Some Apple Recent Stats Before We Begin:
1) Apple Just Sold its 250th iPod
2) 140,000 Apps at the Onlne App Store
3) Those Apps Have Been Downloaded 3 Billion Times
Fast Facts (IPad Features)
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+ "Netbooks are nothing but cheap laptops."--Steve Jobs
+ Browse the web using a version of Safari
+ Listen to Music with Your iPad (It's really an iPod as well)
+ "It's Very Very Thin" (1/2" thick (or thin), Weighs 1.5 pounds., (9.7 inch display)
+ Speaker and Mic
+ Portrait and Ladscape Viewing Options
+ Watch Video (including Hi-Def YouTube)
+ Access Your Mail, Maps Will Come from Google (Interesting)
+ Photo Browsing with iPhoto
+ The iPad is "much more intimate than a laptop."--Steve Jobs
+ a 1 GHz A4 chip,, 16 GB 32 or 64 GB of flash storage.
+ It has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
+ It also has an accelerometer and Compass
+ Ten hours of battery life. According to Jobs, He Can Watch a Movie from SF to Tokyo and Watch a Video During the Entire Flight
+ iPad Can Sync over USB using PC or Mac
+ iPad CAN RUN iPhone Apps
+ Demo: NY Times on iPad: Resize Fonts, Videos that are Attached to Stories can be Viewed at the Same Time)
+ eBooks: We're Going to Stand on Kindle's Shoulders and Go A Little Bit Further--Steve Jobs, Say Hello to iBooks.
+ Yukari Iwatani Kane writes, "A new iBookstore is fully integrated. Penguin, Harper Collins, Simon Schuster, Macmillan and Hachette are five initial partners" Likely would be many more to come.
+ Purchased Books Look Just Like a Book Down to Images of the Pages Turning Jobs adds that books can have color photos and video if the author wants it.
+ "'Jobs calls it "a great reader, a great online bookstore...we think the iPad is going to make a terrific e-book reader not just for popular books but textbooks as well." It
appears that books with be in the EPub format
It’s unclear what digital rights management they are using and whether these books will be transferable to other devices that support ePub, like the Barnes & Noble and Sony e-readers.
+ Over 250 Custom Keyboards Built-In
+ iWork Apps (like spreadsheets) will cost $9.99/each or $30 for all of them.
+ Availability and Pricing
3G
There will be models with 3G wireless connectivity. There will be two 3G plans for iPad owners. The first one, for up to 250 MB of data a month, will cost $14.99 per month. For unlimited data, its $29.99 a month. “We have a breakthrough deal with AT&T, who is providing the service,” Mr. Jobs says. No Verizon Wireless, it appears. He says iPad owners will also get free access to AT&T hotspots. Let’s all hope that AT&T solves its network issues before this thing hits it. No contract — you can cancel the plan anytime you want.
International wireless deals will be coming by June. All the iPad 3G models are unlocked, and use the new GSM micro-SIMs, so it will be easy to put iPads on those networks. (via NYT)
Price Ranges From $499 to $829
3G Models Cost $130 More.
When Will IPads Be Available?
First models to ship in 60 days with 3G models taking another month.
Finally, Jobs mentions Two Accessories
1) A dock, your iPad can become a picture frame or make viewing easier.
2) A Physical Keyboard Dock
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