Apple sent invitations last year on March, and it turned out to be the iPad 2, and the rumours are that, iPad 3 will be revealed this year the same way as well.

Heck, it’s almost confirmed, and the tablet is expected to sport a massive resolution and a lot of upgrades.

GDC takes place on the same day where Epic Games will reveal Unreal Engine 4. The venue for the Apple conference will be held at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco.

The invitations says, “We have something you really have to see. And touch.” What could it be? Tsk. Tsk.

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So, uh, it seems like Apple might be going with a weird strategy. It is reported by Digitimes that iPad 3 will sport a 1536 x 2048 pixels QXGA screen and will be reasonably priced.

But we already, sort of know all this, right? What caught our eye was that, iPad 4 is scheduled to be released in October, and in the same year i.e. 2012.

What could Apple possibly gain with this strategy? Well, with iPad 4, it will easily compete with the quad core devices slated to release in the latter half of 2012.

Two iPads in one year? It seems ridiculous but it is certainly possible. Then we have the iPhone 5, which is scheduled for October as well.

“The 9.7-inch iPad 4 is expected to come with much upgraded hardware specifications and integrated applications so as to compete with an array of Android-, Wintel- or WoA (Windows on ARM)-based tablet PCs to be released in the fourth quarter,” said sources close to Digitimes.

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High-resolution displays for iPad 3 are finalized and being produced right now. Richard Shim, who is an analyst at DisplaySearch has told CNET that there are three suppliers for the iPad 3 displays, namely – Samsung, Sharp, and LGD.

“It’s happening–QXGA, 2048×1536. Panel production has started. There’s three suppliers,” Shim revealed to CNET.

“I would imagine there would be concerns about supply given the resolution of the display but you’ve got three different suppliers at this point. They should have enough to launch the product,” he added.

Outsourcing isn’t new for Apple, they do it for most of their products. So this news doesn’t come as a surprise.

Considering the resolution of the new displays, it can be termed as a next-gen leap as the current iPad 2 only has a resolution of 1024*768. The iPad 3 is rumoured to launch next year in February – March.

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