Apple Unveils Newest Toy -- the iPad — Page 2

The 9.7 inch screen device will be available in 16GB and 64 GB versions, making it ideal to watch video, read newspapers and browse photos on. The more "intimate" device, as Jobs describes it, is a "dream" to type on with full-size touch-screen keyboard, similar to the iPhone interface. The Apple iPad will have 10 hours of battery life and also have Wi-Fi capability, but no mobile contract announced as of yet.

Those fans of their beloved Apps will be happy to know that all their existing Apps are easily transferable to the iPad and many more exciting ones are on the way to be fully enjoyed on the bigger screen. And for e-readers, The New York Times has already signed on with Apple to create exclusive content, including articles with a newspaper look and play-in-page video.

They also announced the iBook Store, a digital bookstore for the new Apple iPad, which has already partnered with five major book publishers: Penguin, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins and Hachette.

I think it will do very well at first. Let's see if people stick with it and how reliable they are this early on.

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My husband's gonna be pissed he spent $2000 on this MacBook....LOL

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Prices will range from $499 for the 16GB wifi model to $829 for the 64GB wifi + 3G.

I love my Archos, but you can't read on it.

Yeah the iBook feature sounds like the one major bonus. I haven't checked out the new Archos tablets launched last year, but if they had a similar feature, I'd definitely look into getting one. I believe the smaller one comes with up to 500 GB hard drive.

And Namo, I do have expectations to fulfill, after all. I haven't been as predictable as say, every iThread highlighting every iAnnouncement, but I'll try harder next time. And I will admit, the derivatives crop up on both sides of the fence. Archos didn't jump on the micro mp3 bandwagon until long after Apple introduced the Shuffle.

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I agree with general consensus that it doesn't seem to have a stand alone quality that you don't have on an iPhone, Kindle or MacBook. I wouldn't imagine it'll have huge sales because it doesn't have universal appeal like the iPod or iPhone, it essentially seems to be for business types...an up-to-date Palm Pilot kind of thing.

If they were to include a touch screen sketch pad with photoshop/editing software included then it could be a hit with the creative industries. I mean, I'd love to have a device with photo/video editing software and illustration/photoshopping capabilities that also has internet for uploading/emailing. Essentially a sketchbook of the future.

I do agree with whoever said above this is more a stepping stone of what laptops will be in the future. But, thats what Apple do best...anticipate where technology is going and get it to us before we thought we needed it.

And if you were Republican, you'd have been drawn and quartered by now!

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hmm, will it be able maybe to hold textbooks? I can see where if it could do that, and was priced reasonably (HAH) that it may be worth it....if students could rent textbooks for a semester...

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And the Microsoft Courier is on its way. It looks very confusing to me, though.
Microsoft Courier

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Me too!

I'm sorry, but...the iPad? It's like the "bro/bra episode of Seinfeld...

Is anyone else pissed that they didn't refresh the Macbook Pro's today? Give us a laptop with Arrandale, Apple!

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MissChung, I'm so computer illiterate I don't even know what you mean.

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For an Internet connection.

No one in Apple marketing even bothered to Google the name? They would have came up with that MadTv skit.
No multitasking or flash support. WHAT IS THE POINT?
Perhaps the "new coke" of the decade?

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