It’s official now,today the Computing giant Apple’s founder and CEO  Steve Jobs revealed a  new tablet computer  and it’s name is Apple iPad.

Steve Jobs:

“That’s a tall order — better than a laptop at browsing the web? Enjoying and sharing photos, videos, enjoying music, playing games, reading e-books.”

“In order to create a new category of devices, those devices will have to be far better at doing some key tasks — important things — better than the laptop and smartphone. What kind of tasks? Things like browsing the web…”

- iPhone, MacBooks — “Everyone uses a laptop and/or a smartphone. The question has arisen lately: is there room for a third category device in the middle?”
and it is “iPad.”

Here are the Specifications of iPad :

• 9.7 inch IPS display, 0.5 inches thin, 1.5 pounds in weight.
• MEMORY SIZE: 16, 32, or 64 GB Flash storage
• 1 GHz Apple A4 chip,802.11n, WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.
• BATTERY LIFE: 10 hours and over a month of Standby
• Includes Speaker, Microphone, 30-pin connector, Accelerometer, and compass

Other specs:

The 3G ipad will weighs 1 pounds heavier than normal iPad.

For International users iPad will be available unlocked with (GSM) Micro SIMS

Apple’s updated iPhone SDK allows VoIP calls over 3G.

The screen resolution is 1024×768 (the iPhone/iPod is 480×320)

It will run on latest iPhone OS 3.2

The iPad features iBooks,an ebook reader application

It can playback 720p HD video

Standard apps that come pre-loaded on the device include a mobile Safari web browser, an e-book reader app called iBooks, a two-pane calendar app, two-pane email app, contacts, notes, Google Maps, media player, photo viewer, iTunes store, and App Store to download third-party applications and games.

Coming to the price it’s not $999, but the basic Apple iPad (16 GB) will cost $499.. The iPad will come in 16, 32, and 64GB capacities for $499, $599, and $699, respectively.

Cons:

No multitasking at all.

No cameras

No Flash

No HDMI Out

The Appel iPad will be available in late March worldwide and the Wi-Fi + 3G models of iPad will be available in April in the US and selected countries,

Here are the Videos of iPad Launch:

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