iPad.
It’s official. Steve Jobs has announced the new Apple iPad.
“It’s so much more intimate than a laptop and so much more capable than a smartphone,” Steve Jobs said. Follow the Apple event on the LA Times blogs here.
Jobs is saying the iPad is eco-friendly, mercury and arsenic free. More details to come…
UPDATE: From Gizmodo — some tech specs:
-9.7″ screen
-1Ghz “Apple A4″ processor
-Wi-Fi only, no 3G support from AT&T or Verizon
-10-hour battery life
-Can “decode” HD video to play without reducing battery life
-Includes Bluetooth 2.1, microphone, speaker, accelerometer (really?) and compass (really really?)
The iPad. Is it really that magical?
iPad. Whoop-dee-doo.
Steve jobs unveiled apple’s new product the ipad in San Francisco this week. Although apple is calling it “magical” and “revolutionary.” I cant help but think this device looks like an old wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Back in 2007, Apple launched a little game-changer called the iPhone, which offered consumers a touch pad phone and computer all in one tiny package — revolutionary stuff there. It was user friendly, looked cool and soon enough everybody and their mom had one.
Although the iPad does have some cool features like a 10+ hr battery life and an iTunes style bookstore, it also has a lot of flaws. It can’t multitask, so if you want to listen to music and browse the web, you’re out of luck. It also doesn’t have GPS, or a camera.
From what I gather, the iPad is an oversized, stripped down iPhone without the phone. Yeah it has a full size keyboard, but is it really worth $599 for a 32 GB iPad when a 32 GB iPhone is $299?
The iPad is set to hit Apple stores in April. There are already rumors of a more MacBook-like version set to succeed the iPhone-like iPad. Is this another game-changer from Apple? What’s the value of cornering the netbook market — the small, niche netbook market?
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