| The Apple iPad is the latest offering from Apple. It is | | | | onscreen QWERTY keyboard. This virtual keyboard |
| a tablet computer, just 0.5 inches thick and weighing | | | | is similar to a regular keyboard, and you can use both |
| 1.5 pounds. It has a high resolution LED backlit display, | | | | your hands while typing. |
| comes with up 10 hours battery power, built in | | | | Any photo attachments can be viewed within the |
| speakers, a headphone jack and a built in microphone. | | | | message. You can also store your photo using the |
| It is intended to make normal computer activities | | | | iPad's Photos app., and sort them too. The Photos |
| easier. You can view web pages as per normal, | | | | app displays the photos in albums, and there is even |
| thanks to its large touch screen, at 1024 x 768, it is | | | | the option of viewing the photos as a slideshow. |
| easy to read font, and one has an option to look at | | | | The iPad is compatible with most of the popular email |
| either a landscape or portrait view of web pages. | | | | providers including AOL, GMail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail. |
| Navigating the web has never been easier - you just | | | | There are many applications that aid with |
| use your finger! You can scroll through a page using | | | | entertainment - gaming, iTunes, video, YouTube, |
| your finger to flick up and down, or you can "pinch" | | | | iBooks etc. The iPad will work with almost all of the |
| to make items bigger or smaller. You can navigate | | | | applications that the iPhone uses. |
| through your history of opened pages easily as the | | | | A very useful application is the Notes app. Thanks to |
| iPad shows a thumbnail view of all the pages you | | | | the expansive display and the large virtual keypad, |
| have been through in a grid. | | | | taking down notes is made very easy. |
| Checking emails is easy - it's similar to the view you | | | | On the screen you are able to see not only the |
| would have with Windows Outlook. You can view | | | | notes you are currently taking, but on the left will |
| incoming mails in a landscape view, with a spilt screen | | | | appear a list of all your notes. Using the landscape |
| that shows both the opened email and the messages | | | | view for this application means that everything is |
| in the inbox. To read just the message, you flip the | | | | legible, and navigation is easy. The iPad will circle the |
| iPad to a portrait view and your selected message | | | | current notes you are taking in red, so that at a |
| will fit itself into your screen. | | | | glance you can see where you are. |
| To reply to messages you have the advantage of an | | | | |