The Apple iPad
Steve Jobs, founder of Apple this week
introduced the iPad, a handheld tablet that
is a larger version of the iPhone without
the telephony feature.
Apple says the iPad is the best way to
experience the web, email, photos, and
video. Hands down.
All of the built-in apps on iPad were
designed from the ground up to take
advantage of the large Multi-Touch screen.
And they work in any orientation. So you can
do things with these apps that you can’t do
on any other device.
Users of the Iphone already experience many
of the features of the iPad, like the Safari
brower, iTunes and thousands of Apps
(programs) that make the iPhone more than a
telephone.
The iPad will run most of the iPhone Apps,
says Apple, and includes Apps like iBooks,
an electronic book reader.
Apple says the battery will run up to 10
hours, probably a lot of hype, since
portable computer manufacturers like to
exaggerate on that fact.
No, the iPad doesn't make popcorn. It won't
recharge by setting it in a sunny spot. It
won't even run Flash.
What will it do? And most important,
what's it going to cost? $499 at
the bottom, $829 at the top, with four more
configurations in between.
The iPad comes in two models: One with WiFi
connectivity only, the second with both WiFi
and 3G. For each model there are three
configurations based on the amount of flash
RAM storage.
The WiFi-only models costs $499, $599 and
$699 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB
configurations, respectively. Add $130 to
each of those prices for the WiFi+3G model
and you get $629, $729 and $829.
All the above prices are in the US.
The iPad is expected to be in Costa Rica
in May. The price in Costa Rica is
not yet known.
When can I get one? Apple's saying
"late March" for the WiFi-only model, "late
April" for the WiFi+3G iPad. And no, you
can't order one yet.
The company isn't taking pre-orders at the
moment. Instead, Apple's only accepting
names and e-mail addresses, which it will
use to notify customers when the online
store is ready to take credit card numbers.
Apple's tablet, the iPad, is a device
that fits between a smartphone and a laptop,
said CEO Steve Jobs.
For all the features of the iPad go to the
Apple website at:
http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/ |
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