Apple announces long awaited……….. iPad?
It’s official! The long awaited and highly speculated Apple Tablet has been announced. The name you ask? iPad. Out of all the names floating around the interwebs this was not one of them and totally not as cool! Come on Apple! Like some of the cooler names on the net such as iSlate(Personal favourite) and iTablet. I wonder if they got the name from this MadTV short. Well enough of the jibber jabber on to the specs!
- 0.5″ thick and 1.5lbs light
- 9.7″ IPS display, capacitive multitouch touchscreen
- Built-in accelerometer,
- 802.11n Wi-Fi,
- Bluetooth 2.1
- 10 hours of battery life
- 1GHz Apple A4 processor
- 16GB, 32GB and 64GB Flash storage
As of right now the device will be available in the United States on AT&T’s 3G coverage. There will be also units available that are WI-FI only. Units will start shipping in 60 days and 3G and international Wi-FI units will ship in 90 days. Pricing wasn’t as bad as most people expected. everyone was pegging it at $900-$1000 but its much cheaper than that.
- $499-16GB WiFi version
- $599- 32GB WiFi version
- $699- 64GB WiFi version
- $629-16GB WiFi version +3G
- $729- 32GB WiFi version +3G
- $899- 64GB WiFi version +3G
Engadget did an excellent job covering the event live and has some pretty detailed slide photos. Check them out for more details.
Check out Apple’s page for more specs and pretty pictures and don’t forget to hop on the forums to discuss this hot item.







well i think this is the worst thing ive ever read im doing a project and this didid not help ...
Comment by Ron Jace on 28 January 2010:
This item is a HUGE FAIL. No Flash, No multitasking…
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Comment by John C. on 1 February 2010:
CRAP!
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