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ITProPortal.com will be live-blogging the launch of the iPad 3 from London, covering the pre-iPad 3 buzz happening over the weekend and the launch, proper, on Wednesday 7th at 1800 UK time. After the event, we will publish a number of post analysis pieces.
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19:27 - 07 March
So we're done here. It has been a rather long presentation, longer than usual. Main points. New iPad is called iPad. No funky exotic technologies. Just incremental improvements. Biggest ones being the screen and the camera plus 4G LTE. Still no Siri and potentially no change to the CPU. The other big announcement is the Apple TV which is a 1080p part now, possibly with the same A5X SoC. TBC. Anyway, we're off now. Apple Store is still down for us and the first press release has just arrived.
19:23 - 07 March
I feel that Apple has done that for SEO purposes maybe or to confuse people even more. No more numbers... Just one name...
19:22 - 07 March
An ad is playing with the name of the tablet formerly known as the iPad 3 or iPad HD.... The name of the new iPad is "iPad".
19:21 - 07 March
Only 16GB version will be available.... It is confirmed that the new iPad will be called... the new iPad.
19:20 - 07 March
Apple iPad 2 still on sale at $399 for the iPad 2 16GB Wi-Fi. 3G to cost $529
19:20 - 07 March
As a reference point, one of the cores used in the A5X is worth 12 of Nvidia's Tegra 3 cores.
19:19 - 07 March
Nothing much happening ATM. Some are already speculating that the iPhone 5 will be called "the new iPhone". Phil Schiller is back.
19:17 - 07 March
Looking at the sub pixels now, true RGB. Technology developed by Apple. Pixel units look rectangular.
19:16 - 07 March
Some video playing in the background showing how the iPad is such a great product. No news about GPS or Bluetooth. Someone just said 3rd generation iPad in the video.
19:15 - 07 March
Phil Schiller back. Just spent just under a quarter of an hour on iPhoto. No new dock connector by the way.
19:13 - 07 March
Will be funny tomorrow morning doing a recap of the rumours we've heard and how some sources got these so wrong.
19:10 - 07 March
Still stuck on the iPhoto; this is turning out to be longer than I was expecting... Gorgeous app for sure but we've already spent 10 minutes exploring it already.
19:08 - 07 March
It seems - it's only an impression - that the OS is using the sheer rawpower of the improved GPU to get things done faster.
19:05 - 07 March
The iPhoto app is impressive; smart browsing, tap to compare, swipe down to remove... Loads to like... Supports up to 19MP pictures.
19:03 - 07 March
Randy Ubillos, Chief Architect, photo & video applications takes to the stage
19:01 - 07 March
So the "one more thing" came before the announcement of the iPad. Now on to iPhoto which Schiller says is "amazing"
19:00 - 07 March
New iLife as well. it seems.... Loads of demos being displayed. The iPad circa 2012 could turn out to be a massive hit with content creators.
18:56 - 07 March
Next, Garageband and iMovie. Updates for them for free as well. Slew of updates.
18:55 - 07 March
The apps will stay at $9.99 but will be updated
18:54 - 07 March
Phil Schiller is back.... Focusing on the iWork now
18:54 - 07 March
Erm.... Make that processing power as well... Different sites are reporting different things
18:53 - 07 March
Mike Cpps sasys that the new iPad has more memory or screen res than either the Xbox 360 or the PS3
18:53 - 07 March
Apple Store is still down for us. Note that the new iPad is Apple's first product to be LTE. Could that be the watershed moment when LTE finally conquers the world?
18:52 - 07 March
Note, there's STILL no Siri, only dictation.
18:51 - 07 March
Hye, a demo of Infinity Blade, Dungeons.
18:50 - 07 March
Apple appears to be adopting the same naming convention for the rest of its product (except the iPhone). Apple TV, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac.... No number, no dates.
18:50 - 07 March
Epic Games's Mike Capps is on stage
18:49 - 07 March
Gorgeous application. Surely not Autocad but still a great example of how the iPad can be used to do gorgeous things. App will be exclusive to iOS.
18:46 - 07 March
Just to reiterate, there's no iPad 3, just new iPad - that's how EVERYONE who came up the stage actually calls er... the new iPad.
18:46 - 07 March
Next up is Autodesk with Sketchbook.
18:46 - 07 March
Some jet fighting game being demoed from legendary game developer Namco.
18:45 - 07 March
As a side note, I don't remember Apple saying that the processor was actually an enhanced one. A faster GPU was mentioned but not a faster processor.
18:44 - 07 March
Apple now talks about the devs and how they are upping their game to make sure they up their game
18:41 - 07 March
Make that 25 countries..... Pre-ordering begins today.
18:41 - 07 March
New iPad will be available in 11 territories on the 16th and on 23 more on the 23rd of March.
18:40 - 07 March
4G versions will cost $629, $729 and $829 respectively, no 128GB model available.
18:40 - 07 March
16GB version costs $499, 32GB version costs $599 and 64GB $699
18:39 - 07 March
Tablet has 10 hours battery life, 9 hours on 4G, is 9.4mm thick and weighs 1.4 pounds. Not bad at all
18:38 - 07 March
It will have the most wireless bands ever on one device. Something Apple should be proud of... Now down to the battery.
18:38 - 07 March
You will be able to roam on the new iPad on 3G and use them as personal Hotspot
18:37 - 07 March
Two iPad LTE versions for the US confirmed. One for Vrz and the other for ATT
18:37 - 07 March
Others "around the world" will be added soon. Hence why O2 and Three seem to be very active lately with 4G.
18:36 - 07 March
Other carriers include Rogers, Bell and Telus.
18:35 - 07 March
Both Verizon and AT&T will support 4G LTE
18:35 - 07 March
Did I mention that the iPad has voice dictation capabilities as well? Supports Supports US English, British, Australian, French, German and Japanese.
18:34 - 07 March
Tablet also come with 4G LTE. 21Mbps HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA with LTE going all the way to 73Mbps
18:33 - 07 March
Apologies for any typos in the stream by the way. We will get that sorted soonish...
18:31 - 07 March
Records videos at 1080p. A5x chip used to do image stabilisation. Camera also does face detection, auto white balance and autofocus.
18:31 - 07 March
Camera is now better. A five meg sensor. backside illumination, 5 element lens, hybrid IR filter, Apple designd ISP
18:30 - 07 March
A5X is a quad core GPU. So likely to be just a straight forward improvement on the SGX543MP2...
18:29 - 07 March
A5X is 4x faster than the Tegra 3 says Apple while the A5 was twice as fast. Nvidia - which is a partner of Apple - is sure to agree.
18:28 - 07 March
And here comes the A5X processor with some interesting markings that we will look at later.... 51A009P3 1146 APL5498 34350533
18:27 - 07 March
iPad will be available in black and white. Four times more pixels on that screen by the way.
18:27 - 07 March
Screen has 40 p c better colour saturation. There is a physical home button in there if you were ever wondering.
18:26 - 07 March
iPhone 4 was expected to be held at 10-inch, iPad now expected to be held at 15 inch.
18:26 - 07 March
Resolution confirmed to be 2048 x 1536 pixels, 264 ppi. Enough to call it a retina display (as per Apple's definition)
18:25 - 07 March
BTW, Phil Schiller is doing the quick demo and Before that Tom Cook just had a go at a Samsung Galaxy Tab which it said was similar to a blow up smartphone App
18:24 - 07 March
Retina display is in. On a 9.7-inch display
18:23 - 07 March
New iPad announced chaps.... and it is the iPad. No number nothing.... Disappointing.
18:21 - 07 March
Apple says that there is more than 100 competitive tablets on the market. Surely there's much much more than that
18:21 - 07 March
200K native apps for the iPad written till now
18:19 - 07 March
That's more than the 15.1 million PC sold in the same quarter last year. Sorry for that short interruption
18:16 - 07 March
15.4 million iPad sold in Q4 2011 (iPads not iPad Tablet)
18:16 - 07 March
As expected, the Apple TV will be available from the 16th of March for $99. Now over to the iPad
18:15 - 07 March
Tim Cook is back.
18:15 - 07 March
Apple TV can also recommend movies based on what you've seen. TiVo, watch out!!!!
18:15 - 07 March
The Verge notes that the new interface of Apple TV is just like a TV version of iOS. Same like Android TV really (or Canonical's Ubuntu)
18:14 - 07 March
The Verge and PC Mag having a really hard time keeping up
18:13 - 07 March
Support for PhotoStream is included. Third party apps supported. iTunes playlists straight from the cloud
18:13 - 07 March
Some sites out there are struggling with traffic I can tell you.... Anyway, Eddy Cue now up on the stage to give a demo of the new Apple TV.
18:11 - 07 March
New Apple TV announced with support for 1080p, streamlined new user interface.... The verge goes down... Error 500
18:11 - 07 March
100 million customers for iCloud already. iTunes in the cloud now supports movies and 1080p.
18:09 - 07 March
585,000 apps on the App store, 25 billion apps downloaded.
18:09 - 07 March
Siri coming to Japan as part of iOS 5.1. Which means that the iPad 3 will run iOS 5.1 rather than iOS 6.0
18:07 - 07 March
So back to the presi, 62 million iOS devices sold in the last quarter, 315m since iOS devices were launched
18:06 - 07 March
Hello by the way to the 350 people reading this article at the same time. Nice to have you around.
18:06 - 07 March
Nothing, nothing, nothing happening at the moment...
18:05 - 07 March
Now demo video of Apple Stores around the world
18:04 - 07 March
In comparison, Paypal has around 107 million registered active users (that's figures I am quoting off of my head)
18:03 - 07 March
Apple has 362 retail stores and 110 million visitors in Q4 2011. Which is enormous.
18:03 - 07 March
Talks about Apple Store, the latest one in Amsterdam - no news about a Texas one as rumoured
18:02 - 07 March
Apple PR a few days ago mentioned that 315 million iOS devices were out in the wild.
18:01 - 07 March
Focusing on the iPad now. 172 million post PC devices been sold last year (that would be in 2011). That's 76 per cent of company's revenues.
18:01 - 07 March
Goes through the list of Post-PC devices, ipod touch, iphone and ipad.
17:59 - 07 March
Apple CEO, Tim Cook, is on stage. Talks about Post-PC revolution
17:57 - 07 March
We've got a nifty live blogging tool now courtesy of our development team who managed to produce it in a short time. Theverge's autorefresh is working now and we've added Cnet to our roster of Liveblogs.
17:56 - 07 March
It looks like the Verge's liveblog is having some issues with autorefresh. It's a pity that Gizmodo is no longer allowed at Apple's event. Let see what Cnet has.
17:54 - 07 March
Everybody's nervously waiting for the event to start in 7 minutes.
17:48 - 07 March
As per the previous years, there's no live feed audio or video. You will need to come back later for a video podcast which will be posted on Apple's website.
17:48 - 07 March
So we're starting early with our Liveblog for the iPad 3 or iPad HD. We're covering four different websites, Engadget, TheVerge, GDGT and PCMag.
17:21 - 07 March
Just a few minutes now (45 to be more precise). And here's our latest round of iPad 3 related articles, boy we have been busy today!
16:00 - 07 March
Ladies and gents. The Apple store is down. I repeat, the Apple Store is down. We all know what that means.
11:23 - 07 March
Only a few hours to go now before the iPad 3 or the iPad HD appears on stage in California. We will be live blogging the event right here from 1800 GMT. For now, here's our latest roundup of iPad 3 related articles.
23:01 - 06 March
Our last iPad 3 update for the day.
16:31 - 06 March
Roughly one day to go before the iPad 3 event starts. Here is our latest list of articles on Apple's forthcoming tablet.
10:57 - 06 March
Here's our latest list of iPad 3 tablet related articles
17:29 - 05 March
More iPad 3 leaks coming out.
13:03 - 05 March
Is that an exclusive? Did Belkin Confirm iPad 3 Name? Also, there are rumours that Apple iPad 3 Could Be Called iPad HD. Oh and the Apple iPhone 4 is now costing as little as £22.67 per month - which is ridiculously cheap for a smartphone with Apple's logo slapped on.
10:30 - 05 March
Only 48 hours or so till the iPad 3 is launched. One rumour that still persists is a smaller version of the iPad (either an iPad 3 or an iPad 2) which will be released soon.
23:42 - 04 March
Ahead Of iPad 3 Launch, Apple App Store Hits 25 Billion Downloads
23:15 - 03 March
Perhaps the first instance of an App supporting the iPad 3 super high resolution; an ITProPortal.com exclusive!
19:46 - 02 March
Meanwhile, iPad 2 rivals cut their prices; the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 WiFi is only £279 now while there are rumours of a cheaper, 8GB iPad 2 in the air.
16:42 - 02 March
Apple has yet to cut the price of the iPad 2 in the UK despite the forthcoming release of the iPad 3 next week. We believe that there would well be a 128GB iPad 3 launched on Wednesday, one which could cost £639 - check the reasons why we think that this will happen. We have dissected the Media Event invitation photo and found out some pretty interested clues and even tried to create one ourselves using the existing iPad 2 although it proved to be more difficult than we'd thought.
