iPad mac with apps and books: Steve Jobs presents Apple’s new tablet
Today apple released its new arrival the iPad mac. There is tons of excitment about this new iPad product. Having previously worked at apple over a 10 year period pre iPhone i have to say these are some pretty awesome developments.
Steve Jobs plays the guru of tech but i have to laugh at the irony of his current focus on technology and mass consumerism. Apple used to be pure and serve the design and education markets. Now it is just entertainment for the masses, which happens to make heaps of cash. Maybe he needs to go back to the ashram in india and consult the oracle on what exactly the point of all this is?
Anyway i’m still an apple devotee, yes i have the iphone and macbook pro. But as a web designer i run windows. how ironic. well i have to admit i prefer mac os. Someday i might even own an iPad.
SMH were raving about it, they must have printed the press release verbatim. Guess it saves on writers.
Meet
the iPad, Apple’s new tablet computer, which the company says will
revolutionise all manner of digital publishing and consumption.
Photos | Apple iPad Tablet Launched | Pics | Steve Jobs
Yahoo also had good things to say.
SAN
FRANCISCO – Apple Inc. will sell the newly unveiled tablet-style iPad
starting at $499, a price tag far below the $1,000 that some analysts
were expecting.The iPad, which is larger in size but similar in design
to Apple’s popular iPhone, was billed by CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday as
“so much more intimate than a laptop and so much more capable than a
smart phone.”
Apple’s Jobs unveils ‘intimate’ $499 iPad tablet – Yahoo! News
Did anyone see this coming?
Over
the last several months, Apple has made moves in the direction of
bridging the mobile computing gap, with plans to develop a device that
fits somewhere in between the iPhone and the MacBook.
Is Apple getting ready for an ‘iPad’ | Tech News on ZDNet
Now even slashgear saw this coming, miles ahead of the game.
It’s
not all Microsoft’s Courier grabbing tablet headlines today; Apple’s
touchscreen tablet is also making waves, with iLounge claiming to have
more insider news on the upcoming device. According to their sources,
there have been three separate prototypes of the device they’re calling
the “iPad�, starting with a 7-inch display which was then junked for a
larger, 10.7-inch capacitive touchscreen running at around 720p
resolution.
Apple iPad tablet to run iPhone OS, 3G & non-3G versions tipped? – SlashGear
For anyone who gets one soon happy iPadding and let me know what you think with a comment below.
Scott
One Comment
Apple has always been a trendsetter in this space. The new so called tablet (IPAD) is far superior to what was on offer earlierr. The earlier tablets were just laptops which had the ability to turn the screen around and take notes.
This one is a lot more with Iphone features and capabilities and I am sure this will be a hit.
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