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More alleged iPad 3 component photos leak; appear to confirm Sharp high-res panel

By | February 13, 2012, 8:22pm PST

Summary: As the iPad 3 goes into mass production and more people get access to the components, photos will leak, and that’s what you’re seeing here.

Japanese site iLab.cc has posted a bunch of pictures claiming to be components of hottest piece of hardware on the horizon (so far) in 2012: the iPad 3.

According to the site, the following pictures are the exterior and the interior of the iPad 3’s rear bezel:

Alleged iPad 3 rear bezel exterior - Jason O'Grady

Alleged iPad 3 rear bezel interior - Jason O'Grady

The site test a high-resolution Sharp LCD panel, previously outed by Japanese blog Macotakara, in the alleged iPad 3 rear bezel, and guess what? The mounting holes match perfectly. Read into that what you will.

More alleged iPad 3 photos leak; appear to confirm Sharp high-res panel

The sheer volume of component photos that are leaking would appear to substantiate rumors that an iPad 3 announcement is imminent. As the iPad 3 goes into mass production and more people get access to the components, photos will leak, and that’s what you’re seeing here.

Time to unload your iPad 1 and 2 and clear some space on your credit card.

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Jason O'Grady is a journalist and author specializing in mobile technology. He has published six books on Apple and mobile gadgets and his PowerPage blog has been publishing for over 15 years.

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Jason D. O'Grady is the creator and editor of O'Grady's PowerPage, which has been publishing mobile technology news since 1995. He maintains an advertising relationship with the following legacy advertisers on the PowerPage:

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Biography

Jason D. O'Grady

Jason D. O'Grady developed an affinity for Apple computers after using the original Lisa, and this affinity turned into a bona-fide obsession when he got the original 128 KB Macintosh in 1984.

He started writing one of the first Web sites about Apple (O'Grady's PowerPage) in 1995 and is considered to be one of the fathers of blogging. He has been a frequent speaker at the Macworld Expo conference and a member of the conference faculty. He also co-founded the first dedicated PowerBook User Group (PPUG) in the United States.

After winning a major legal battle with Apple in 2006, he set the precedent that independent journalists are entitled to the same protections under the First Amendment as members of the mainstream media.

O'Grady is the author of The Nexus One Pocket Guide, The Droid Pocket Guide, The Google Phone Pocket Guide, and The Garmin nuvi Pocket Guide (Peachpit Press), the author of Corporations That Changed the World: Apple Inc. (Greenwood Press), and a contributor to The Mac Bible (Peachpit Press). In addition, he has contributed to numerous Mac publications over the years, including MacWEEK, Macworld, and MacPower (Japan).

When he's not writing about Apple for ZDNet at The Apple Core, he enjoys spending time with his family in New Jersey.

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