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This is why I love Apple. They heavily advertise the iPad during the holiday season, I foolishly purchase one for my parents, and they release a new model three months later.

Are they planning to release a new iPad every year or just with every new iOS update?

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Apple works on a yearly refresh cycle. They release new versions of their products every year at about the same time. You can expect a new iPad around the same time next year and I expect the iPhone 5 in the next couple months.

Good point.

John Gruber noticed this. He made the prediction that the iPad 3 would come in fall, along with the new iPods. This would allow people to buy the iPad during the holiday season without worrying a newer model coming a few months later.

But they kept referring to 2011 as the year of the iPad 2. Not to read too much into it, but is that a hint that there won't be an iPad 3 this year?

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