While reports claim that Apple may release iOS 4.3 on March 2nd, Engadget claims that Apple will unveil iOS 5 alongside a new dual-core A5 iPad 2 with 512MB of RAM at the upcoming iPad 2 launch event. Hit the break for more details.
The site notes that the iPad 2 will be coming without a few features that have been reported, and much hyped about earlier. The iPad 2 won't get that SD card slot as well as the Retina Display due to "engineering issues", say the site's sources which have been "dead right" in the past.
that SD card slot and higher resolution display won't make it into the new model (the latter we'd been hearing rumblings about for a little while). What's the cause of the switch? Well our sources weren't crystal clear on the exact reasons, but the gist of what was explained to us centered around vague "engineering issues" which may have forced some changes at the eleventh hour.
it's also almost guaranteed that we'll see the next version of iOS (number 5 in all likelihood, along with its SDK for devs), and an expansion of Apple's cloud services (that part is a little... foggy right now).
Apart from this, we know that the iPad 2 features are going to be spectacular as the iPad 2 is reportedly thinner with an anti-reflective screen. It will have a dual-core A5 processor along with 512MB of Ram. There will also be two cameras, similar to the fourth-gen iPod touch as well.
Stay tuned, and we'll be sure to bring the latest Apple news from the iPad 2 launch event next week.