Apple Unveils the iPad Tablet
27 Jan 2010 | Apple | 12 comments
Not a big surprise here and kind of a letdown really. After months and months of speculation, Apple today unveiled their newest creation, the Apple iPad tablet computer.
Features
It's pretty much a giant iPhone with a 9.7-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen multi-touch display (1024 x 768 pixels). It's powered by a 1GHz Apple A4 chip, running a more advanced version of the iPhone OS and has 16GB to 64GB of flash storage. Other features include 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, speaker, microphone, accelerometer and compass.Pricing
Apple is planning to start selling the iPad in two versions: a WiFi only iPad, available in 60 days, which will cost $499 (16GB), $599 (32GB) or $699 (64GB) and a WiFi + 3G version which will launch in 90 days and will go for $629 (16GB) $729 (32GB) $829 (64GB).AT&T is providing the data plan for the iPad. It'll cost $14.99 for up to 250MB or $29.99 for unlimited data. The plans include free use of AT&T WiFi hotspots. The good news is that you can activate this service on the iPad, and there's no contract. It's prepaid and you can cancel anytime.
iPhone OS 4.0
Not yet. Either Apple forgot about its iPhone users, or they didn't want to cram in too much in the 1.5 hour presentation. Remember, this year's MacWorld was moved to February, so we might get to see this thing in about two weeks.
~ 12 comments ~
well i think that this is a very explendid work apple has done. Keep'em coming
I think it's very cool, but who has a pocket that big to carry it?
I think it's very cool, but who has a pocket that big to carry it?
omg that's a beaty
wheres the camera
for those prices, this cool gadget should be a phone as well..
im not going to buy this straght away im gonna wait for the 2nd gen to cum out then that will have betta technologe and maby a camera but i think apple don a good job on the 1st gen and also.to by dude and by dude on they will make cases like laptop cases witch should be good coolis :) apple u dun a good job
They should've added a camera where you can have a conversation from ipad to ipad and see each other's face... that would've been cool!
hey nana yer that would've been cool and by the way this by by apple man
I think that this ipad idea is awsome but as nana said it should have a webcam built in. coz the price is a bit high, i mean $827 for the 3G version but no webcam.... and does this do msn and stuff like tht?
Great Invention. Bravo
this is pretty nutz..i agree, it should have a camera..and then you could use that tokbox thingy that everyone has..but other then that..its pretty nutz:)
the 3g verion does have camra