Yes. The name is a bit baffling. You can only call it the "the new iPad" once. 
Is next year's model "the newer iPad", then "the yet newer iPad". :-)

Cheers,
Carlo

On 08/03/2012, at 3:26 , Martin Hill wrote:

> Woke up at 2am accidentally, so here's the latest news.
> 
> So the new iPad has an extremely high resolution Retina screen 2048x1536 or 
> exactly twice the resolution (4x the number of pixels) as the iPad 2.  1 
> million more pixels than a Full HD TV. Not bad for 
> 
> 4G LTE  (and newer faster HSDPA up to 42Mbps)
> A5x w quad core GPU chip
> 5 megapixel camera on back
> Auto focus
> Image stabilization
> 1080p video recording
> Slightly thicker (9.4mm vs 8.8mm) and little bit heavier than iPad 2 
> (in order to get same battery life despite 4G)
> Voice dictation (but no Siri)
> Same prices as iPad 2
> Available March 16
> Still has a physical Home button
> 
> Minor upgrade to AppleTV - now supports 1080p and movies in iCloud
> New iWork apps & new GarageBand and iMovie
> New iPhoto app ( supports sharing to Facebook)
> 
> iPad 2 now available for $399  (16GB wifi) - whoa, that's going to hurt 
> competitors 
> 
> It's just called "the new iPad". No 3 or HD or 2s.  Weird.
> 
> No iOS update mentioned. Hmm.
> 
> -Mart
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