?

    When we first get the next-gen iPad (iPad 3 or iPad HD) event invitation, every body’s attention went to “We have something you really have to see.” which was translated instantly as the company might have attached a Retina Display to their new iPad which is a big possibility. But the invitation text goes with another words that – “And touch.”? Which in turn could be a reference to a new technology adopted by Apple.

    According to reports by The Guardian, unlike Apple’s existing iPad display, next-gen iPad screen may be textured and actually you may feel rough, smooth, curved, flat, sticky, and slippery sensations by just touching the screen surface.

    “Apple never uses words in its invitations without them meaning something,” said Carolina Milanesi, smartphones and tablets analyst for the research company Gartner. As she pointed out, the invitation for Apple’s previous event in October had a picture of some app icons, a “1″ against the iPhone, and the phrase “Let’s talk iPhone” – in retrospect, a pun on the planned introduction of the single iPhone 4S, with the Siri voice-driven “assistant” software.

    Milanesi thinks similar analysis will pay dividends: “Saying you have to ‘see’ it obviously refers to the retina display. As for ‘touch’, my first thought was that they have done something to the back of the iPad.”

    But the Guardian believes that the “touch” refers to a technology from Senseg, a Finnish startup which has developed a system called E-Sense which appears to give texture to a touchscreen.

    The technology comes from a Finnish company called Senseg and it uses things called “tixels,” generated by electric fields from elements embedded around the screen, to provide a texture on the display that can change just like its pixels.

    [via cultofmac]

  • Official: Apple iPad 3 Event Slated for March 7th in San Francisco

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    Apple iPad 3 Event Slated for March 7th in San Francisco

    Apple iPad 3 Event Slated for March 7th in San Francisco

    The Verge just reported that they received an invite from Apple for an iPad 3 announcement to be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco at 10am PST, on Wednesday, March 7.

    The invite reads: “we have something you really have to see. And touch“

    No wonder if the iPad 3 comes without Home button, if the image above any indication, notice that the spacing between icons shows that the device is in portrait orientation rather than landscape. the issue of no home button was highly rumored before, and the availability of multi-touch gestures eliminate the need for that button almost to zero.

  • iPad 3 Rumors Roundup; Retina Display, A5X SoC, Better Camera, Thicker, More Tapered Design

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    A bigger Camera Lens and more tapered design for iPad 3

    The next generation iPad, iPad 3 will look almost identical to its predecessor. The screen is allegedly sporting a 2048 X 1536 pixel resolution display provided by Samsung.

    Interestingly, Samsung is about to spin off the company’s LCD display business into a new entity. a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, named Samsung Display Company.

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    iPad 3 is thicker than iPad 2

    Back to the main subject, the new tablet is said to be a little thicker with more tapered edges hiding the extra bulk, and sporting a larger camera lens probably an 8 Mega pixel.

    A new photo has surfaced on the WeiPhone forums via iMore showing a system-on-a-chip nestled onto a prototype logic board, carrying a previously unheard of “A5X”. The A5X chip also includes a date code of “1146″, which would peg production at or around November 14th-20th of 2011.

    iPad 3 Logic board A5X SoC

    iPad 3 Logic board A5X SoC

    This could mean that iPad 3 will have an updated variant of the Apple A5 chipset rather than an Apple A6 chipset as previously speculated or this is only a prototype was being tested.

    The A5X chip is model #S5L8945X, that indicates a dual-core architecture rather than going to a quad-core architecture as previously speculated.

    For iPhone 4 screen when first debuted with a Retina display moniker. To achieve this capability there were four factors to be taken into account; Display size, resolution, pixel density and the distance viewed, in the iPhone case it has 3.5″ display, 960 x 640 Pixels, at least 300 pixels per inch held at 12-15 inches away. But this is different form a 9.7-inch tablet display, for the iPad it normally held 15-18 inches away, needs more than 240 pixels per inch to get Retina condition. iPad 3 is said to have 9.7″ with 2048 x1536 resolution at 264ppi which is more than enough.

    iPad 3 may include 4G LTE network support after all but its less likely.

  • iPad 3 with Quad-core A6, Retina Display, LTE to be announced on March 7th

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    iPad 3 next to iPad 2

    iPad 3 next to iPad 2

    According to several sources, Apple is gearing up to announce their next-generation iPad, probably dubbed, iPad 3, on Wednesday March 7th. Taking into account that this day is still open for events at San Fransisco’s Yerba Buena Center where Apple introduced both iPad and iPad 2.

    The iPad 3 is expected to feature Apple’s A6 quad-core processor, 2048×1536 Retina display at 264PPI, upgraded camera, and more

    Now, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon and AT&T will carry the iPad 3 LTE noting that Apple will hold their media event to unveil the iPad 3 during the first week of March.

    Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. will sell a version of the coming iPad that runs on their newest fourth-generation wireless networks, according to people familiar with the matter, as the battle to cash in on big investments in mobile broadband heats up.