It's Official

Today, February 23rd, Apple officially announced an upcoming press event for the 2nd of March 2011. This event will be held at 10 a.m. PST at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

This event is likely to introduce the next generation iPad, what most are calling iPad 2. The artwork for the invite shows a date page with the corner curled to reveal what looks like an iPad device.

It is likely that this event will be about the iPad and only the iPad. Recent rumors about an upcoming MacBook refresh have suggested that new laptops will be released on Steve Jobs' birthday, which if you don't have that in your book is tomorrow, February 24th. He will be 56.

If we don't see new laptops tomorrow, then they will likely be a part of this event next week. The very latest rumor is that the new MacBooks will have a new interface port called Thunderbolt, which must be Apple's name for Light Peak.