{"id":18669,"date":"2011-02-24T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-02-24T11:16:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T09:16:00","slug":"ipad-2-event-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/18669-ipad-2-event-speculation.html","title":{"rendered":"iPad 2 event speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple have invited media to an event to be held in San Francisco on 2 March 2011 and according to a number of <a href=\"http:\/\/kara.allthingsd.com\/20110222\/exclusive-apple-ipad-2-event-set-for-march-2\/\" target=\"_self\">media reports<\/a> it is expected that an announcement regarding the new iPad will be made.<\/p>\n<p>The iPad is a tablet computer released by Apple in the United States during April 2010 which has left other technology companies scrambling to launch competing devices.<\/p>\n<p>There is much speculation about the improvements the updated version of Apple&#8217;s iPad will enjoy, though it is generally accepted that the device will be thinner and lighter and will include at least a front-facing camera for Apple&#8217;s Facetime video chat.<\/p>\n<p>According to the reports, the event is to be held in the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2011\/02\/23\/apple-preps-yerba-buena-for-next-weeks-ipad-event\/\" target=\"_blank\">MacRumors.com<\/a> reports is already being prepared.<\/p>\n<p>This comes amid rumours that the next iterations of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2011-02-22\/apple-s-new-ipad-shipments-may-be-delayed-yuanta-says.html\" target=\"_blank\">iPad<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/iphone-5-september-2011-2\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone<\/a> would be delayed from launching on the dates that industry and the media expect them to launch, based on Apple&#8217;s regular release cycles.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has not yet announced launch dates for the next iPad, which is currently being called the iPad 2 by most media, or the iPhone 5.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/313933-iPad-2-announce-event-speculation\" target=\"_self\" title=\"iPad 2 event speculation\"><strong>iPad 2 event speculation<\/strong><\/a> &lt;&lt; Comments andviews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Apple event scheduled for 2 March is said to be the launch announcement of the iPad 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}