| The long awaited Apple tablet has finally been | | | | see the full webpages. |
| revealed. Steve Jobs pulled the wraps off on January | | | | The App store will transform this device into things |
| 27th in a tense morning for Apple and tech fans all | | | | Apple alone could never achieve. You can run all the |
| over the world. Now with the specifications and | | | | iPhone applications on it in either full screen or 1:1, the |
| information out there it's time to preview the iPad | | | | latter being the actual resolution we're used to from |
| and its potential. | | | | out favorite smartphone. But in addition to running |
| First of all the design is pretty spectacular. The front | | | | the iPhone apps, the iPad will also get its own apps. |
| is dominated by the large 9.7" LCD Led lit display that | | | | Developers can create programs for it and utilize its |
| without a doubt will look great. Just below the screen | | | | full potential. The things we've seen in the keynote, |
| you get the iPhone home button that allows you to | | | | including software from EA, looked okay but not |
| go back to the beginning at all times. One less pretty | | | | very impressive. In a few months some amazing |
| feature for me are the black borders around the | | | | piece of codes will come out for the tablet we're |
| screen. They are a bit too wide for my taste, it | | | | sure. |
| would've been better if Apple was able to stretch | | | | I have taken everything into consideration and a few |
| the display a little and remove the borders. On the | | | | things bug me as of now. Firstly does the iPad have |
| top you get the sleep button that will deactivate the | | | | flash support? The tablet is suppose to deliver the |
| display. On the right side you get the volume buttons | | | | best browsing experience ever, but flash is a big part |
| and the silence switch, interesting is that the buttons | | | | of the experience. |
| have been moved from left (iPhone) to the right. On | | | | Another thing is the hardware. Apart from the case |
| the back you get the large black Apple logo in the | | | | and the touchscreen things aren't looking good on |
| middle of a big gray (aluminum?) mass. It also says | | | | paper. It has a quadcore 1ghz processor built in from |
| iPad on the back, the number of GBs and a few FCC | | | | Apple, a company not specialized in these chips. I |
| things that are required to be there I think. It's not | | | | have fears that this A4 processor might not be fast |
| impossible to assume that the new iPhone will feature | | | | enough for the really interesting apps. Another |
| a similar back. The tablet is really thin, in fact it's just | | | | downer is the lack of iSight camera. This thing would |
| 0.5 inch thick, that's as thick as an iPhone. Height and | | | | have been amazing for conferencing or instant |
| width measures come in at: 9.6 inches and 7.47 inch. | | | | messaging, an opportunity missed there. Other |
| Now lets talk about the software of the iPad. It | | | | hardware figures are a mystery. Like how quick is |
| works very similar to an iPhone. Slide to unlock and | | | | the graphics chip? And how much system memory |
| you're in the main screen with the typical iPhone | | | | does it have to work with? |
| icons. You get: YouTube, mail, Safari, contacts, iPod, | | | | And last but not least I'm having a hard time giving |
| iTunes, app store, video, settings, maps (by Google!), | | | | the software my two thumbs up. I think it looks to |
| calendar, photos and last but not least notes. | | | | much like the iPhone software. The iPad would have |
| The apps have been modified a bit for the new | | | | been a much stronger product if the software |
| capabilities though. For example photos are now | | | | allowed some advanced things like video editing or |
| arranged by event blocks. Tapping on a block of | | | | the ability to access and store files in finder windows |
| photos will show you a preview of the photos in that | | | | (or maps for windows users). |
| event (or map for windows users). However you can | | | | To conclude. The iPad looks amazing and with a price |
| also view your most treasured memories by list, | | | | of EUR499 it will sell really well. But much like the first |
| location, faces or date. We can imagine that it will | | | | iPhone launch the iPad has some obvious |
| look really fantastic to manipulate the photographs on | | | | shortcomings. It isn't really fast, has no webcam and |
| a huge touchscreen and to show it to your friends. | | | | on top of that the software is lacking premium |
| Another app Steve Jobs showed extensively was | | | | computing features. With that said I might still get |
| the Safari app. The browsing experience exceeds the | | | | one if the experience is as amazing as Steve Jobs |
| desktop experience because you can touch and flick | | | | expressed during his presentation. Which knowing |
| through the pages. And unlike the iPhone you now | | | | Apple will probably be the case. |