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Apple invites media to special iPad event on March 2

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 · 11:43 am · 51 Comments

“Apple on Wednesday sent an invitation to media inviting them to a special event on March 2 in San Francisco, Calif,” Jim Dalrymple reports for The Loop.

“According to the invitation received by The Loop, the event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts at 10:00 am,” Dalrymple reports. “This is the same venue Apple has used to introduce a number of products in recent years.”

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breeze

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 11:46 am · Reply

Get it straight from the horse’s mouth when it comes to Apple speculation.
- bluejay
  
  Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:25 pm · Reply
  
  I hope MDN posts the poll they have here… I think it’s amazing the amount of first adopters.
dan

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 11:49 am · Reply

yahoo!
jimtiv

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 11:54 am · Reply

iPad 2 cometh…
Britney's Postpartum Sister™

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 11:57 am · Reply

I wonder if there is any significance to the Maps app icon being shown (other than an event location tie-in)—perhaps an Apple mapping engine sneak-peak?

I also notice a rocker-style volume switch as opposed to a rumored change to split buttons—do the iPad 2 cases floating around out the have cutouts for rocker or split?
- Ballmer's left nut
  
  Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:02 pm · Reply
  
  It would be silly to reveal the actual shape, button positioning and other details of the iPad 2 in the picture so what that tells you is by peeling away the date you’re essentially peeling back the old iPad to be replaced with a newer version.
  
  If you had a girlfriend who forced you to wear face masks for your complexion you’d understand the analogy.
- Backlash
  
  Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 3:32 pm · Reply
  
  Actually, if you grab your iPad box… That’s the same location the maps icon is.
  Nothing more.
Ballmer's left nut

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 11:57 am · Reply

I keep asking myself if that’s the announcement for the iPad 2, why concatenate that with an announcement this week with the launch of the new MacBook line.

Wouldn’t that just suck the oxygen out of the iPad launch? Doesn’t Apple stagger major product launches months apart so the Apple faithful will have an excuse to queue up in front of the Apple Store every once in a while?
- Predrag
  
  Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:21 pm · Reply
  
  I’m not sure I’m understanding you correctly. If by concatenate you mean announcing two devices, one after the other, on the same day, in the same event, then nothing so far is telling us that they are doing that.
  
  If you meant by presumably announcing MBPs tomorrow, followed by an iPad announcement a week later, then I don’t see any oxygen suction there. MBP gets its own full event, people get to line up (if they wish), press gets to report on it for almost a full week, before the iPad 2 takes the stage, for the next round of publicity. And even this assumes Apple is to announce an update to MBP sometime soon, which is doubtful. Either they will send out a separate invitation for a separate event, or there will be a minor update to the MBP not worthy of anything more than a short online store take-down and a press release.
  - RastaMouse
    
    Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 3:15 pm · Reply
    
    I still find it odd that Apple have to close down their entire online store operations and replace it with a holding page full of post-it notes, just to add a few new models of computer now and again…
    
    …or maybe that is all part of the hype machine.
Look carefully....

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:10 pm · Reply

Correct me if I’m wrong but the back looks straight! Much like the iPhone 4 from what I can see. I’m pretty sure were losing the curve on our iPads. And I want cooler backgrounds!
- Predrag
  
  Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:16 pm · Reply
  
  Unless you’re looking at a different picture, I can’t possibly see how you determined that the back is straight (i.e. flat).
- unlvjacket
  
  Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:35 pm · Reply
  
  How can you see the back? Do you have 3D X-Ray Vision glasses or something?
- praus
  
  Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:48 pm · Reply
  
  You do know you can get new backgrounds from the internet or from pictures you put on there right?
SamLowry

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:11 pm · Reply

a new iCal version!
- sokimaca
  
  Friday, February 25, 2011 - 9:43 pm · Reply
  
  I’ll second that !
brilliantsandwich

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:16 pm · Reply

credit card at the ready
MacMental

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:18 pm · Reply

@Ballmer’s left nut

I can think of several reasons for including MBP in a iPad2 announcement.

1. The updates to the MBP line are not significant enough to warrant an event on their own; therefore, without the iPad event they would just appear on the web site. This allows Apple to introduce them and talk about a couple things of note, like the Lightpeak tech.

2. The update to the iPad isn’t enough to fill an entire media event. It’s just hardware; the only thing they might demo is Facetime. They want to make a big splash, but if that’s all they introduce the event will be over too soon.

3. By introducing both products together, Apple can emphasize the event as the future direction of their entire product line and mention again how Lion is bringing the Mobile and Desktop technology closer together.
derek in milan

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:20 pm · Reply

I intend to sell my 32GB 3G ipad and get the new one because I have finally admitted I am addicted to all Apple product updates.
There is nothing wrong with my iPad, and I dont need cameras etc., but logic has no power over my Apple addiction.

Will have to get the new Macbook Pro, even though my old one is still in first years warranty and works perfectly.

If they put a backlit keyboard on the Air, I will buy one of those, too. (Well I do have the old one WITH the backlit keyboard).

Maybe its not Apple per se I am addicted to but backlit keyboards?

Aaaah, the backlit keyboard. Like a warm friend in the middle of a dark night….

My God, is that the time? I have an appointment with my therapist at 11!
- Martin
  
  Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 10:46 pm · Reply
  
  no wonder you live in Milan, so trendy
Bert

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:21 pm · Reply

Is the link to the article broken?
- ChrissyOne
  
  Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 4:56 pm · Reply
  
  Looks that way to me.
PeteyZ

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:30 pm · Reply

Guys (and Gals)!

Relax. Just checked the image on the invitation with the image on the first page of the iPad gallery on apple.com. Same exact upper right corner of the same exact image. Water droplet: same. Buttons: same. Not saying there’s not gonna be nothing new, but those two guys in sunglasses behind the fence are just railway workers…
allison

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:31 pm · Reply

this website has become a joke. all they’re are doing is copying and pasting from macrumors. macrumors should shut them down.
- Predrag
  
  Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:52 pm · Reply
  
  …”“Apple on Wednesday sent an invitation to media inviting them to a special event on March 2 in San Francisco, Calif,” Jim Dalrymple reports for The Loop.”
  
  MDN is a Apple-related news aggregator. In other words, they scour the internet for Apple-related news and post condensed version of original articles, with full attribution and links to the source.
  
  While they occasionally quote your MacRumours site, this article did NOT do that, neither did most of other articles today. And, by the way, your MacRumours is pretty much doing exactly the same thing — aggregating news from other sources. As a matter of fact, they are quoting exactly the SAME source as MDN for this particular story. Perhaps MDN should shut down MacRumours…?
- althegeo
  
  Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 1:02 pm · Reply
  
  MDN copies and pastes from all over the net. That’s what it does. There are a few internally generated articles but for the most part an article is posted in part, a URL to that article is also posted and usually a witty comment is made on that article.
  
  That’s MDN. If you don’t like the format, bye, bye.
- Martin
  
  Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 10:49 pm · Reply
  
  apparently you don’t understand this site at all !
  
  do you use google news ? they are NOT typing or copy pasting all those articles you know
  
  well here it’s the same, they copy paste from all over the web, and we like it !
buddabob

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:33 pm · Reply

I wonder if the GizmoGang will be there ? I hope they are still being blacklisted…
- Only You
  
  Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 1:28 pm · Reply
  
  They will be there but won’t be allowed in. Ha.
unlvjacket

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:34 pm · Reply

Impossible, some random guys in Taiwan said the iPad is delayed.
steve516

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:36 pm · Reply

Let’s all go out to the various forums and message boards and news sites and start spreading vague speculation based on this one small image.
GlassHollow

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:36 pm · Reply

Yes!
Another credit card here at the ready!
Manny

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:53 pm · Reply

I’m ready! Currently typing my credit card over and over to gain speed.
- G
  
  Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 1:04 pm · Reply
  
  Ha!! Programing my C program to type it out faster then any human!! You will lose this one my friend…. You will lose…
Mark Parker

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 12:56 pm · Reply

Well played Apple. This should just about kill tomorrow’s Moto Zoom launch!
- G
  
  Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 1:05 pm · Reply
  
  Xoom is coming out tomorrow?? I ha no idea… Really no joke.. lol
  - Jr
    
    Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 1:28 pm · Reply
    
    iPad 2 announcement a week away and people are already drooling about it… Xoom coming out tomorrow… most people barely knew, if at all.
L

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 1:13 pm · Reply

If the iPad 2 won’t have a higher res display, how come the invite shows the line/streak indicating retina display?
Compare to iPhone 4, iPod Touch, then look at the current images of iPad on Apple’s website – no tell-tale streak for the latter.
What will 2011 be the year of? How about higher res displays? Please!