iPad 3 News on Release Date and Rumors

The release date for the iPad 3 is all but confirmed by Apple as many reports point towards a March 7th release date. The iPad Mini or other named 7″ iPad also makes total sense. The release date for the iPad 3 is all but confirmed by Apple as many reports point towards a March 7th release date. The 7th of March is a very possible date as it fits within the report released last week from All Things D which cited an early March release. It also fits with the release schedule of previous Apple iPads. Several sources including iMore and The Loop are in agreement on the release date being set for March 7th, both being prominent sources for previous Apple leaks. If previous sales are to repeat themselves the iPad 3 should be announced on the 7th...

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iPad 3 release date ushers in HTML5 internet era as Adobe knifes Flash

Goodbye, Flash. Hello to the iPad 3 era in which the modern internet is built on HTML5 technology instead. Adobe, which owns Flash, discontinued the Mobile Flash Player today, bringing to an end the company’s failed attempts to deliver the obsolete website technology to mobile devices. The iPad and iPhone refused to display Flash at all, with the late Steve Jobs having cited the buggy, slow, resource-eating, insecure, crash-prone, battery-eating nature of Flash. Competing tablets and smartphones displayed Flash, but did so poorly. This also means the end of Flash on Macs and PCs, although that’ll take time. But Flash will begin disappearing from websites at a faster rate in general now, meaning that by the time the iPad 3 sees its release date,...

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