I can't wait to hold one of these in my hands. You really can't appreciate what Apple designs until you get a hold of their products in your hands. The iPad succeeds in providing a personal, portable computing device with access to all the apps that have been designed for the iTouch. Essentially, it is a much bigger iTouch.
The iPad launches in North America at the end of March. Two different editions of the device will be released. The Wi-Fi only enabled iPad will launch first followed shortly by a Wi-Fi plus 3G edition. Pricing in the United States are as follows -
Wi-Fi Only Models
16GB - $499
32GB - $599
64GB - $699
Wi-Fi Plus 3G Models
16GB - $629
32GB - $729
64GB - $829
Hardware Specs -
Height - 9.56 inches
Width - 7.47 inches
Depth - 0.5 inches
Weight - 1.5 pounds
Accessories include an SD Card reader and the most important thing, a dock with a full working keyboard. The dock/keyboard accessory also folds together like a book, protecting the iPad screen.
I love the hardware design of the machine, how light in weight it is. The screen is just the perfect size providing a beautiful viewing experience while making it much more portable than originally expected. It will use the iPhone/iTouch operating system and SDK. These are all positive.
The price is good. I don't like the sizes of the internal flash memory. The $499 model which attracts me. However, it only has 16 GB of memory. I wish the entry level iPad was at least 32 GB.
Still, I'm lovin' it! I can't wait to see them in action.
BTW, MadTV was way ahead of it's time...
No comments:
Post a Comment