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Apple confirms plans for mysterious 'education announcement'

What’s Apple got up its sleeve – could it be unveiling the third edition of the iPad? Or something else entirely?

APPLE HAS CONFIRMED details of a press conference in New York next week – where it is thought that it may unveil the latest edition of its iPad.

Journalists have been told to attend an event at the city’s Guggenheim Museum on January 19 – that’s eight days from today – where Apple will be making an “educational announcement”.

Such themed project launches are unusual for Apple, though the company does usually give cryptic hints about the nature of any products it intends to unveil.

Speculation has risen in recent weeks that the next major Apple product release would be an upgraded version of the iPad – with the current model, the iPad 2, now coming close to the same age that the original iPad was when it was superceded.

A Japanese blog claimed today that Apple’s usual manufacturing partner, Foxconn, had begun production on the third-generation iPad with an apparent shipment date of early March.

It was also reported last week that 2012 could see the launch of two iPads – with an iPad 3 being released in March, before an iPad 4 (coming “with killer applications”) being launched later in the year.

That report, from Digitimes, suggested that the hardware offering of the iPad 3 would not be a major advance – though, if true, it could allow Apple to slash the cost of the iPad 2 so that the tablet is able to resist the growing popularity of Amazon’s Kindle devices.

Given the educational theme of the event, it’s possible that the launch of a new tablet could be combined with a new drive by Apple to gain a foothold in the increasingly lucrative college industry – perhaps with a new iPad-lite for use in a classroom.

Another option is a similarly downmarket version of its iMac desktop computer, which is also due to have its product line revamped soon.

What do you think could be announced at the Apple event? Leave your thoughts in the comments.

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    Mute Ruairí O'Mahony
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    Aug 4th 2012, 9:39 AM

    RIP. Such a sad loss.

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    Mute mattoid
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    Aug 4th 2012, 10:24 AM

    I’m taking it that comment was supposed to be sarcastic?

    If not you should forget the romanticised film version and educate yourself as to the kind of person he really was.

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    Mute Ruairí O'Mahony
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    Aug 4th 2012, 10:26 AM

    No flies on you, eh?

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    Aug 4th 2012, 11:51 AM

    Apologies Ruairi if I didn’t spot the obvious, but there will probably be many on here who believe the folk-hero robin hood guff.

    The reality is that he was a career criminal from an early age for whom stealing horses and other livestock from his equally poor neighbours (Irish and otherwise) was just business as usual. He formed a ruthless personal vendetta against an (admittedly corrupt) police force and killed several of them in cold blood. He robbed several banks, but there is absolutely no evidence that he shared his ill-gotten gains with the wider community in any shape or form – the robin-hood label is totally misguided.

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    Mute Sean Mc Avinue
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    Aug 4th 2012, 3:26 PM

    And all because his father allegedly stole two pigs.

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    Mute finbar m
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    Aug 4th 2012, 12:30 PM

    There are two ways to rob a bank . First is the ned Kelly way go in with a gun and grab what you can ,,, then there is the new Irish was go in for a meeting with the the manager have a chat get a big loan ,,,, then don’t pay it back ,,,, blame everyone but your self ,,,, hide all the money you have in a different country and leave it for the Irish people to pay back ,,, so who is the biggest villain ?????

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    Aug 4th 2012, 2:12 PM

    Doesn’t mean the lesser villain isn’t still a villain though….

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    Mute Richard Fennelly
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    Aug 4th 2012, 12:30 PM

    ah lighten up he makes a good story

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    Mute Noel Cronin
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    Aug 4th 2012, 9:33 AM

    In 100 years time the murdering gangs of today could well be revered as folk heros. Sad thought.

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    Aug 4th 2012, 10:15 AM

    Never mind in 100 years time. Sean Quinn is very popular in caven and within gaa. Micheal lowry is very popular in tipp. Mick Wallace is very popular in wexford. And even with some ppl having to hid there love for bertie his still got some support around the country. Just to.note I do not support any of the above.

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    Mute Noel Cronin
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    Aug 4th 2012, 12:07 PM

    If he was alive today he’d probably be holding up cash in transit vans or conducting tiger kidnappings. That’s the sort of lad we’re talking about. Don’t let the fact he was Irish fool you into thinking he was a good man.

    He was a murdering thief, end of.

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    Mute Sean Mc Avinue
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    Aug 4th 2012, 8:44 PM

    “IF”………………..”PROBABLY” ………..
    It’s called the power of injustice, and injustice pays its price.

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    Mute Caroline Locke
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    Aug 4th 2012, 4:40 PM

    So Robin Hood must have been a villain too?

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    Mute finbar m
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    Aug 4th 2012, 2:25 PM

    Very true !!!!!!

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    Aug 4th 2012, 5:32 PM

    Robin hood was a thief ,, nothing else ,, the English just like to look up to him

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