The new iPad features 264 PPI, which is great, but shy of the 300 used to define the Retina Display for the iPhone 4. The workaround? iPad's are held at a greater distance than an iPhone. The 300 PPI needed for the Retina Display was defined by using a distance of ten inches from the eyes to the display, but with the new iPad, Apple is using a distance of fifteen inches to define Retina Display, which allows the lower PPI to be named a Retina Display.

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Along the same lines, Samsung could come out with a 1,920 x 1,080 display device and call it a Retina Display with the idea that it is going to be held at a distance of 20 inches. One of the few surprises that came out of Apple's iPad conference may very well have been the name of the new iPad, which drops the number and will be called, simply, "iPad".  Does this make sense?  Or is Apple going to throw us for a loop?

But that doesn't mean we won't need some way to differentiate between iPad versions, which is why we may still see people refer to the newest iPad as the iPad 3 or the iPad 3rd generation.  Or, perhaps, iPad 2012, which is sometimes how you see the iMac, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Mac Mini differentiated.

In theory, I really don't have a problem with the redefinition. I do tend to hold the iPad at around 15 inches distance when using it. Where I have the problem is the idea that I hold the iPhone closer than the iPad. They are both handheld devices, and when used for purposes like gaming, watching video or browsing an app (i.e. all of the uses where an enhanced display will play a role), I hold the iPhone at the same distance as the iPad. And that happens to be around 15 inches. Apple suggested in the launch that people said they preferred gaming in an iPad – and while we are not going to suggest that we agree with this – the enhanced resolution means that this will not disappoint those used to the visuals on a PS3 or Xbox 360. The countdown is over. Apple is expected to show the iPad 3 to the world within the hour, and we'll finally be able to put aside all of those rumors and replace them with cold, hard facts. The iPad 3 should be the biggest jump since the original iPad was released, with a higher resolution display paired with a big boost of speed from a new processor. Does Apple have any surprises for us? Will we see an Apple TV announcement in addition to the details of the iPad 3? We don't have to wait long...

Unfortunately, there is not clear cut answer to this one. The biggest difference between the new iPad and the older iPad 2 starts and ends with the new"Retina Display", which features over a million new pixels packed into the same space. The new iPad also has an iSight camera capable of shooting 1080p video and a faster chip with a quad-core graphics processor to make sure the 3rd generation iPad has the horsepower to actually power those enhanced graphics.

But it is that display that makes the new iPad stand out from the crowd. It's a beautiful, welcome addition that takes this device back to the top of the tablet tree, and it is likely to bring a massive slice of business to an Apple store near you.With a wealth of wonderful apps, a more powerful processor, far superior connectivity and a better camera, this is already a step up.