iPad – Apple Tablet Device Launched by Steve Jobs
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The big day is here and all rumors which were surrounding for almost a decade have come to an end with the official launch of iPad (yes this is the official name), the long-awaited tablet device from Apple.
iPad is the middle device between the smartphones and laptop, says Apple. This 0.5 inch thick beauty with 1.5 pounds of weight launch today at Apple’s Media event by Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
Let’s talk about some specs (because we love it). Apple iPad has 1GHz of Apple’s A4 chip,. 9.7 inch of IPS display with full capacitive multi-touch capability with 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR.
iPad has fully functional accelerometer, compass, speaker and mic, dock connector but most surprisingly the thing which amazed the live audience aswell as all the apple fan boys is it’s battery life, iPad has 10 hours of battery life with a month of standby time. That’s really amazing.
Talking about the OS, iPad runs a bit modified version of iPhone OS and have quite similar interface like one we have seen in iPhone. iPad has ability to run all the currently available iPhone apps out of the box that too on full screen mode.It has a virtual keyboard which makes the usage experience more realistic.
Apple want its tablet to do a lot more than just browsing, gaming, mailing, videos and music so they have built up a fully compatible version of iWork for iPad on which they have been working for a year.
iPad starts from$499 and go all the way to $599 and $699 for 16,32 and 64GB models respectively. While the 3G models will cost $429, $729 and $829. The WiFi models of iPad will be available worldwide with next 60 days while the 3G models will start shipping within approximate 90 days.
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