The anticipation is over. Today Apple introduced us to the giant iPhone iPad tablet.
Here are just a few of its features:
- 1GHz Apple A4 processor (custom)
- 0.5″ thick
- 1.5 pounds
- 9.7″ Capacitive touchscreen (1024×768)
- 16-64GB of SSD storage
- 3G available but not in all iPads
- $14.99 for 250MB, $29.99 for unlimited data on AT&T (no contract)
- 3G iPads are unlocked, have GSM micro SIMs
- Accelerometer, Compass
- 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1
- Runs iPhone apps in window or pixel doubling
- Hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics
- SDK out today
- $499 for 16GB base model, $830 for all maxed out
- Dock with hard keyboard available
The price will start out at about $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB, $699 for 64GB. Adding 3G costs an extra $130.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that you’ll be able to get an Apple iPad that has both Wi-Fi and 3G capability, which means you will be able to download content from just about anywhere. The 3G feature will be powered by AT&T (groan).
The new iPad starts at $499 and 3G models cost an extra $130, so the best you’ll be able to do is $629 for a 16GB model.
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