I suggest reading The Gruber’s piece that started this whole “iPad 3 in September” mess.

The long and short of it sounds like Apple is willing to release a higher-end, 3rd generation iPad during their usual music event in September. What else are they going to announce - more storage for iPod touches? Who cares?

My question is: would they even have an event to release April’s iPad? By all accounts, this model will be just like what the 3GS was to the 3G. Faster, lighter, and with some new feature. The problem I see is that when the 3GS was announced, they also unveiled unibody MacBook’s, Snow Leopard shipping for $29, and a new version of Safari.

The Gruber mentioned about an “announcement” for the next iPad. I think having an actual event to talk about the iPad 2 would perhaps do more harm than good, especially if there will be another model coming 6 months later. What else would they talk about during the event - FaceTime?

If these rumors of a Retina Display super-iPad in September are true, I think they would just do a quick announcement on their website, much like the laptop speed-bumps of old. Anything else would probably confuse or upset people come September..