Of course, this is Apple we’re talking about here. There will be more to it than that, and rest of the more could come in the form of long anticipated support for 4G LTE networks, a USB port, or maybe even a removable storage slot. The rumors are abundant and no one can say with any authority what Apple is likely to do, or when they might make an announcement concerning the next iPad.  Most people seem to think that the iPad 3 will be announced on March 7 though, and there could be something to that.

Other rumors have to do with the weight of the iPad 3, which is expected to be slightly more than the iPad 2.  The thickness of the casing will also increase in order to house the supposedly more impressive hardware inside.  These could come in the form of a slightly ramped up processor, and maybe a longer lived battery.  Some places are reporting that the memory will remain the same with  16, 32, and 64 GB models. Is this enough to make you want to pay a little more? The browsing should be pretty similar to the iPad2, so whether you want to browse hotsauceplanet.com or mashable.com, they should both work just fine!

Probably not, if you have an iPad 2.  If you have no iPad at all, however, and are planning to buy one this year, you might want to consider your options carefully.  Best Buy stores have already slashed prices for the iPad 2, making this a tempting model for many people.  The 16GB wifi-only iPad 2 can now be yours for $450 at your neighborhood Best Buy — that’s nearly $50 off the regular price.  Whatever you decide, you’ll have one of the sweetest tablets to exist so far on planet earth.  One thing’s for sure:  we’ll all know the reality of these iPad 3 rumors soon enough.

Within only a day, Verizon backtracked on their plan, fearing the kind of backlash Bank of America witnessed before it relented on its plan to charge monthly fees for debit card use.  People were getting downright mean about it all, posting nasty diatribes on YouTube, Tweeting angry Tweets, and making Facebook status updates that were far less than flattering towards the nation’s largest wireless carrier.  Here is the video of a news report breaking the story when it first emerged:

About half of all tablet users earn more than $100k salaries, with the typical user being a male between the ages of 18-34.  I have to say, that bit surprises me.  I know more women with tablets than I do men, and most of them are older than age 35.  I think the discrepancy may lie somewhere between the survey pool selection used to compile the data, and the fact that most of the people I know are women over the age of 35.

Nonetheless, here you will find a great infographic that breaks is all down, revealing a promising market of consumers who share the kinds of characteristics online retailers can only love.  What do you think?  Is this information accurate?  Let us hear from you.

The Amazon tablet is powered by Android, but it’s a version that has been given a special Amazon makeover and has basically had some of its functionality hobbled.  Users of  the Fire tablet will need to be aware that they can only purchase apps through Amazon’s Android App Store, rather than the main Android App Store.  At first glance this might appear to be a major setback for the device, but you need to consider who the people are that are buying and using this tablet:  these are mostly people who are already using Amazon’s online services like Amazon Prime, the Kindle Store, the music store, and Amazon Streaming Video among others.  For these users, the Fire will be something of a value added device that will make consumption of Amazon’s services even more valuable to them.  We are also looking at a well established market of users of Amazon’s traditional Kindle e-book reader, many of whom have not yet waded into the relatively fresh waters of tablet computing.  For them, this is the best of both worlds, uniting their passion for e-books with the chance to experience using a fairly advanced tablet device for possibly the first time.

On the other hand, more advanced users who have already gotten used to the full and unguarded Android experience on their smart phones or on existing Android tablets may find the Kindle Fire a little too pedestrian for their tastes.  Their options still include tablets like the Samsung Galaxy series, available as either a 10″ or 7″ tablet, that gives them the complete range of Android apps and functionality.  And of course, Apple fans will always prefer the iPad 2, which is hard to beat, even by a stack of all the Android tablets currently available. Stay tuned for more tablet coverage.

The other surprise was that Sprint will now be the third official US carrier to offer the iPhone.  With AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint now in the game, how do you know which carrier is the best?  For one thing, you will want to think about the data plan you’ll have to purchase in order to have one of these phones on any carrier.  All of the carriers have benefits, and all have some negative aspects as well.  Let’s examine this infographic to compare features offered by the triumvirate of carriers boasting the iPhone.  You’ll need to click this image to see it up close and in a larger size.

The book, when it finally does go on sale, will be available in hardback and ebook editions and can be pre-ordered from Amazon.com and the Apple iBook Store.  Until the book comes out, you’ll have to satisfy your desire for Steve Jobs biographical information elsewhere.  Fortunately, this video from CNBC can help a little.  Enjoy!

In the following infographic, we’ll take a look at fourteen of the world’s most colossal fails in technology.   There are plenty of perfectly good ideas in the image below, some of which we all used, at least for a little while.  Many of these, however, are unknown to most people, and for good reasons.  Click to expand the image: