“First Week in March,” claimed AllthingsD.

As you can see above: Wednesday, March 7 is available at Yerba Buena, which is Apple’s traditional venue for such events. Last year’s announcement was on Wednesday, March 2, and the iPad 2 went on sale about a week later (March 11).

AllThingsD’s sources also backed the prevailing rumors for the iPad 3: HD display, faster GPU/CPU, and similar design to iPad 2. Is anyone excited?

  • iPad 3 to not include quad-core processor? (9to5mac.com)
  • United States Air Force plan purchase of up to 18,000 iPads for flight bag replacements (9to5mac.com)
  • Purported iPad 3 shells floating around China, here’s a very high-resolution image of the inside (9to5mac.com)