Apple Unveils the iPad
Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad today at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco and announced pricing starting at US$499.
Steve Jobs unveils the iPad
“The last time there was this much excitement about a tablet, it had some commandments written on it.”
With these words, Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPad today at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. He showed a device that can browse the Web, does email, watch movies, watch TV, display albums, photos, Calendar, YouTube, iTunes, watch embedded videos inside articles, and, of course, plays games with flicks, gestures, and a very responsive virtual QWERTY keyboard. The New York Times, EA, NOVA, MLB all took their turn onstage to showcase their apps redesigned especially for the iPad.
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Apple iPad with iTunes
This looks like all of Apple’s wizardry squeezed into a tablet-sized mobile device.
Here are the main specs:
- Dimensions: 242.8 x 189.7 x 13.4 mm (9.56 x 7.47 x 0.5 in.)
- Weight: WiFi – 0.68 kg (1.5 lbs); WiFi + 3G – 0.73 kg (1.6 lbs)
- Display: 9.7 in., 1024 x 768 pixels, 132 ppi, with fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
- 16 – 64GB of internal flash drive
- Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
- WiFi 802.11n
- Accelerometer
- Compass
- Built-in speakers and microphone; 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack
- 10 hours battery life
- starts at $499 with 16GB and WiFi; $829 with 64GB and WiFi + 3G
- Accessories include a dock, a keyboard and a case
- No camera, no phone
- No Flash support — Bad idea!
- No Real OS X
Three main features missing: no phone, no camera and no multitasking.
This is a device for content consumption, not content creation. Though there is iWork and a virtual keyboard, it just looks too arkward to comfortably type upon for a long time. Surprisingly, there is no killer app to accompany the device.
There are 2 models, one with Wi-Fi and a second one with 3G wireless (needs to purchase a data plan for the latter).
Most buyers will also get the iPad case which not only protects the device but can also serve as a stand for hands-free display and lap pillow for typing and reading.
Apple iPad Case
Related Links:
- Apple iPad Specs
- Watch the unveiling video at: MarketWatch
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