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[iPad] Apple Announces Slate Tablet in March

What has been rumored for so long has finally become reality. Apple today introduced the iPad or as Apple would put it: the magic experience of the internet. Worldwide product launch will be in March 2010.

Hardware
The iPad is a multi-touch device with a 9.7″ TFT display, without keyboard, but with a design and handling similar to the iPhone. It is run by an ARM 1GHz CPU and comes in flavors of 16, 32 or 64GB flash memory.

Prices
It comes as a WiFi only version or as a WiFi and 3G version.

  • iPad 16GB = 499US$ (629US$ incl. 3G)
  • iPad 32GB = 599US$ (729US$ incl. 3G)
  • iPad 64GB = 699US$ (829US$ incl. 3G)

European prices have not been announced yet. In contrast to the iPhone the iPad seems not to distributed with carrier lock, but still via AT&T in the U.S.

Compatibility
App Store applications are in many cases compatible to the iPad, aswell. An external keyboard can be bought seperately. An e-book store called iBookstore will be available at product launch in march, aswell.

Our opinion
The display size and ease-of-use known from the iPhone will be nice for browsing the web from the sofa. It lacks a camera. The integration into Apple’s eco-system of products and services makes the iPad a danger to Amazon’s Kindle, we suppose.

Sadly from the aspects of an internet device, we suspect it will not support Adobe Flash, as it it rumored to be based on the iPhone kernel, as it prohibits multi-tasking.

This in turn will also mean that the platform will be be utilizing a similar chain of trust like the iPhone. Hello GeoHot? Got some time again after playing with the PS3? A new jailbreak might be required soon ;-)

What missing? Yes, Mr. iGAF. Sadly we haven’t read anything from him yet. But the ultimate test, why the iPad is so inferior to all Microsoft Windows based Slates will come. Be sure, not to miss Uncle Mossheimer on AllThingsD when it’s story time again…

And finally here’s Apple’s iPad propaganda vid. It’s become magical ;-)

[iPhone] Uncle Mossberg’s “To be or not to 3G”…


Our beloved Uncle Alzberg
, eh Mossheimer… eh Mossberg – also known as the Internet’s Greatest Apple Fanboy (iGAF) says he was just joking about the release of the 3G iPhone during the next 60 days. Boom, we feel this is funny like Hillary Clinton is a sexgoddess…

Nevermind: the quote is floating around the net and maybe baby: we really get the 3G iPhone with release of firmware 2.0. I would not wonder if Mossheimer got an urgent call by fellow Steve J. after his announcement and was pleased to backpedale then. Who knows…

See the original quote here at about 6.30mins: