If you’re tired of iPhone 5 rumors already, don’t worry, it’s time for some iPad 3 rumors today. Patently Apple discovered a patent filed by Apple in 2009 which hints at Spaces for the iPad.

“Apple envisioned invoking Spaces on an iPad-like device with either a two-finger pinching gesture in a specific location or by using a five-finger tapping or pinching gesture. Various interactions be used to either switch directly between workspaces or to display a graphical representation of all workspaces for selection or to drag windows between workspaces.”

I personally find Spaces very useful on my Mac. I think it will find a great home on the iPad, and maybe to other touch screen devices as well like say the iPhone 5 perhaps? The patent was filed about 2 years ago and whether the iPad 3 releases this year or in 2012, I think it’s time for Apple to pull this out of their hats.

What do you think of Spaces for iPad? Great idea or waste of, wait for it, spaces (lol)?