∞ Apple announces iPad 2 event for March 2

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Apple on Wednesday sent an invitation to media inviting them to a special event on March 2 in San Francisco, Calif.

[ad#Google Adsense 300×250 in story]According to the invitation received by The Loop, the event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts at 10:00 am. This is the same venue Apple has used to introduce a number of products in recent years.

Speculation of an Apple event first broke yesterday in a day that was filled with rumors that the iPad 2 would be delayed until June.

Two separate reports said the iPad 2 and iPhone 5 would be delayed, but The Loop was able to independently confirm that these rumors were false.

While specs of the iPad 2 are a tightly guarded secret, it is widely thought the device will feature a front-facing camera with FaceTime video support and be thinner than its predecessor.

The Loop will be at the event and will bring you live coverage.



30 thoughts on “∞ Apple announces iPad 2 event for March 2”

  1. So the *event* is March 2 and clearly has a focus on the iPad 2, but it could be just to announce that the iPad 2 is delayed until July or September or February 2012, right?

    Right?

  2. umm.. NO.. why hold an event to say its delayed.. and hamper iPad 1 sales ?? trust me..its coming .. maybe even launching by march 10th -15th..

  10. @David Chartier
    Like they called the press together to talk about how the white iPhone was delayed?

  13. Jim do we know if that is the actual size of the graphic sent out in the invitation? It looks like it was scaled up a bit.

  14. Apple always use their current products in promotional materials for events that may feature a product that replaces the product in said promotional material. They did this for the launch of iPhone 4, using an image of iPhone 3GS in the invite.

  16. Haven’t you guys noticed the buttons is on the right side ? on top in the power button ?

  21. I don’t think Motorola needs any help in negatively impacting the sales of the Xoom. Considering they’re releasing a device that can’t read its own product website makes me think they’ve got that covered.

  22. would you really be able to tell the difference from a photo of the type of display that is then rendered on a website and then displayed on your computer screen, different LCD’s represent image clarity and color differently

    think watchin and HDTV commercial on a standard def tv…can you really tell the difference?

  25. That and the whole attempt to force folks to sign up for 3g on a no contract buy, just to use the wifi. Apparently that whole stunt was pulled but it probably left a bad taste behind

  26. Delayed implies that they announced an earlier date. If they always intended to release it in the summer then it is not delayed.

    That aside, I think they will announce the details of the device, then the wifi only will go on sale anywhere from ‘tomorrow’ to ‘X date in two weeks’ with online pre-orders and reservations starting a few days to a week before (that date also announced). And then the 3g version, which needs to clear the FCC will come in a month or two, that date also announced. The clearance application would be public info and ‘leak’ info. And we know how Jobs and Apple feel about that.

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