IPad Event Confirmed: Apple Invites Press to 'Touch' Something

&#60;grouch&#62;An announcement that the announcement is next week is of interest to hackers without being even remotely something that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.&#60;/grounch&#62;<p>That being said... No doubt 99% of the comments will be repeating the same speculation, leaks, and purported confirmations going around for the last month. I’m interested in the remaining 1%: How will this “change everything?” What markets could this disrupt? What (if any) new kinds of software would a retina display (for example) make possible that were non-starters on an iPad 2?

Apple market cap now same as entire retail sector. Thoughts?<p><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/ibubble-apples-market-cap-now-same-entire-retail-sector-bigger-all-semis" rel="nofollow">http://www.zerohedge.com/news/ibubble-apples-market-cap-now-...</a>

the word "touch" makes me think of this...<p><a href="http://senseg.com/" rel="nofollow">http://senseg.com/</a>

Retina iPad: confirmed. Also, I really doubt they are showing that iPad in landscape mode, which means that most likely the home button is gone. Not sure how I feel about that one.

Seems like Apple is moving away from the home button. Not sure how I feel about it, but at least it'll let my 3 year old focus a little better on the app I want him to play rather than him constantly hitting the home button and going to Shrek Kart.

Did anyone else notice (or care) about the icons shown in the picture?<p>Google Map for 'Where', Calendar for 'When', Keynote for 'How' and iPad itself for 'What'. Just missing the Apple logo for 'Who'~

It doesn't have to be iPad 3. It could be iPad 2S.

Anyone care to do an analysis of the pixel density underneath that finger?

while I look forward to a retina display iPad, I think people are reading too much into the touch portion. The event description itself does not say anything about the iPad, so the touch hint probably refers to the fact that the event is about one of their touch devices, which we presume is the next iPad.

So it's settled, 300+ppi display <i>and</i> haptic feedback, then? That would be pretty breathtaking.

The Maps icon in the dock might be a hint that Apple is finally moving away from Google maps - though this would be a better fit for the next iPhone.

It'll be another ceremony. A parade of metal and glass. A celebration of our supposed progress. Another device for consumption. A window into a walled world. Another false need. Another life not really improved despite their insistence that it is<p>Please at least spare a thought for those around the world who are too busy trying to stay alive on this day to worry about a new monolith to worship.<p>I like technology, but I'm a human first.