Rumors of new iPads heat up as 2012 arrives

(CNN) — You may have just unwrapped your new iPad 2, but rumors are already swirling about the iPad 3.

The always-fertile field of Apple rumors is once again blossoming furiously, as tech observers pore over the most minute tidbits of information to speculate on the future of the market-leading Apple tablet.

While much of the chatter is just that, there are a few details to be gleaned in all the usual fervor that precedes an Apple “iLaunch.”

It was January 2010 when Apple unveiled the “magical” iPad, introducing much of the general public to the concept of a tablet computer for the first time.

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