The Long Awaited Apple iPad is Finally Here!

it’s real and it’s here! if you’ve opened a paper, a magazine, the internet or simply been  breathing the last few slide 4608 64071 large 150x150 The Long Awaited Apple iPad is Finally Here!months – then you’ve heard about the 2nd coming in the technology  world. what we thought at one point could be called the ‘islate’ is in fact the ‘ipad’ – apple’s newest gadget. the revolutionary device, announced a few hours ago by apple ceo steve jobs at a news conference in san francisco, has been designed as a multimedia tablet style computer – or something to fill the gap between the mobile phone and the laptop. since pretty much every blog (even the one about underwater basket weaving), news outlet and tech geek has covered this story, i figured i would get straight to the point and give you the highlights of the ipad. and i apologize in advance to twitter – who experienced some delays earlier on due to the 177,000 tweets in the first hour alone of job’s announcement – for feeding it yet another ipad tweet.

  • 0.5 inches thin   iPad giant onscreen keyboard 300x249 The Long Awaited Apple iPad is Finally Here!
  • 1.5 pounds
  • 9.7 ips screen
  • 16 gb, 32 gb or 64 gb of flash solid state storage
  • accelerometer, compass, microphone, dock connector
  • bluetooth 2.1, 802.11 n, wifi and 3g access on high end models
  • 10 hours battery life, 1 month standby
  • ibooks, i book store, itunes for books (yikes for kindle!)
  • unlocked
  • regular models – $499 for 16 gb, $599 for 32 gb, $699 for 64 gb
  • 3g models – $629 fo 16 gb, $729 for 32 gb, $829 for 64 gb

for more information about the ipad, you can pretty much just type in ipad on google and you’ll be served on a silver platter – sorry, i meant iplatter! but just in case you want a direct link to a comprehensive ‘all about ipad’ site, click here.

ok, now i can say it…i gotta’ get me one of those! anyone else?

[image credit (top left): the huffington post]

[image credit (bottom right): techie buzz]

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  • Marwan

    nothing but i giant iPhone, without the phone… sorry! :)

    • Griddy

      although i still want one, i’m gonna’ have to somewhat agree with you marwan. the more i read up on it, the more it seems that it is in fact an oversized iphone minus the phone option – but it does have a pretty wicked screen :)from all the comments of articles that have circulated around the net – it seems that a lot of people – although very excited about it – were expecting some more features or apps.

  • Marwan

    nothing but i giant iPhone, without the phone… sorry! :)

    • http://nittygriddy.com/ Ingrid Abboud

      although i still want one, i’m gonna’ have to somewhat agree with you marwan. the more i read up on it, the more it seems that it is in fact an oversized iphone minus the phone option – but it does have a pretty wicked screen :)from all the comments of articles that have circulated around the net – it seems that a lot of people – although very excited about it – were expecting some more features or apps.