Apple iPad Announced
I spent my lunch "trying" to watch the event over a cell phone connection, watching a feed that was being captured, you guessed it, over a cell phone.
First off, you'll have to ignore the name. "iPad" will be a kid that gets beaten up on the playground a lot. Once you get past that, I think they have a winner. The biggest surprise was the price - $499. Listening to the list of features, most people were sure it would be in the $700+ range. This will for sure move a lot of units. The other pricing is the "connection". For $14.99 you can get 250MB of data per month which doesn't even qualify as a joke. I've used 500MB today alone with my cell phone connection. The good news is they have an unlimited plan for $29.99. I'd hate to be the carrier that has their network ruined by this baby. AT&T has suffered huge issues with the data usage of the iPhone.
A few points of info:
- 9.7inch screen.
- Runs iPhone OS 3.2
- Can run all iPhone apps.
- Email
- Web Browser
- Will have iWork suite that will run on unit.
A few details I didn't hear or missed:
- Will it do flash? Don't think so... :( HUGE issue. That means no Hulu etc.
- Bluetooth?
- WiFi?
- Keyboard needs you to rest the unit on something.. not sure I like that
- Accessories? Video out? Headphones/Audio out?
- Storage? USB or removeable media?
As I said, Apple didn't stream this one live and the details were hard to catch.. I'll update more after I've see the real specs and some of the early feedback.
Only a couple weeks until my Birthday.. :-) Hint Hint...
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