iPad 3, sorry.. iPad HD..um...new iPad - Gee didn't expect that.

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The new iPad has arrived and I have to say it seems to be with more of a small pop rather than a bang.


Weirdest part? The name. New iPad just seems wrong. What's going to happen when they release the next one? Can I have a new, new iPad please? Or are they going to say iPad, iPad 2, new iPad, iPad 3? Very strange.

New features?

• it's faster
• it has retina display
• it has a better back camera, but surprisingly not a better front facing one
• it cooks for you (oh, no...sorry not yet)

 Really, nothing most punters had not already predicted

What's missing?

• There's no update on front facing camera (i.e. - the camera still sucks)
• It's not lighter
• There's still no USB port (but that's never gonna happen)
• You still can't upgrade memory with an SD card (probably dreaming on that one also)
• You can't get it in purple (just to keep up 'the last point must be silly' requirement )

iPad 3 - ho hum.

So, not long until the iPad 3 announcement. I don't think there's been a day this week that there hasn't been a news article or 20 about what we can expect.

I am less than impressed with models 1 and 2 and I can't think of much that will excite me about 3.

Feature-wise, Apple is always playing catch up with Android when it brings out a new model but somehow seems to be able to convince media (and consumers who read that media) that they are cutting edge innovations.

If the iPad 3 has a full USB port I might change my mind, but the odds of that are the same as Steve Jobs coming back from the dead for the announcement.