Apple's iPad announcement: live

Apple is unveiling the next-gen iPad, and we'll have all the news from the UK press conference.

As usual, rumour and speculation abounds: reports suggest it will be called the iPad HD, not the iPad 3, and will feature a Retina display, support 4G, and drop the "home" button. We don't have much longer to wait to find out if any of those rumours are true.

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• Apple isn't killing the iPad 2 - it will drop in price by $10o. The 16GB Wi-Fi version will cost $399.
• Rehashing the new specs and features. Name must be coming soon..
• iPhoto will be $4.99. Available today.
• Slick-looking photo editing tool auto-corrects the horizon, and it will seek out similar photos for you.
• iPhoto for iPad supports up to 19-megapixel photos.
• Demo photos are lovely shots from Antarctica. Baby seals are adorable on a Retina display.
• That features multitouch editing, professional effects, brushes, and photo beaming - letting you send between devices.
• And now iPhoto for iPad.
• That's also a free update, which is nice.
• And, on to iMovie, improving storyboards, themes and graphics.
• Garage Band has been updated too, allowing up to four iPads to be linked for shared recording.
• iWork being updated for the Retina display. It'll be a free update, and same price as before.
• Game demo. Here's a game: guess the name of the New iPad.
• Autodesk has a drawing app. It looks nice on the nicer screen. Noticing a trend?
• Demoing games and apps now. Breaking news: they look better on a better display.
• Apps will scale up automatically, as they did for the iPhone, Apple says, so the Retina display won't be a burden on developers.
• Preorders start today, including in the UK; available 16 March.
• Same prices as last one. Wi-Fi is $599/32GB and $699/64GB. 4G is $629/$729/$829.
• $499.
• Weighs in at 1.4lbs, and 9.4mm. (We'll translate that weight to British as soon as we get a chance.)
• It offers ten hours of battery life on Wi-Fi, and nine on 4G.
• New iPad - which is what we hope it's name turns out to be - will be able to be used as a personal hotspot, assuming the mobile operator allows it.
• New iPad gets 4G. It will feature HSPA+ (21Mbits/sec) and dual-carrier HSDPA (up to 42Mbits/sec) and LTE support.

• Dictate emails rather than typing.
• Another new feature: voice dictation. Siri is surely next?
• 1080p video recording, with stabilisation software and noise reduction.
• Next up: the iSight camera. That's a 5-megapixel camera, with five element lens.
• Apple claims the A5X is four times faster than the Tegra 3.
• The processor is an A5X, with quad-core graphics.
• That's 3.1 million pixels - more than an HD TV.
• The 9.7in display is 2,048 x 1,536.

• It'll feature a Retina display, and despite rumours, it will still have a home button.
• And here's the new iPad. But what's it called?
• Taking a dig at Twitter app running on Galaxy Tab, saying it's an app designed for a smartphone, not a tablet.
• There are more than 200,000 apps designed specifically for the iPad.
• Tim Cook revealing results of a survey, which unsurprisingly found that people love their iPads.
• 15m sold last quarter, which is more sales than any PC maker had, he says.
• And on to the iPad. Cook is mercifully quick.
• Price is $99. Available next week, with preorders today.
• Pulls in iTunes playlists via iCloud. Supports NetFlix and can download films from your iCloud account.
• Demoing the new interface.
• ...which is handy for the new Apple TV, which also supports 1080p.
• Apple's iCloud now supports movies, in 1080p.
• 25billionth app was downloaded in China. They don't just make the products, they use them, too.
• Japan is getting Siri. But when will Apple create one that can understand the Scottish, eh?
• Cook is talking about Siri now. In case you've forgotten, that's the voice-activated assistant Apple unveiled six months ago.
• Apple's sold 315m iOS devices so far.
• Apple apparently has a new store in Amsterdam. Exciting times.
• Those made up 76% of Apple's revenue.
• Cook points out that Apple sold 172m iPods, iPads and iPhones last year. That's a few.
• Tim Cook is on stage. He's already used the phrase "post-PC".
• We're waiting for the show to start... and to find out if any of the rumoured specs are true. Who knows, Apple could surprise and launch a revamped iPod instead. (We don't actually think that will happen.)

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