When cometh the iPad?
We have apparently been too long without Apple iPad rumors, and there is not much happening on that front right now, so the tech press is speculating on all that’s left: when will the iPad actually be released?
Yesterday this space contained rumors that the iPad was not going to get released in March, as Steve Jobs had said. That rumor did not make a lot of sense, but it did start the speculation on the matter and today brings yet more rumors about the release of the iPad and its timing, some saying early, some saying on time, and a curt reply from Apple saying things are on time. Yesterday’s rumor, by the way, came courtesy of market analyst Peter Misek, who went out on a slippery limb to say that the iPad would be released a month late due to problems “at the iPod’s manufacturer, Hon Hai Precision.†Speaking of precision, there was none at all in Misek’s guess. No source, no reason, just a guess, but who knows where lies the truth?
Today there is a headline from AfterDawn.com saying that the iPad will be in Apple stores on March 10, but when you get into the story, it says that the only reason it will be there is so the resident Geniuses can get to know it a bit better than the rest of us before it officially launches. Perhaps that headline should get some excess-hype credit for canceling out the Misek lateness rumor, thus leaving us right back where we started, with the official Apple “late March†statement. And, indeed, there are a plethora of rumors today that the iPad without 3G capabilities will appear for purchase on March 26th, right in the sweet spot of the timeline that Apple announced a month ago. Ho hum.
In the end we are left with much smoke, no fire, but with some mirrors thrown in, all of which has done nothing to sway anyone’s opinion away from the original Apple announcement on the matter. And remember, the iPad model we’re talking about is the least expensive one, without 3G connectivity, and who wants one of those anyway? So, in late March we get the connectivity-disabled model, just like Apple said we would, and about a month after that, we will get the real iPad, the one that you can actually use, just like Apple said we would.
Keep moving, folks, there’s nothing to see here. You may as well go on home. Keep moving…
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