Recently, Digg’s founder, Kevin Rose, whose record with Apple rumors is either a direct hit or a big miss is now claiming that he has it on good authority that the iPad 2 will be announced in 3 to 4 weeks, possibly February 1, and include dual cameras as well as a Retina Display. Dual cameras seem almost certain given how Apple is pushing FaceTime.

The current iPad is 1024 x 768 and Apple needs to double that in both directions to go Retina, which would make 2048 x 1536. At 9.7 inches that’s more pixels than Apple’s 27 inch LED cinema display at a fraction of the size. Even if a manufacturer was able to make those panels, the cost would be just way too high. If Apple tries to do anythin other than double the resolution, current apps would either look terrible if stretched or would have UI elements shrunken below the point of usability by boxing.

Rose also ended updating his post with the following message:

Spoke w/another source, the display has a “higher dpi”, but not technically a retina display. This seems odd to me, we’ll have to wait and see..

This seems to make more sense given that it sounds more cost effective as well as likely to happen. But still, having the iPad 2 releasing by February 1st, that seems like a bitch of a stretch. What do you think? Will it really be out that soon or is Kevin Rose just way off with this prediction? Let us know in the comments below!

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[Source: Kevin Rose]

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