Technology | Apple Apple to Launch High-Rez iPad 3 Early Next Year Next installment expected to have twice the resolution By Tim Karan Posted Aug 19, 2011 3:15 PM CDT Copied Apple is reportedly already at work on its next version of the iPad. (AP Photo/dapd, Lukas Barth, File) Still saving up for that iPad 2? You might wanna hold off a couple more months. Apple is already in development of the iPad 3 and hopes to release it early next year, reports the Wall Street Journal. The device is expected to have twice the resolution for its 9.7-inch screen as Apple looks to stay ahead of competitors' tablets. One unnamed source says Apple has ordered parts to build 1.5 million of the devices. Read These Next 'Putin wants legal recognition to what he has stolen.' Man was planning cremation for his sister, who turned out to be alive. Hegseth: Scouts no longer 'cultivate masculine values.' Mom allegedly passed 31 hospitals on road trip as daughter was dying. Report an error