There is no 2 without 3

Apple iPad

This might be true from multiple points of view when it comes to the naming of the yet to be unveiled iPad 3. It seems that not only will Apple release the 3rd version of the popular tablet as early as in a few weeks time from now, but also that more than one version of it will be available at the same time. This somehow breaks the evolution of the iPad product so far and might be a sign of the popularity the Amazon Kindle Fire is enjoying.

Up to now, the iPad and most of its competitors have been positioned too closely, with this being the reason for the failure of most of them. Kindle, however, is probably on a class of its own. For the moment… Obviously Kindle is not meant to be a replacement to the iPad, as sales figures of the Apple product seem to prove, however, it might have uncovered a gap in Cupertinos product line, where there might be room for a lower spec iPad in between the iPhone and the high-end iPad 3.

Yet to be seen is whether this strategy would pay off for Apple, as Amazon seems to be way ahead covering the low end of the market, with sales figures in excess of one million units per week.

It would also be interesting to see how Apple will approach the developer community, as it looks like now applications will have to be available for multiple screen resolutions and screen sizes.