Rumors about the iPad 3 are heating up as 2012 dawns . Who knows ? `` We 've entered a post-iPhone news cycle , when iPad rumors are surfacing with full force , '' wrote Leslie Horn for PC Magazine . The original iPad was unveiled in January 2010 , iPad 2 in March . It's been a long time since Apple has released an update to its flagship product that wasn't just incremental improvements over what came before it. Many wonder whether Apple plans to go after the cheaper , smaller Kindle Fire 's market .
Rumors about the iPad 3 are heating up as 2012 dawns . The original iPad was unveiled in January 2010 , iPad 2 in March . It's been a long time since Apple has released an update to its flagship product that wasn't just incremental improvements over what came before it. Many wonder whether Apple plans to go after the cheaper , smaller Kindle Fire 's market .