Bear in mind that even though I work for

T-Mobile here in the Netherlands who are suppliers of the iPhone and iPad, and have about as good contacts as you can get without being an Apple insider, I've managed the iPhone introduction twice (4 and 4S) and even we only get the strong rumours. You never know - they always manage to throw us a surprise by changing the date at the last second.

In fact I was managing the iPhone 5 introduction last year. At least we all thought I was. Until they announced it was actually the 4S. We discovered the same bloody time the rest of the world did, so basically I'm not promising but the strongest rumour I have is that the iPad 3 will very likely be released on or around Steve Jobs' birthday on February 24th.

And again, can't be sure. They would not surprise me if on that date we were all ready for the iPad3 launch and then they go and announce the Apple TV 3 or just the new MacBook Air range.

They are f**kers that way. Way too powerful!

Posted By: Steve in Holland, Jan 30, 11:37:58