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What is the Apple Ipad?
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After months of wild speculation, Steven P. Jobs has finally givenApple fans exactly what they have been asking for — a new iPhone-like tablet computer called the iPad for $499. “We want to kick off 2010 by introducing a magical and revolutionary product today,” said Mr. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive.
Mr. Jobs appeared energized but gaunt as he unveiled the iPad at a press event in San Francisco on Wednesday.
Its features and specifications, which have been grist for the Internet rumor mill for months, are finally sharply in focus: It will feature a 9.7-inch screen and a full virtual keyboard. It is 1.2 inches thick and weighs 1.5 pounds. In addition, the iPad screen is multi-touch, meaning content on it can be manipulated with swipes and taps of the fingers.
The iPad is outfitted with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Internet connectivity, and is powered by a 1-gigahertz Apple A4 chip and has 16 to 64 gigabytes of flash storage. Mr. Jobs described the iPad as “so much more intimate than a laptop and so much more capable of a smartphone with this gorgeous, large display.”
During the event, Mr. Jobs demonstrated the iPad as a platform for watching video, streaming music, reading e-books, browsing photographs and playing games. The company also said third-party applications would be a big draw on the iPad.
The iPad will run “virtually every one” of the current catalog applications for the iPhone, numbering around 100,000 “virtually unmodified,” Scott Forstall, a senior vice president, said.
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¬ Rae Holliday of Stuff Fly People Like
#11807 January 27th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Apple is taking over.
¬ Septembre
#11818 January 28th, 2010 at 12:29 am
…And I’m enjoying the ride. Don’t you feel sorry for Amazon though? Apple has just killed their Kindle.
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¬ Dilla
#11850 January 31st, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Septembre, you are so right. I don’t feel sorry for Amazon either. Their kindle is way over priced and over hyped! The ipad on the other hand is worth the hard earned cash you dish out. I am apple all the way, apple macbook,iphone and ipod.