Apple Launches iPad Tablet PC & MacBook touch

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• January 28, 2010

After alot of waiting and sneak peaks apple has finally launched its much awaited tablet pc, the iPad.

Featuring 9.7-inch multi-touch display the iPad will be placed between the smartphone and notebook. Weighing just 1.5 pounds the iPad is powered by A4, Apple’s next generation system-on-a-chop. It be delivering high level of processor and graphics performance with a last longing battery life of 10 hours. Apple’s Advanced Chemistry and adaptive Charging technology deliver about 1000 charge cycle without reducing the battery capacity.

The iPad will also feature builtin iPhoto, iTunes, calendar and adress book. Available in three storage capacity sizes: 12GB, 32Gb and 64GB, it will incorporate built in stereo speaker, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

The iPad will comes with a full-sized soft keyboard which connect to the iPad Keyboard Dock to provide full size keyboard. At present the iPad will be available in two version, one with Wi-Fi and the other with Wi-Fi and 3G.

The Tablet PC will comes preloaded with twelve multi-touch application and is capable of running more than 1,40,000 apps available in the Apple stores. Users may import pictures from Macbook, enjoy videos in Youtube, Download ebooks from iBookstore and much more.

Apple has also launched SDK to enable developers to make new applications, test and debug their apps as well as create universal apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod.

Apple has also announced partnership with AT&T to offer the iPad along with 3G plans .The iPad will be available across the Apple stores from late march this year. The 16GB, 32GB and 64GB Wi-Fi models are priced at $499, $599 and $699 respectively.While the Wi-fi cum 3G 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models are priced at $629, $729 and $829 respectively.

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More recently, companies have been trying to develop a useful and highly mobile computing device, one that is more powerful than a mobile phone, but less powerful than a laptop. Various products such as Tablet PCs and Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPC) have been released but they haven’t been very successful because they are based on Windows XP, an OS that is not really designed to run on such a small device.

In October 2008, Steve Jobs entirely dismissed netbook computers, saying the company couldn’t develop a $500 computer that was “not a piece of junk”. Since then, Apple’s mindset seems to have actually shifted towards a super mobile computing device, with more and more indications the company is readying the release of such a device.

The WSJ reported that despite Steve Jobs taking a medical leave of absence, he is still very actively involved with the company. The WSJ said, “Mr. Jobs has continued to work on the company’s most important strategies and products from home…He regularly reviews products and product plans, and was particularly involved in the user interface of the new iPhone operating system…”

The WSJ also reported today that Apple plans to design its own computer chip processors, a move that can give the company a competitive edge with possibly better designed chips that could be used in this new device.

Last March, Apple reportedly made a significant order of 10-inch touch-screen displays from a Taiwanese manufacturer that would be delivered in Q3 2009.

More recently, BusinessWeek reported Apple could be readying the launch of its “iPad” by the end of 2009, a device about the size of Amazon’s Kindle, but its display would cover almost the entire part of the screen. The display would be bigger than the iPhone’s 3.5-inch display, and smaller than the smallest MacBook display of 13.3-inches.

Reports also indicate the “iPad” would be HD ready, and also support the App Store and would be powered by an embedded version of OS X. The pricetag would probably be around $700.

The rumors come as reports indicated a new “iPhone Mini” is in the works, and even a new mobile device dubbed “Pink” from Microsoft to take on the iPhone.

Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see what (if anything) Apple comes out with, given actual netbooks are already very small and functional. It is also possible we could simply see a MacBook touch device, and not something entirely new. I guess we will all have to simply wait and see.

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