| Apple presented the iPad tablet product, displaying a | | | | and down as desired. apple iphone users will not need |
| 9.7-inch, 1024 x 768 screen and 16 GB, 32 GB, and | | | | to re-purchase apps to load them onto an iPad. |
| 64 GB capabilities. Holding a custom made 1 GHz | | | | The event was also filled with demos, featuring |
| "Apple A4" chip, the iPad weighs in at in at 1.5 lbs . | | | | Gameloft's N.O.V.A., an art iphone app called Brushes, |
| and is .5-inch thin. The iPad is going to be priced at | | | | Electronic Art's Need for Speed Shift, and video |
| $499, $599, and $699 for the many different | | | | within a Major League Baseball app. |
| capacity products without having 3G, as well as $629, | | | | As expected from recently available rumors with |
| $729, and $829 with 3G. Wi-Fi only choices are | | | | regards to Apple's negotiations in the previous couple |
| scheduled to ship in Sixty days, with 3G-capable | | | | of days with major newspaper and tv publications, |
| version shipping in 90 days. A training video preview | | | | the New York Times was available to demo a |
| is also offered. | | | | dedicated New York Times app, saying they were |
| In terms of typical connectivity, the iPad offers Wi-Fi | | | | proud to "pioneer the next era of digital journalism." |
| (802.11n) and Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, with 3G versions | | | | The application provides an extended view of the |
| also providing cell data online connectivity. Any iPad | | | | paper's content with in-line video watching and |
| models come with an accelerometer, compass, | | | | synchronization potential with the iphone iphone app. |
| loudspeakers, a microphone, including a 30-pin dock | | | | Jobs then revealed the iBooks application, referencing |
| connector. The iPad also offers a claimed 10 hrs of | | | | Amazon's Kindle in addition to describing that they |
| battery life for seeing video, with A calendar month | | | | wanted to "stand on their shoulders and go |
| of standby electric battery life. | | | | somewhat further." The iBooks app includes a store - |
| Models with 3G is going to be unlocked and also will | | | | the iBookstore - featuring content material from |
| be able to use GSM micro SIMs. Within the U.S., | | | | Penguin, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, |
| AT&T will offer you 2 data plan options ? $14.99 for | | | | and Hachette Book Group. iBooks uses the open |
| up to 250 MB monthly and $29.99 a month for | | | | ePub standard and provides tables of contents and |
| unlimited plan data. No long term contract is needed | | | | instinctive page navigation on the iPad, and the |
| for either choice, and cost-free usage of AT&T's | | | | capacity to see in portrait and horizontal orientations |
| Wi-Fi hot spots is included. Data packages for iPad | | | | with the integrated accelerometer. Jobs outlined True |
| consumers outside of the U.S. will by it is in place by | | | | Compass by Edward M. Kennedy, describing its |
| June. | | | | $14.99 cost within the iBooks store. |
| The iPad will have standard applications for personal | | | | Brand new iPad-specific versions of iWork applications |
| information management, such as anbook and | | | | also made an appearance in the occasion, together |
| calendar, together with email, Safari, Google Maps, as | | | | with demos of Keynote, Pages, and Numbers by Phil |
| well as Notes. A unique variation of iTunes is also on | | | | Schiller for the iPad. Schiller pointed out specific |
| board to offer an optimized browsing experience for | | | | on-screen keyboards as well as drop-down menus to |
| the device's 9.7-inch display. | | | | highlight it's ease of use of those programs for the |
| Add-ons may also be intended for the iPad, including | | | | iPad. The iWork apps will cost $9.99 each. |
| a dock which has a physical keyboard that could | | | | At the end of the event, Jobs referred to the iPad |
| support the iPad in portrait positioning along with a | | | | as the company's "most advanced technology inside |
| case with a built-in stand for video viewing. Costs on | | | | a magical and groundbreaking unit at an unbelievable |
| these add-ons were not announced. The iPad also | | | | price." He additionally pointed out that there are over |
| supports Bluetooth keyboards. | | | | 125 million iTunes accounts with credit cards and that |
| Numerous demos showed unmodified iphone | | | | using the iPad will be second-nature to the more than |
| applications working on the iPad at original resolution | | | | 75 million iphone and iPod touch customers. |
| and scaled up to benefit from the iPad's increased | | | | Developers can gain access to the newest apple |
| display screen real estate. In accordance with Scott | | | | iphone SDK 3.2 right now, giving resources for building |
| Forstall throughout his time on stage, the iPad can run | | | | iPad programs including regulations, sample code, plus |
| "virtually every" iphone app with out customization, | | | | a simulator program. |
| with an on-screen button to size an app's quality up | | | | |