The giantic company-Apple- did it again on 27th January 2010 when then officially launched their new gadget. Before its launch, there were speculations of what it would be called; some called iSlate, other called it iTab, others iLaptop, but Apple's CEO Steve Job decided to call it the iPad. A mid all drama before its launch, 'they' clapped when it was announced and many were in a hurry to get one for themselves or for there loved ones.
The iPad, has many cool features, and many have called it the Gadget to beat in the year 2010. But what exactly does this iTablet form device have for you?
A 9.7 inch LED backlit hypersensitive multitouch screen isn't that bad! and with a resolution of of 1024*768 make all things possible. A maximum of 64 GB onboard memory is less than what many expect, other wanted 160 GB, but for normal usage of the iPad, then we can say it is satisfactory. It has a processor of 1Ghz apple A4 and runs only on apple's iPhone Operating System. When it was launched, they were two versions of it; the Wi-Fi iPad and the 3G iPad, that makes it flexible on what you want, but couldn't they have just combined the two and given us an all in one device?
Other features include the accelerometer,a digital compass, a user irreplaceable-Apple replacable built in Lithium-ion battery that run for 140 hrs on MP3 play, 10 hours on video play and a month on standby...what do you think? only Apple can be able to change your battery, at a fee of course! The screen is not fixed, and can rotate to 180' view so no worry on how you position yourself, it just comes. It also comes with already installed safari browser, Youtube application, iPod, iTune store, iPad application store, a mailing client, social networking application, video, photo, contacts and iBoook store, to mention just but afew.
Every good has its bad side, and iPad had its iBad side. First, many thought that as obvious it would support flash, but it doesn't, and this has lead to it receiving quite negative comments from bloggers. Apple claims that, flash is resiponsible for crashing of most of its OS and 'eats up' the battery life. But not to worry as HTML5 is coming...coming...No camera! what? and how am I supposed to video chat with my friends? well no more video chating on iPad please! Neither can you multitask on this iSlate You can only run one application at a time on your iPad.
iPad DockThe iPad does not have a standard usb port bus but has BT that is compatible with most devices, and this means that if you will have to connect you usb devices to the iPad then you will have to part with a few dollars to purchase the iPad dock, which is bought separately. It has no microSD slot for extra memory. It will only run softwares downloaded form apples website. Easy to drop, uncomfortable when typing crown its iBad side. But the iGood side carries more than its iBad, so its not a device to joke with. let's go shopping!!
The price of iPad depends upon the model. - 16GB iPad will cost $499
- 32GB iPad will cost $599
- 64GB iPad will cost $699
- 16GB iPad with 3G support will cost $629
- 32GB iPad with 3G support will cost $729
- 64GB iPad with 3G support will cost $829
