There are rumors speculating that Apple would finally announce the details of the much-anticipated release of Apple's iPad 3 on March 17, 2012. According to the rumors, the information would be revealed via a press conference in San Francisco.

There are also rumors which supports the claim of a Marh 7 announcement. One of which is that the announcement for iPad 3 will coincide with the opening of 2 new international Apple stores. The first Apple store that would open is in Amsterdam on March 3. This is the first Apple store in the country. The second Apple store which would open is located in Harrod's, London which would supposedly open around the middle of March.

In line with this, there are also rumors which states that shipment for Apple's iPad 3 from Foxconn to the US is already in progress. The website, 9to5Mac even posted pictures of the alleged "shipment". Aside from the picture, a shipping document for iPad 3 was supposedly leak in the public. It was first revealed in Sina Weibo, a site that is similar to Twitter but upon further research, the document's origin came from a forum post in WeiPhone.

Here is the machine translation from Weibo and WeiPhone forum posts:

Weibo:

Friends broke the news: Chengdu International Airport at major international cargo charter flights, cargo owners demanding security, from CTU takeoff by stop PVG Shanghai, and then directly to ORD Chicago, the JFK New York, LAX in Los Angeles, March 9, completed before transport. According to the privately disclosed the Chengdu F production for the U.S. A company's latest products... Received friends inside information, Chengdu International Airport night cargo charter flights, said the owner of the security demanding, and in private that the Chengdu Fu X Kang new products. Takes note of the location of the United States (ORD Chicago, JFK New York, LAX in Los Angeles)

WeiPhone

Our company started undertake a load of top-secured cargo. The owner has extreme requirements for the security. In order to prevent the cargo from being dragged on the airport ramp for too long, as well as shortening the time the cargo stay on the airport ramp, we hereby require XXXX to schedule all the XXX cargo planes from Feb. 26 to Mar. 9. to XXX slot.

So far, everything about Apple's iPad 3 has been kept in secret by the company. Despite the tight security about iPad 3, there is a lot of information that were supposedly "leaked" about iPad 3. Some of which includes an improved display which is rumored to be an HD display with a resolution of 2048x1536 pixels, improved processor (quad-core A6 chip), improved camera features, and the emergence of two iPad 3 models: a mini-iPad 3 as the cheaper version and the usual iPad 3.

Apple has not yet given to any official statement to address the supposed leak information brought about by different "reliable" resources.