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Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open
Reader oxide7 is one of the many to note that the heaviest speculation is mostly over (still waiting on the price, though) about Apple's anticipated new device (though there are surely plenty of questions about the device's hardware capabilities and the scope of its software and content marketplace): "At an event in San Francisco Apple released its anticipated iPad.'[It's] Way better than a laptop, way better then a phone. You can turn it any way you want. To see the whole page is phenomenal,' said Jobs." The (0.5") skinny: 1.5 lbs, multitouch, up to 64GB of flash, 9.7" screen, and a 1Ghz "Apple A4" chip (more about the A4 in Engadget's developing story). The iPad is closer in concept to an expanded iPhone (OS and all) than a miniaturized laptop, though it doesn't have quite as much connectivity as you might expect, with no 3G connection built in. (You'll have to make do with 802.11n, Bluetooth, and tethering.) Live coverage is ongoing at gdgt live, Engadget, and Gizmodo, as well as various others. Update by timothy, 19:58 GMT: Got the 3G part wrong; 3G is indeed an option. Prices run from $499 (16GB flash, WiFi but no 3G) to $829 (WiFi and 3G, 64GB flash). Should start shipping in 60 days (WiFi only), in 90 days for 3G. Surprsingly, no built-in camera.
as usual
Chinese junk for uneducated American consumers.
You need some of the giant pocketed pants that niggers wear. You know, the ones that you can fit a telephone pole in the pocket.
Because people - and not just the fanboys - buy into the iHype and are fooled into believing they need one.
Everything in the world is controlled by a small, evil group to which, unfortunately, no one you know belongs.
Is that an IPad in your panties, or are you just happy to bleed?
Yes, exactly. It's a notebook with no keyboard. Completely different thing.
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! DIDN'T YOU HEAR STEVE!?!?!
Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
iWhat? uSuck!
...as if millions of iSheep gizzed their pants when Steve Jobs showed them they could see a whole webpage at once!!!
>so it's not just the 3G antenna being added for 130 dollars; it's also the sim card and associated hardware
Right, that's why gsm phones are so expensive, all that added cost for the sim card and socket. Oh, wait...
Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
Where did you see that? I was hoping this was the case but I couldn't find any articles saying this would be an "unlocked" device.
Please let us know where you found that information, kthx. I'd like all the data before I go line up at the Apple Store on Michigan Avenue later tonight.
I'm so excited about the iPad that I can barely hold down solid food.
You are welcome on my lawn.
OLED screen comes with iMaxiPad
Which you have to pay $30 a month for, anyway. :P
_If_ you spend the money to get the $820 3G Ipad.
Though, I do like the lack of contract.
It is by my will alone my thoughts acquire motion; it is by the juice of the coffee bean that the thoughts acquire speed
To see the whole page is phenomenal
I'm not sure "phenomenal" is the right term to describe "seeing a whole page". You would think that we've never been able to see a whole page before and that Steve Jobs is personally responsible for some entirely new experience.
I guess that's what they mean by the reality distortion field.
*Slapsknee* Hooo, boy, y'sure got 'em with that one, Mikey Jack. I bet your existing mobile device can show a readable page on a single screen too... right, Mikey? Hey, Mikey, why don't you answer?
You can turn it any way you want.
Good god, you mean I can pick the thing up and actually turn it? I'm so excited I'm about to soil myself! Will Apple innovations never cease?
Burn! Face! Moded! Ha ha, you sure showed them Silly Con Valley boys, Mikey Jack. Why, just the other day I flipped your laptop sideways and the monitor stayed exactly in place without adapting for your convenience... Mikey, come back.. awww, where ya goin, Mikey?