“Funny how rumors get started. Late yesterday, the blogosphere was buzzing with rumors that an iPad 3 might be on the way in September,” David Carnoy reports for CNET. “That’s right, the iPad 2 hasn’t officially been announced (though it is reported to be in production), and already people are talking about an iPad 3.”
“It all started with a blog post by John Gruber, who writes the popular Daring Fireball blog,” Carnoy reports. “The mere fact that Gruber, who has built a reputation for having good Apple sources… uttered the word iPad 3, immediately set off a wave of speculation.”
Carnoy reports, “Apple has long been rumored to have a smaller, 7-inch iPad in the works, and while Steve Jobs has publicly said it would be a bad idea, I have remained confident Apple will release this product–and sooner rather than later… You think Apple’s just going to cede that size to other companies? Highly doubtful. Also, it makes much more sense for Apple to do a Retina Display in a smaller tablet that a full-blown iPad.”