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Apple Officially Announces the iPad

Apple Officially Announces the iPad

Posted January 27, 2010 at 2:51pm by iClarified
Apple today introduced iPad, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more. iPad’s responsive high-resolution Multi-Touch display lets users physically interact with applications and content. iPad is just 0.5 inches thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds— thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook. iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for the iPad, and will run almost all of the over 140,000 apps in the App Store. iPad will be available in late March starting at the breakthrough price of just $499.

Apple Officially Announces the iPad

“iPad is our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPad creates and defines an entirely new category of devices that will connect users with their apps and content in a much more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before.”


iPad features 12 next-generation Multi-Touch applications. Every app works in both portrait and landscape, automatically animating between views as the user rotates iPad in any direction. The precise Multi-Touch interface makes surfing the web on iPad an entirely new experience, dramatically more interactive and intimate than on a computer. Reading and sending email is fun and easy on iPad’s large screen and almost full-size “soft” keyboard. Import photos from a Mac®, PC or digital camera, see them organized as albums, and enjoy and share them using iPad’s elegant slideshows. Watch movies, TV shows and YouTube, all in HD or flip through pages of an e-book you downloaded from Apple’s new iBookstore while listening to your music collection.

iPad runs almost all of the over 140,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone or iPod touch. The iTunes Store gives you access to the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store with a catalog of over 11 million songs, over 50,000 TV episodes and over 8,000 films including over 2,000 in stunning high definition video. Apple also announced the new iBooks app for iPad, which includes Apple’s new iBookstore, the best way to browse, buy and read books on a mobile device. The iBookstore will feature books from major and independent publishers.

Apple also introduced a new version of iWork for iPad, the first desktop-class productivity suite designed specifically for Multi-Touch. With Pages, Keynote and Numbers you can create beautifully formatted documents, stunning presentations with animations and transitions, and spreadsheets with charts, functions and formulas. The three apps will be available separately through the App Store for $9.99 each.

iPad syncs with iTunes just like the iPhone and iPod touch, using the standard Apple 30-pin to USB cable, so you can sync all of your contacts, photos, music, movies, TV shows, applications and more from your Mac or PC. All the apps and content you download on iPad from the App Store, iTunes Store and iBookstore will be automatically synced to your iTunes library the next time you connect with your computer.
Apple Officially Announces the iPad


iPad’s brilliant 9.7-inch, LED-backlit display features IPS technology to deliver crisp, clear images and consistent color with an ultra-wide 178 degree viewing angle. The highly precise, capacitive Multi-Touch display is amazingly accurate and responsive whether scrolling web pages or playing games. The intelligent soft keyboard pioneered on iPhone takes advantage of iPad’s larger display to offer an almost full-size soft keyboard. iPad also connects to the new iPad Keyboard Dock with a full-size traditional keyboard.

iPad is powered by A4, Apple’s next-generation system-on-a-chip. Designed by Apple, the new A4 chip provides exceptional processor and graphics performance along with long battery life of up to 10 hours.* Apple’s advanced chemistry and Adaptive Charging technology deliver up to 1,000 charge cycles without a significant decrease in battery capacity over a typical five year lifespan.

iPad comes in two versions—one with Wi-Fi and the other with both Wi-Fi and 3G. iPad includes the latest 802.11n Wi-Fi, and the 3G versions support speeds up to 7.2 Mbps on HSDPA networks. Apple and AT&T announced breakthrough 3G pre-paid data plans for iPad with easy, on-device activation and management.

Continuing Apple’s dedication to designing and creating environmentally responsible products, each iPad enclosure is made of highly recyclable aluminum and comes standard with energy-efficient LED-backlit displays that are mercury-free and made with arsenic-free glass. iPad contains no brominated flame retardants and is completely PVC-free.

Apple today released a new Software Development Kit (SDK) for iPad, so developers can create amazing new applications designed to take advantage of iPad’s capabilities. The SDK includes a simulator that lets developers test and debug their iPad apps on a Mac, and also lets developers create Universal Applications that run on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

Pricing & Availability

iPad will be available in late March worldwide for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model, $699 (US) for the 64GB model. The Wi-Fi + 3G models of iPad will be available in April in the US and selected countries for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad will be sold in the US through the Apple Store (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers. International pricing and worldwide availability will be announced at a later date. iBookstore will be available in the US at launch.

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Rome
Rome - January 28, 2010 at 12:50am
Bash it and trash it all you want guys, hate it or love it!!! But rest assure that when this thing hits the store, people will be flocking like seagulls to grab one...This is just an initial product to test out the water and I'm sure a few tweaks and adjustments will be made as the iPad has all the potential for improvement just like the other Apple products.
fenrry
fenrry - January 27, 2010 at 11:49pm
ROFL, I said it long ago, it's a big iPod and no I don't work for Mapple, lol, I guess everyone at camp MS must have been laughing their asses off after hearing and seeing all this bc presentation....also I said it, no Verizon phone, is plain logic, Verizon is CDMA which is dead and also is just a US market, it makes no sense from any perspective to make a product that has a life span so short (Verizon will move to GSM by the end of this year), it will be too costly and the money will not come back to either Mapple nor Verizon, at least on that Mapple was smart, on the other part, ROFL...I'm not gonna say anything more.... X)
iFail
iFail - January 27, 2010 at 8:05pm
iFail
nomadolive
nomadolive - January 27, 2010 at 6:06pm
What about the applications? will it inlcude VoIP? We'll include it.. www.nomado.eu
gustavo Leon Madrigal
gustavo Leon Madrigal - January 27, 2010 at 5:51pm
naaaahhh NO PHONE, NOOO IPAD...crap...
joe
joe - January 27, 2010 at 4:32pm
i'll wait for the HP slate at least that will be more computer like with touch screen and multi tasking with usb and hdmi connections and it will have flash on it with a serious storage for something that it's suppose to be a touchscreen tablet and not just a big ipod touch. thanks but no thanks apple i think i got better ways to waste my money i'll look elsewhere thank you this is what happens when lazying thinking at a company takes hold OHHH THE BIGGEST THING AGAINST THIS IS AT@T STILL IS IN THE PICTURE THEY CAN"T HANDLE THE IPHONES ON IT"S NETWORK WHAT MAKES YOU THINK WHEN THIS HITS IT THEY WON"T COMPLETELY COME CRASHING DOWN. HAD YOU JUST HAD VERIZON BEING IT'S MAIN BACKER THEN YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED BUT YOU GOT AT@T HOLDING THE CARDS THAT'S A NO SALE SORRY I'll Be waitting if you drop the bal again with the iphone i'll be moving on to droid or the new zune phone coming out.
joe
joe - January 27, 2010 at 4:35pm
hahahahaha ipad lol at least they named it right after they rape you and leave you bleeding you'll need a pad as they leave you too their buddy at@t to play with you.
Jay
Jay - January 27, 2010 at 4:31pm
Just for the record I predict this to be the worst product Apple has come up with and it will fail and be discontinued in less than 2 years. (Unless the OS, Services and Prices are dramatically changed.)
FadetoBlack
FadetoBlack - January 27, 2010 at 5:47pm
They were doing SO well too, they seemed to have a good streak going on with the iPhones, iPod Touch and Nanos.. not to mention improving the whole Macbook and iMac line.. And now comes the iPad.. I think Apple might see their stock start to slip after this one, haha
Jay
Jay - January 27, 2010 at 6:06pm
Want to know what happened? Apple didnt listen to the customer once again and could of spent a lot more time into making this better than the Kindle or Windows Tablets. At least Microsoft doesnt offer their Zune OS to Tablet makers like HP. Apple will fall flat on their face with this one folks.
tekno
tekno - January 27, 2010 at 4:21pm
This is the best thing apple has came out with what's wrong with you people? can't wait to egg i mean get one!
pris
pris - January 27, 2010 at 4:21pm
Just becoz ppl liked iphone and ipod, you cannot develop a bigger ipod touch and sell it as if it is something from a different galaxy. this one beats the paid appstore app that shows only adds. :D.hahaa.
nkgneto
nkgneto - January 27, 2010 at 4:17pm
I'll just say it again, $200.00 for only 48gb of space??? This is the only reason why I would not buy one.
Mes
Mes - January 27, 2010 at 3:53pm
^^Yeaa. Hense the $499 starting price. Anybody paying $130 extra + $30/mo for 3G is nuts!!
Jesse debasque
Jesse debasque - January 27, 2010 at 3:24pm
Apple obviously created this iPad to rival Amazon and Sony's e-book devices not to kill the traditional Macbook pro etc..Also in the economy he was playing it safe with $499USD models. If it were a really bad-ass system expect starting price $999USD. I'm sure they are all ready working on a really cool itablet system that can rival notebooks--it's in the works.
FadetoBlack
FadetoBlack - January 27, 2010 at 3:21pm
Is this really what everyone was looking forward to? what a piece of trash... It is just a big iPhone, minus the phone! Can anybody honestly tell me with a straight face that they could justify paying $500 for this??
JC
JC - January 27, 2010 at 3:46pm
This thing makes me want to puke!
Telia
Telia - January 27, 2010 at 4:03pm
I completely agree. It doesn't seem to do anything particularly well. You're not likely to leave your iPhone and Macbook (Pro) behind on a holiday because you have an iPad. iPad= I'd pass For me however, the big disappointment today was the lack of news about iPhone 4.0.
FadetoBlack
FadetoBlack - January 27, 2010 at 5:42pm
I agree with you on that, Telia. I was so sure they were going to announce a 4.0 firmware update for the iPhone and iPod touch.. I can't help but feel letdown.
james
james - January 27, 2010 at 3:09pm
10" ipod touch... yay?
FadetoBlack
FadetoBlack - January 27, 2010 at 3:24pm
Don't forget it has 3G too!!! OMFG :-O !? Hahaha
ikkviper
ikkviper - January 27, 2010 at 2:57pm
Yay!
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