Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 01:43 pm
'iPad 3' rumored to launch in Germany on March 23
With Apple expected to unveil its next-generation iPad in early March, a new rumor suggests that the device will launch in Germany only a few weeks later, on March 23.Following up on a report from earlier Tuesday that suggested the so-called "iPad 3" will launch in Germany in April, iFun.de chimed in to dispute that date. Instead, the German-language site has heard that Apple's next iPad will launch in their country on March 23.
Last year, Apple announced the iPad 2 on March 2, and the device became available in the U.S. just over a week later, on March 11. The international launch came a few weeks later, on March 25, to 25 additional countries including Germany.
This year, Apple is expected to unveil its third-generation iPad at a media event on March 7. If that date is accurate and Apple employs the same launch timeframe as 2011, the device would go on sale in the U.S. on Friday, March 16, while international availability would begin on Friday, March 30.

Purported 'iPad 3' case and comparison photos. | Source: Apple Daily
Though the April launch for the next iPad in Germany was disputed, a number of other details were contained in the original report. It said that the "iPad 3" will feature Siri voice control and a 1080p camera with image stabilization, both powered by a dual-core "A5X" processor.
The third-generation iPad is also expected to feature a high-resolution Retina Display. The pixel-dense screen is rumored to have a resolution of 2,048-by-1,536 pixels, which is 260 pixels per inch, and twice the resolution of the current iPad 2 screen.
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1mm thicker than the iPad 2 will be just fine, esp if that lets them maintain battery life parity w/the iPad 2. I've been using an iPad 1 in the Apple case all this time, the iPad 2 already feels like absolutely nothing when I hold it.
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Notice the cool Chinese character at the bottom of that image in red. There is a semi reversed Apple logo as the last character from the right. Weird.