科技博客TechCrunch的MG•斯格勒：借助全新iPad，苹果在平板市场的霸主地位将更加明确。“我想，目前拥有iPad 1的人估计想都不用想就会换成全新iPad。如果是iPad 2，你可能会纠结一番，因为它的速度还能勉强跟上全新iPad。不过，如果你并不打算升级（或者说打算花费399美元购入16GB版iPad 2），那么，你去苹果零售店时，一定要把全新iPad当作‘美杜莎’（来自希腊神话，女人头蛇神怪物，人看了就会被石化——译注），千万不要看它哪怕一眼。”

    科技博客TheLoop的吉姆•达利尔姆普：iPad 3。“发布会结束后，我就一直在绞尽脑汁地想着如何准确描述它的显示屏，即便在一周之后，我也还没想明白。现在，我能够想到的最接近的一种描述是，你可以想像一下自己第一次见到高清电视机的感觉。还记得那种震撼感吗？从巨大的标清投影式电视到高清电视的感觉，还记得吗？全新iPad带来的就是这种感觉。”

    科技网站SlashGear'的文森特•阮：“全新iPad应该能得到史蒂夫•乔布斯的赞赏。新款iPad注重整体体验，而不是值得夸耀的个别部件，这是乔布斯曾经设想的后个人电脑时代的缩影：没有延时、滞后；没有令人沮丧的云设置或晦涩难懂的最低软件要求。只需拿起iPad，用手指划一下，就能沉浸在一个成熟的生态系统中。苹果不需要另一场革命，它已经开始了一场革命，新款iPad将平板电脑市场带上了一个新台阶，而它也无疑将再度君临天下。”

    《卫报》（The Guardian）的查尔斯•亚瑟：屏幕即计算机。“iPad 3超出了我们所能见到的Android平板电脑一条街。用户界面没有变化。但细节方面全面增强，尤其是屏幕、摄像头、图形处理器和移动宽带能力。不大可能有别的产品能追上全新iPad，因为它提供了用户所需的关键功能：随时随地使用计算机。当然，全新iPad还不能实现计算机的全部功能，而且它仍有不少瑕疵（尤其是语音功能），兼容性（例如LTE）也有所欠缺。但就其功能和外形而言，全新iPad依然无敌。”

    全新iPad于3月16日上午8时起，在美国及其它九个国家正式发售。

    译者：项航

    TechCrunch's MG Siegler: The New iPad Makes Apple's Tablet Domination Clearer Than Ever. "If you have the original iPad, I say this is a no-brainer. If you have an iPad 2, it's a tougher call since it still seems nearly as fast as the new iPad. But if you choose not to upgrade (or to spend $399 for the 16 GB iPad 2 now), again, treat the new iPad as if it were Medusa when you're in an Apple Store. Do. Not. Look. At. It."

    The Loop's Jim Dalrymple: iPad Third Generation. "I struggled after the event to put the right words together to describe the display and a week later I'm still lost for the proper analogy. The only thing I can think of that comes close is comparing it to the first time you ever saw an HDTV. Remember how startling it was to go from one of those giant standard definition projector TVs to an HDTV? That's what this is like."

    SlashGear's Vincent Nguyen: "Steve Jobs would have approved of the new iPad. With its focus on the holistic experience rather than individual boasts around its constituent parts, it's the epitome of the Post-PC world the Apple founder envisaged. No lag or delay; no frustrating cloud settings or arcane minimum software requirements. Simply pick up, swipe, and you're immersed in a joined-up ecosystem. Apple doesn't need another revolution, it has already started one, and the new iPad brings a fresh degree of refinement to a segment in which it is undoubtedly the king."

    The Guardian's Charles Arthur: The screen is the computer. "The iPad 3 puts Apple a mile ahead of anything we've seen from Android tablets. The interface is unchanged. But all sorts of incremental details – especially the screen, but also the camera capability and so the graphics heft, and the mobile broadband capability – have been ratcheted up. It's hard to see anyone catching this product because it offers what people want: access to computing wherever you are. Not every sort of computing, and there are still rough edges (notably the dictation) and incompatibilities (LTE). But for function and form, nothing else gets close."

    The new iPad goes on sale Friday morning at 8 a.m. in the U.S. and nine other countries.