OH SHIT ITS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!! LIFERS WHAT DO YALL THINK ABOUT THE IPAD?
Jim Wilson/The New York Times
Apple chief executive, Steve Jobs, unveils the iPad.
Third-Party Apps
The iPad will run “virtually every one” of the apps for the iPhone “virtually unmodified,” he says
10-Hour Battery Life
Update | 1:38 p.m. “We been able to achieve 10 hours of battery life” Mr. Jobs says. “I can take a flight form San Francisco to Tokyo and watch video the whole way.”
He says the iPad also has more than a month of standby battery capacity. You can leave it alone, and find it still with some charge when you come back in a few weeks.
My colleague Mr. Carr notes that there’s a long history of power hyperbole in all categories of gadgets.
Kimberly White/Reuters
The Specifications
Half an inch thin. Weighs 1.5 pounds. 9.7-inch IPS display — super high quality, great angle of views, Mr. Jobs says.
Full capacitive multi-touch screen, same as the iPhone — “super responsive, super precise,” he says.
The iPad is powered by Apple’s own custom silicon, he says — a 1 GHz A4 chip,, 16 GB of memory, 32 or 64 Gigabytes of storage.
There’s Wi-Fi, 802.11n, and the latest Bluetooth. (Apparently no 3G wireless, notes my colleague John Markoff.) Accelerometer, compass, speaker, microphone.
Video on the iPad
However, the tablet might be the perfect breakfast table companion. You can control it with one hand and don’t have to fiddle with a keyboard.
“Watching is nothing like getting one in your hands,” Mr. Jobs said.
David Gallagher/The New York Times
The Bits blog on the iPad!
The iPad works in both landscape and portrait mode, like the iPhone. It has a virtual keyboard, access to photo collections, direct access to iTunes’ surfeit of content.
“It’s awesome to watch TV shows and movies,” Mr. Jobs says. “It’s so much more intimate than a laptop and it’s so much more capable than a smartphone with its gorgeous screen.”
MRKELLS718
THIS IS CRAZY!!!! GOTTA GET THIS FOR SURE!!!!!
Kandi
its a big ass iphone minus the phone, camera and multi-tasking. EPIC FAIL! lol
ScottyJewlz
Yep, wait until everyone really sees how much this thing can NOT do!!! Jobs is a genius at hype, yesterday everyone was loving it, then reality kicked in today, just a big ass iphone. LOL….Agree with Kandi…EPIC FAIL!!!!!
Jane Doe
Its a WASTE of money…only the Apple fanboys will be queuing up to buy this crap.
Mrggfep
Oh, and it needs 2 web cams/still cams one facing the user for video conferencing and one on the back so that the user can video their surroundings… I don’t know how they dropped the ball on the webcam feature.
Wenzel Dashington
So it’s basically a fancy ass Kindle?…..I”m good..I can wait for the 3rd Gen when they get it right…
jermy201
When it gets a camera, it will be copped. Other than that, its an oversized ipod touch.
Antwerp Lifer
biggest fail of apple so far..
KK
NOT getting this!! Apple dropped the ball with this one. No need to get this when you got a MacBook (if you need something lighter, get the Air) and an iPhone (a new one come out every year). Its an iPod touch with iWork. What about the music/video/ebooks people already purchased on iTunes/Amazon/etc.? There’s no wireless transfer/USB button. I don’t need multiple mobile devices doing the same thing. You can look at pictures, but can’t take none. STUPID. You got contacts, but can’t call nobody. SUPER STUPID. Don’t nobody email anymore. The minuses outweigh the pluses. Steve Jobs ain’t even look happy when he was talking about it. JD, DO NOT BUY THIS!!! Go get some Ocean’s sh!t or something for your daughter!!!!!
HoneyBeeLTL
i was thinkin the exact same thing @ jermy…how am i supposed to use it on the go as big as it is…and i woudn’t use it to do work because it’s not efficient enough smh…don’t think i’ll be getting this
HoneyBeeLTL
being that we live in a generation that is constantly trying to make things smaller…i don’t see why apple would come out with this bigger version of the ipod touch. It’s not efficient for on the go use, which is a big must have these days. Seems like its just a laptop without the keyboard feature. smh…doubt that any ‘regular people’ will be purchasing this…
HoneyBeeLTL
maybe if they fold it in half and put a keyboard on it, people will buy it *shrug*
Minnie
I like it for running around. But I’ll wait til the 3rd generation comes out in a couple of years. The first is always a waste of money.
iambigmatt
Bro I am Getting this. The Ipad Is so funky…
Djfreddyready
the only thing that i am saying is….. IM GETTING THIS!!!
Zena
I like Apple, but I think they missed the mark on this. I’m sure it’s gonna sale cause everybody wants the next new toy, but I don’t think that they topped the iPhone. The iPhone is still the must have item. Like Minnie said I think that once they get some user feedback they’ll change the game with this product, but I wouldn’t waste my money on this version of the iPad.
RonB(770)
U can’t use a USB cord with it!!! So u would have to download all ur music on itunes all over again. I agree will wait for the 2nd wave to come around
LTLsisaleo aka tommy
and what the fuck wit the name its does sound like something for ladies to put on lol no offense here ladies but its almost as bad as the isnack lol
G-Boogie
The more I look at this thing, the more I realize that it’s not meant to compete with what is known to be a conventional computer. Jobs and the rest of the Apple folks have managed to create a new niche which is between the laptop and the smartphone. I won’t get this device. It doesnt suit my needs. It has no USB port, no physical keyboard and I just don’t travel enough to need something like this. I can however see someone getting the Ipad, someone who doesn’t necessarily need all the functionalities of a laptop but still wants something bigger than an Iphone to surf on.
Honey
My friend had opportunity to test one of these out before it hit the market and he said that it’s ok, he
wouldn’t just use this as his primary computer deff/ would keep his laptop he said.
K.wh1t3
Definetlely a waste of money 4 me! I’m not part of the elite group so I’ll pass on something more practical
Brice
I’m not convinced yet JD it just looks like a giant Ipod Touch or Iphone which is cool but there’s new ground breaking OS design or really ground breaking technology. They should have marketed this toward the E-Book consumers with a $299 & $499 Price point. Funny thing is Apple stock was down $8 today with expected 2010 sales of the Ipad at roughly 1 to 5 million.
THEwordTHEYdontSAY
iTampon
Miss_Jackson23
This is not meant to replace your existing computers, it’s merely a supplemental device & made for convenience of transporting. I really like this product…although I will not purchase the 1st generation b/c the 2nd and/or 3rd will come soon afterward. Maybe I’m a “gadget geek” but I love this concept….it is the itouch on crack lol.
This is convenient for music, videos, movies (portable dvd player w/o carrying the actual dvds), web, calendar, contacts….all of these features. Of course it would be GREAT if they added a cam to this. Who knows, maybe they will with the 2nd or 3rd generation models. As far as the size, the screen is barely 10inches, so the whole thing is probably only a foot long.
I don’t have the iphone, but I do have the itouch. I like watching video podcasts and movies, so a bigger screen would be great to watch it on. However, I do think that the 16GB is too small for this. It shouldn’t even be an option to get it that small. I do work for a digital company, so me and a few of my co-workers were talking today about how we would love to have this. Especially with the world leaning more and more towards supplying everything they can digitally.
Sorry for my long response 🙂
Jane Doe
The HP Slate is miles better than the ipad.
CatAnnBur
Hmmm. I think I’ll go to the Apple store and test this out. My 1st gen iPhone is a keeper!
Chynna
It looks like IPod on steroids..I don’t like it..
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