Apple iPad Tablet

IPad tablet unveiled Wednesday that Apple has come out with an e-book reading app. IPad will be a great e-boo reader for sought books and textbooks. The IPad will start at $499 for a Wi-equipped 16 GB model. 32 GB and 64 GB versions of the IPad will go for $599 and $699. The IPad looks similar to the IPhone. Apple thinks the IPad fills the gap between phones and laptops by making it easier to browse through email, photos, music, and videos.

The software features touch screen controls and an on screen keyboard though you can have a keyboard dock will be optional for those who like the full-size keyboard. The screen will read in landscape mode and can be switched. A free application which will manage e-books on the tablet will be available. Other apps featured on the IPad will be offered on the IPad which will include a calendar, notepad, web browser, photo viewer, YouTube, and music and video apps.
IPad
You’ll be able to add 3G connectivity to each of them for $130 more, with the 3G models arriving roughly a month after the iPad arrives in stores.

A slate that looks much like a larger iPhone, the iPad features a home button, a MacBook-like aluminum bezel and a glass screen. It’s a half-inch thick, weighs 1.5 pounds, and has a 9.7-inch LCD screen (with 1024 by 768 resolution). It will use a custom-made 1GHz CPU and flash storage and, Jobs claimed, will get up to 10 straight hours of battery life or a month of life on standby.
The iPad runs on a 1GHz Apple A4 chip. That’s an Apple-built processor resulting from the company’s April 2008 purchase of PA Semi, which specialized in low-power processors.

For connectivity, in addition to the optional 3G, it has 802.11n, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 2.1; it syncs to a Mac via USB. To feed those 3G connections, Jobs also announced two new cellular data plans from AT&T: $14.99 a month for 250MB of data, $29.99 a month for unlimited data; both are prepaid, meaning neither requires a contract like the two-year commitment that iPhone users must make.

Here is where you can sign up to be notified when the iPad becomes available. http://www.apple.com/ipad/notify-me/

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