What is The New iPad(3rd generation)

The third-generation iPad (sometimes known as the iPad 3) is a tablet computer, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It added a Retina display, the new Apple A5X chip with a quad-core graphics processor, a 5 megapixel camera, HD 1080p video recording, voice dictation, 4G (LTE) and Siri (available September 19, 2012). It shipped with iOS 5.1, which also provides a platform for audio-visual media, includingelectronic books, periodicals, films, music, computer games, presentations and web content.

In the U.S. and Canada, nine variations of the third-generation iPad were offered, compared to six in the rest of the world, although some countries had only the Wi-Fi only model. Each variation was available with black or white front glass panels, with options for 16, 32, or 64 GB of storage. In North America, connectivity options were Wi-Fi only, Wi-Fi + Cellular on Verizon, AT&T, Telus, Rogers, or Bell.^[1] For the rest of the world, connectivity options are Wi-Fi only or Wi-Fi + Cellular, with the latter unavailable in some countries. LTE connectivity is not available outside North America.

The tablet was released in ten countries on March 16, 2012. It gained mostly positive reviews, earning praise for its Retina display, processor and 4G (LTE) capabilities.However, controversy arose when the LTE incompatibilities became known. Three million units were sold in the first three 

Reviews are in for Apple’s new iPad, and critics agree that a high-resolution display, a better camera, 4G LTE connectivity and bumped-up specs help the iPad maintain the title of the best tablet on the market. Reviewers had a week to test out the iPad before it goes on sale, and they picked apart every feature.

The new iPad looks almost identical to the iPad 2, Jason Snell notes in his Macworld review. He says the extra thickness on the new model is almost imperceptible, but the additional 50 grams it gained were noticeable. “Once you get a load of that Retina display, it's hard to go back to anything else,” Snell writes, but “users of the iPad 2 shouldn't fret: their iPad investment is certainly good for another year.”

“Since it launched in 2010, the iPad has been the best tablet on the planet,” Walt Mossberg concludes in his review for All Things D. “With the new, third-generation model, it still holds that crown,” he says, going on to recommend the new iPad as “best choice in a general-purpose tablet.” Mossberg didn’t find the weight gain noticeable even for long reading or video-watching sessions, as for the Retina display, his “epiphany came when I placed my iPad 2 next to the new model, with the same text on the screen. Letters and words that had seemed sharp on the older model five minutes earlier suddenly looked fuzzier.”

“The new iPad doesn’t introduce anything that we haven’t seen before, either in the iPhone or in rival tablets,” David Pogue notes in his New York Times review. “Apple just took its white-hot iPad and added the latest screen, battery and cellular technologies.” Pogue said, “For the same price as before, you can now get an updated iPad that’s still better-looking, better integrated and more consistently designed than any of its rivals.”

Although he thinks 10-inch tablets with rear cameras are a ridiculous idea, Joshua Topolsky mentions in his review for The Verge that the improved camera on the new iPad “will actually produce pretty favorable results.” “Thanks to that improved sensor, pictures you take on the iPad now look relatively respectable, with a depth of field shallow enough to pull off rather artistic looking images.” Topolsky loved the new iPad though and said it “is the most functional, usable, and beautiful tablet that any company has ever produced.”

Jim Dalrymple went beyond the specs in his new iPad review for The Loop, saying, “nobody in the market today can touch the Apple experience.” His highlights include seamless iCloud sync and AirPlay beaming onto the Apple TV, and of course, the high-resolution display, saying it “will make you do a double-take the first time you see it. Even on the home screen, it’s crisp and clear — you can notice a huge difference, even from the iPad 2.”