iPad 3最新消息：苹果有望下月初发布iPad 3

NEW YORK — A news report says Apple plans to unveil a new iPad early next month.

纽约：美国媒体最新报道称，苹果公司计划在三月份揭开新一代平板电脑iPad 3的神秘面纱。

AllThingsD, a website affiliated with The Wall Street Journal, says Apple Inc. is holding an event in San Francisco the first week of March — the same week Apple announced the iPad 2 last year.

《华尔街日报》旗下的技术资讯网站“万物数字化”表示，苹果公司已选择在3月第一个星期在旧金山举行产品发布活动，去年iPad 2就是在这个时间发布的。

The report cites unnamed people familiar with the device. Apple declined comment Thursday.

报道援引未透露姓名的内部人士的消息。苹果公司周四拒绝就此发布评论。

It’s not known whether the new device will be called the iPad 3, and when it will be available for sale. Last year, sales of the iPad 2 began in the U.S. nine days after the announcement.

目前还不清楚新设备会不会命名为iPad 3，产品上市销售的时间也未知。去年，iPad 2是在产品发布9天后开始发售。

Since the first iPad came out in 2010, sales of traditional computers have slowed. Rivals PC and phone makers have been unable to mirror Apple’s success with their own tablet computers.

自从2010年第一代iPad问世以来，传统电脑的销量开始减少。电脑和手机制造商等竞争者也没能在自己的平板电脑产品中复制苹果的成功。