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that wasnt a hint, he was referring to ipad's release in spring 2012..

Are you sure? He refers to the iPad 2 and then the iPad 3. In this follow up post (http://daringfireball.net/2011/02/the_next_six_months) he refers to the iPad 3 as potentially shipping in Fall 2012.

yeah you're right. techcrunch picked up on it too: