Apple Delivers Sleek, 'Magical' iPad, Starts from $499

From DailyTech: Apple today announced the iPad, a promising new tablet device which the electronics manufacturer swears will revolutionize the mobile computing industry, much as its iPhone did. The new device runs a modified version of OS X similar to the iPhone. Unlike the iPhone there's a background wallpaper and an added bottom dock, similar to stock OS X (except with chiclet icons).

The device features a full screen touch keyboard. It has built in email and photo browsing interfaces similar to the iPhone. Apple says the device is perfect for web browsing and viewing online videos. The device has a slide unlock mechanism similar to the iPhone. States Apple CEO Steve Jobs, "It’s so much more intimate than a laptop... [It's] a truly magical and revolutionary product."

As for the specs, its worthy of the Apple brand reputation of pushing the envelope of hardware packaging. It features a 9.7-inch IPS display which Mr. Jobs says has a "great angle of view". At the same time it is a mere 0.5" thin and weighs 1.5 lb., putting the most sleek netbooks to shame.

The device comes with multi-touch hardware support and is powered by an 1GHz Apple A4 chip (an ARM processor), and has 16GB to 64GB of flash storage. The processor marks a continued assault of the ARM architecture on the x86 architecture's personal computing stronghold. It also is packed with 802.11n wireless internet, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, a 30-pin connector, a speaker, a microphone, an accelerometer and a compass.

It gets 10 hrs. of battery life and Apple assures its environmentalist fans will be made without toxic materials like arsenic, brominated flame retardants, or PVC.

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