How futureproof is iPad 3?

I'm strongly considering the iPad 3 despite the recently unveiled iPad 4. Given the fact that I'll be using it for web browsing, video streaming (Youtube, etc), and non-graphics intensive games, I think cost to performance benefit ratio favors the iPad 3.
Given the constantly evolving landscape of iOS, will the iPad 3 be able to keep up for the next 2 years? I know Apple tends to lock out some older hardware from receiving the latest iOS updates/features.
Just wondering how futureproof the iPad 3 is at this point in time?
Thanks!

Only until a newer version of iOS requires hardware not in the iPad 3 (of iPad 4 for that matter.) At that point you will not be able to update iOS further. But my guess is your iPad 3 has features you still don't know about nor would use. You are looking at this as though you need to stay on the bleeding edge of the technology rather than seeeing what you have for what it is - a tool. As long as the tool works it is never obsolete. I have a hammer that's over 50 years old. It still does what it was designed to do. I have another hammer that's only 12 years old, but it can't hammer a nail any better than the old hammer.

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