万众期待的 iPad 3将于3月7日亮相。苹果公司日前邀请传媒到美国三藩巿出席特别发佈会，消息一出， iPad 2即时跌价。 苹果在邀请函邮件上，贯彻苹果的神秘风格，只写着「我们有些你很想看和触摸的东西」，并附有轻触式屏幕的配图，但隻字不提 iPad 3。 但各大科技网站纷纷揣测 iPad 3的新功能。 PC World和 CNET网站都指， iPad 3将采用 iPhone 4S的 Retina「虹膜」显示屏，令屏幕解像度提升到 2048x1536的高清像素，同时可能加入个人语音助理 Siri，亦可连接 4G无线网络。科技网站 Gizmodo更预测，新一代 iPad可能连惟一的主画面按钮也省去。 网站对于 iPad 3使用 A5X双核晶片或 A6四核晶片存在分歧，但 9 to 5 Mac's网站指苹果可能同时推出两款不同晶片的 iPad，使用 A6四核晶片的 iPad，运算速度较快，至于使用 A5X双核的可能是较廉价的小屏幕 iPad，目的是迎战亚马逊的 Kindle Fire平板电脑。 随着 iPad 3即将推出，美国大型连锁零售店 Best Buy已率先将 iPad 2减价，由 499美元（ 3,892港元）减至 449美元（ 3,502港元）。 发佈会美国时间: 10:00 AM Pacific / 1:00 PM Eastern, 7 Mar 2011 ========== In line with expectations, The Loop reports that Apple today sent out invitations for a media event scheduled for next week Wednesday, March 7. The event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and is scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM Pacific / 1:00 PM Eastern. The tagline on the invitation reads "We have something you really have to see. And touch." Apple is of course expected to introduce the iPad 3 at the event, with an upgraded Apple TV set-top box also reportedly in the plans. Rumors have also suggested that Apple could show off a new high-definition audio format with "adaptive streaming" that could allow Apple's iCloud and iTunes Match services to send varying qualities of audio files to different devices depending on bandwidth and hardware requirements. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1331226