Spurious photos of what is supposedly a new HTC tablet have hit the net, bringing Apple-ish looks to an Android tablet.

The images come by way of a newly-set up Twitter account @evleaks and we smell a serious rat – this tablet looks so much like an iMac that this HTC tablet can’t possibly be a real product that’s coming to market.

And if it is, well, Apple’s lawyers have just had a decent warm-up against Samsung, we’re sure they’re up for another round of legal fisticuffs.

Weird appliance

Another weird thing is that both the front- and rear-mounted cameras seem to be on the bottom of the tablet rather than the top.

Image credit: @evleaks

The images are quite convincing though, looking as though they’ve been pulled from a promo video and showing a very slim, asymmetrically bezelled tablet.

What’s more, it doesn’t jive too badly with what we know HTC is working on; a 1.3GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 tablet with a screen resolution of 1280×752.

Image credit: @evleaks

We reckon HTC’s more likely to take aim at the 7-inch tablet market though, which would mean that this 10-inch looking tablet is either a pretty good fake or a prototype; but until the company makes its announcement, we don’t know much for sure.

Will we find out more about HTC’s Flyer successor at IFA 2012? We hope so. Stay tuned.

CEO of Apple Tim Cook took to the stage today in San Francisco to announce that the new iPad (iPad 3) was indeed real and that it will be in the shops very very soon.

Ever since the arrival of an invite from Apple back in late February teasing that it is to launch something that we would want to ‘see’ and ‘touch’ speculation about the company’s latest device has hit fever pitch.

With this in mind it is a good job that Apple has made sure that the release of the iPad 3 is close enough to its reveal, so that it doesn’t anger its fan base by making them hold on for too long.

Leading the post PC world

Speaking about the new iPad and how it fits into Apple’s portfolion, Tim Cook said: “Apple is leading the Post PC revolution. We’re talking about a world where the PC is no longer the centre of your digital world.

“A world where the devices you use the most need to be more personal and more portable than any PC has ever been.

“We have three post PC products. The iPod… the iPhone, and the iPad.

“Any company would be thrilled to have just one of these devices – At Apple we’re fortunate to have all three.”

“For Apple, post PC devices made up 76% of our revenues – we have our feet firmly planted in the post PC future.”

New iPad specs

Specs for the new iPad are impressive. The device has a retina display (2048 x 1536 pixels), there’s an A5X processor on board, 5MP camera, 1080p video recording, battery life is still set at 10 hours, but it’s now 9.4mm thin and 635g. There’s also LTE on board.

The new iPad UK release date is 16 March, with pre-orders starting from today. New iPad prices are as follows: 16GB is £399, 32GB is £479 and 64GB for £659. If you are in the US and want 4G, then $629, $729 and $829.

Apple unveiled its new iPad today at an event in San Francisco, which isn’t much of a surprise – but the fact that it felt it needed to mock Samsung for its Galaxy Tab line-up is.

In his keynote about the new iPad, Tim Cook compared a number of apps on the Samsung Galaxy Tab with what they looked like on an iPad.

Speaking about the differences in quality of the official Twitter app, Cook said: “It kind of looks like a​ blown-up smartphone app running on a tablet — and that’s exactly what it is!”

When showing off Yelp, he noted: “Lots of whitespace, tiny text. It’s kind of hard to see.”

Bad Apple

Samsung and Apple have had one of the most public spats in the history of technology and it looks like this is one which is going to run and run.

Samsung has done a pretty good job of mocking Apple through its recent spate of adverts and it seems this has actually got to the usually cool Apple.

It was a bit of a road bump in the keynote, given that Apple’s hardware and its new iPad should speak for itself.

This is the same Apple which is trouncing the opposition when it comes to tablet sales.

For Samsung this can only be a good thing – sales wise it may be well behind, but it has niggled Apple and Cook used the new iPad’s announcement to bad mouth a rival.

Interesting stuff.

CEO of Apple Tim Cook took to the stage today in San Francisco to announce that the new iPad (iPad 3) was indeed real and that it will be in the shops very very soon.

Ever since the arrival of an invite from Apple back in late February teasing that it is to launch something that we would want to ‘see’ and ‘touch’ speculation about the company’s latest device has hit fever pitch.

With this in mind it is a good job that Apple has made sure that the release of the iPad 3 is close enough to its reveal, so that it doesn’t anger its fan base by making them hold on for too long.

Leading the post PC world

Speaking about the new iPad and how it fits into Apple’s portfolion, Tim Cook said: “Apple is leading the Post PC revolution. We’re talking about a world where the PC is no longer the centre of your digital world.

“A world where the devices you use the most need to be more personal and more portable than any PC has ever been.

“We have three post PC products. The iPod… the iPhone, and the iPad.

“Any company would be thrilled to have just one of these devices – At Apple we’re fortunate to have all three.”

“For Apple, post PC devices made up 76% of our revenues – we have our feet firmly planted in the post PC future.”

New iPad specs

Specs for the new iPad are impressive. The device has a retina display (2048 x 1536 pixels), there’s an A5X processor on board, 5MP camera, 1080p video recording, battery life is still set at 10 hours, but it’s now 9.4mm thin and 635g. There’s also LTE on board.

The new iPad release date is 16 March, with pre-orders starting from today. New iPad prices are as follows: 32GB is $599 and 64GB for $699. If you are in the US and want 4G, then $629, $729 and $829.

Barnes & Noble is hosting a developer day in London this month, offering up a workshop which will explain the process of creating apps for its Nook ereader.

The day, which strongly suggests that a Nook UK launch is round the corner, consists of a Nook Developer Workshop in the afternoon, then a panel which includes Barnes & Noble director of developer relations Claudia Romanini.

Finding a Nook

“Join Nook Developer for a workshop on Nook Apps,” explained the invite.

“We will deep dive into all the technical aspects to help you distribute your apps on Nook tablets and cover the entire development process – from app creation to app submission.

“Learn how to quickly monetise your business in a storefront where, in the US, top-selling apps gross more than $100,000 in the first 30 days of sale.”

There have been rumours for months now that Barnes & Noble is looking to get into the UK market and this event could well be one step closer to this.

The event takes place 19 March and has been organised by MobileMonday.org.uk – head over there now to get all the details.