Apple today introduced iPad, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more. iPad’s responsive high-resolution Multi-Touch display lets users physically interact with applications and content. iPad is just 0.5 inches thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds– thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook. iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for the iPad, and will run almost all of the over 140,000 apps in the App Store. iPad will be available in late March starting at US$499.
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The video should make it clear for anyone who has yet to understand the importance of the bezel.
And L O L at expecting a camera. You should’ve known Apple would stifle the 1stGen model in order to sweeten the deal for future generations. The iPhone had a still camera until 2009 for crying out loud.
What was to be expected were a series of OS advancements like a new way to multi-task apps. That’s the biggest disappointment. I mean I expected a new OS between the iPhone and Mac, not for them to just scale up the iPhone and call it a day.
@ spark. I agree. This was the one thing I really wished they touched on. I would go as far as to say that missing this “killer app” was a major misstep in the keynote. Other than that, I’m basically satified. The textbooks will come, but they really needed to focus on an educational component to get the wow factor IMO.
No cup holder?
Count me in.
iPad for around the house, iPhone for the road.
I have a thousand uses for this at home. No more sitting at the iMac to compose email, surf etc. and no need to lump a laptop around the house.
Good job Apple.
Does everyone here feel better now? Poo-poo’d the iPad enough to salve your obvious pain and disappointments? Risen far and above its initial iteration, have you now?
Well and good. No one can EVER hope to meet the expectations of the huddled and unwashed masses who post on these fora.
Shame on you, Steve, for even trying.
Getting one to have in the den and one for the road With 3G
RyanC,
I have a 4-year old – don’t let a 2-year old near the IPad. Go with the DVD player instead. Even then, a 2-year old will get the dvd player covered in finger grease, food, etc. Until the kid is nearly 4 they won’t be able to watch it without griming it up.
Kids seem to do much better with desktops. At 3 my son was already a computer wiz doing games on the Disney webpage, etc.
But 2 is just too young for touchscreen technology, if you want it to survive.
This device is a starting point of Convergent technology over the next few years devices like this will replace Books, Magazines and Newspapers. These device will also replace, TV’s, Game Consoles and writing paper.
Perfect for travel. Why buy a netbook? Why bring a DVD player?Why bring your laptop with you? This is the most amazing thing for anyone traveling. It’s all you’ll ever need. And then you’ll start using it around the house and start leaving it on the coffee table. People don’t get it yet. This will be life changing – maybe not today, not next month, but in a year or two, this is what people will use. This is a consumer device. I won’t be getting rid of my Mac because I do design work – but for my “life”, this iPad will rock.
@ Fitz. Bingo. It’s the perfect home accesory. My wife is gonna love it. Doesn’t need to be a power machine. Was never meant to be. It’s the magazine that’s sitting on the chair. Simple and elegant.
I’m trying to understand the negativity on here about the iPad. I concede it doesn’t push my “have to have one” button but I use my MBP for a lot of these things already.
I don’t see the need for the camera when I have one on my iPhone already. This thing is only slightly more expensive than a Kindle and does 100+ times more. This is a dream for students if they can get textbooks on it. It’s perfect for travel where you get wi-fi in your room for free. This is an awesome throwdown for seniors that don’t need a MacBook to send a quick e-mail to their kids or a carry around the house device to look up recipes.
Just waiting for the dock for one in the bathroom
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I’m sure this device will have multi-tasking by the time iPhone OS 4.0 rolls around. If not by the March ship date, then no later than June/July. Apple likes to save some “extra” feature for the launch on pre-announced products. If you know Apple, and have common sense, you know Apple will add multi-tasking, especially since the screen size is much bigger than the iPhone/iPod Touch.
My only issue was that the boys really didn’t sell the message of what it for. Yeah, they showed all the bells and whistles but never sold the sceptical that this is meant as the leisurely magazine laying around the house. -1 on keynote marketing. Messing could have been better. But, once people mess around with it in the stores, the lightbulb will click I think. Looks like a blast to play with.
The Bezel…..is it too large?….
Well, not if you plan on holding it. Imagine it if you has no bezel and picked the thing up?
EVERY photo I have seen posted on this shows real hands holding this device from the edges – ya need some real estate there to avoid blocking the display.
Brilliant if you ask me…….
If AT&T;allows tethering on the iPhone, I’d rather do that and buy the cheaper $499 version.
I don’t like the size of the screen border, maybe it’s to give you an area to grip the device, but it would look so much sexier with a thinner border.
To understand the negativity about the iPad is to know how scared Microsoft is about losing the low end of the computer spectrum to an Apple product.
Blog away all you negative Microsoft bloggers. These tactics worked with the Mac, the iPod and the iPhone, I’m sure it will work with the iPad as well.
My thoughts are that people haven’t wrapped their heads around the pad until they play with it. Also, I think the demo for this is more for the 30-50 crowd anyway.
Nope. No way. Can’t be a success. It doesn’t have the Zork Destroyer Button of Death right on the front bezel. And at 1.5 lb, it’s way too heavy; it should have been only 24 oz to be really viable. And it’s got bluetooth? Who uses that anymore. Nah. What about the missing 4D space camera with virtual time warp? Doesn’t even have that. Only 10 hr of battery life? Egads — even my Dell Wannabe Netbook has 10 years per charge with Windows 7-11. Sigh. Better luck next time, Apple.
I like it and plan on buying one. lack of camera kind of sucks, but oh well.
I’m just looking forward to chillin on the couch and multi-touching a good book.
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If I were to take this on holiday, I’d want the ability to upload photos from my digital camera into the iPad, so I could then email them to people. Does anyone know if this will be possible?
I happen to like it . I will be buying one. Now if you can smile at yourself, watch this one,
Apple sacrificed the camera for 3g users since it won’t work at those speeds very well, not to mention overwhelm the network, it is a killer for me tho, no camera could stop this device from selling
Between laptop and phone, I didn’t think I had any need for it. After reading about it and watching the video, I think I do.
PREDICTION:
85% of the people that are underwhelmed – – – – – will own an iPad within the year.