The rumor mill surrounding Apple has been in overdrive this week amid reports that a new version of the iPad is due for release this fall. According to a source, the new tablet to come out of Apple’s stable will be called the iPad HD, as the device is said to offer a screen which will have double the resolution of the screen seen in iPad 2. This has been rumored since a long time ago; however the signals are quite strong at the moment. According to the sources, the device will be meant for the high end market and business oriented, which is also expected to drive its price point well above that of the iPad 2.
The device will target professional photo and video content producers; however that will not count out people with enough money to afford an upgrade. It is being reported that Apple has an iPad friendly version of either Aperture or Final Cut Pro to go along with the iPad HD. Analysts also believe that the device will not be the iPad 3, but a complementary version of the current iPad 2 line; something like the relationship between the MacBook and MacBook Pro line of notebooks.
An analyst named Craig Berger has supported the news of the new high end iPad, saying that Apple probably has the next installment of the iPad 2s in store for the holiday season this year. Berger says that the device will have a pixel density of 250 to 320 ppi, which adds more weight to the rumours. However, Berger stipulated that more confirming data points will have to be awaited from the other supply chain contracts before it can be fully believed that a new iPad device will come out in 2011.
These reports follow a big story released on the Wall Street Journal which asserts that Apple does have a lighter and thinner iPhone 5 in development. While many have said that the new iPhone will look like the iPhone 4, one of the analysts, Topolsky, says that the iPhone 5 will be an entirely redesigned smartphone. The reason behind the iPhone 4 look-a-like speculations is that Apple has been testing the components of iPhone 5 in the cases of the old iPhone 4. Topolsky says that the reason behind Apple ditching the iPhone design this quickly is that the high level executives in the company want to move on to something different.
