March 7: iPad HD, not the iPad 3.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

Apple will announce tomorrow an iPad HD not the iPad 3 as was expected. Apple wants to promote its big new feature: the high-definition screen.

CNET has been told by a developer who's previously provided reliable information with respect to things Apple and otherwise tells them the next iPad uses the HD moniker instead of going with "iPad 3."

That matches up well with a report from Gizmodo last week (and an item just posted on VentureBeat) that included an alleged list of upcoming cases from Griffin, listing the product as "iPad HD (3)", as well as corresponding usage reports from an application called Tapatalk that included "iPad HD" among the list of devices using it.

Apple has been known to tack simple modifiers onto its product names before, so a name like the iPad HD wouldn't be unprecedented. For instance, in the fifth major version of its iMovie software (part of iLife), Apple added support for 720p and 1080i video, and also dropped the version number in favor of calling it iMovie HD.

Based on the latest rumors the iPad HD ( 3 ) might come with a Apple A6 Quad-Core cpu, 8 mpxls rear camera, 1GB RAM, Retina Display, SIRI Ai, 4G.

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2012: iPad 9.7 inch panels to top over 65 million units.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

Shipments of 9.7-inch flat panels for iPads are expected to top over 65 million units in 2012 compared to 48 million units shipped in 2011, DisplaySearch has estimated.

The 9.7-inch panels shipped in 2011 were XGA (1024 by 769 pixels) panels, supporting IPS or FFS technologies, with 54% of total shipments coming from LG Display, 40% from Samsung Electronics and the remaining 6% from Chimei Innolux (CMI), DisplaySearch said in a Chinese-language press release.

However, shipments of 9.7-inch iPad panels in 2012 will come in QXGA (2048 by 1,536 pixels) and XGA standards, with QXGA panels likely to exceed XGA models. LG Display, Samsung and Sharp will be the main suppliers for high-resolution displays, added the market research firm.