Live Blogging the Apple Event January 2010 THE iPAD
Apple is the largest mobile device company in the world ~ Steve Jobs
We’re come a long way
“Netbooks aren’t better at anything!” ~Steve Jobs
“They’re just cheap laptops!” ~Steve Jobs
It’s called the iPad
Hold the internet in your hands
View a whole web page, it’s a dream to type on, photos, etc
iPad is an AWESOME way to enjoy your music…with iTunes built right in to the device
Built in calendar
Mobile Safari installed “A whole website in the palm of your hands”
E-mail on the device….you can turn it any which way you want.
Photos
Works much like iPhoto, events, albums, faces, GPS tagging, Slideshow
Music: Built in iPod
Calendar: New look here from both OS X and iPhone OS
Will play HD movies
That’s an overview of what the iPad can do
Now to the Hardware:
1/2 inch thin
1 1/2 pounds
9.7inch display
Most advance chip yet
16,32,64GB of storage
Latest in WiFi with N
Latest Bluetooth 2.0
iPod connection so connects into all of iPod stuff
10 hour of battery life
Green device
Back to Software:
Talking about the App store that has 140,000 apps that have been downloaded 3 billion times
iPad runs all Apps out of the box in full screen
Games look great on it as well
The apps
Runs on mostly iPhone OS. Developers can start developing for it today
The New York Times on the iPad
It takes full advantage of iPhone 3.2 which means we’re getting an update from 3.1 soon.
Photo Editing:
It’s like having a HD TV screen just inches from your face
Now talking about MLB.com (this could sell it for me 
)
iBooks App
Have a bookshelf
Created a new iBooks Store via iTunes: Buy books and read them right on your iPad
5 of the largest suppliers in the world creating books for the iPad
iWorks on the device
Brand new version of Keynote
Brand new version of Pages
Brand new version of Numbers
Keynote:
Pages
Numbers
$9.99 for iWorks for the iPad
Comes with connect for presentations (I think)
Syncs like an iPhone or iPod to iTunes
WiFi
and
3G
usually $60/month in the US
Two plans
256MB of data monthly $14.99
Unlimited data monthly $29.00
AT&T runs the 3G
AT&T WiFi hotspots are free
No Contract…prepaid
Activate it right on the iPad
How about the rest of the world?
International deals will be in place by June or July
All Models are Unlocked
It should “just work” anywhere internationally
PRICE
$499 for 16GB
$599 for 32GB
$699 for 64GB
3G models models a bit more most expensive at $849
Available in 60 days everywhere in the world
Keyboard Dock
Keyboard on the device is “practically the same size of a laptop”
Device in Review:
Thanks to the following websites for their coverage of the event:
Wow! Thanks Jeff! That’s a pretty impressive machine. Thanks for putting all the information together too, Jayne
Love it!
Want one! Special price for “schoolies”???
Let’s know when available and how much!
No special price announced for schools…..yet.
Should be available internationally in June or July. End of March in the States.
Woe,
Even I HAVE to have one. Wonder what it will cost here in BKK when it arrives? Hope you will get one early and check it out for glitches, etc.
Thanks for losing sleep to be able to give us this timely overview!
I want one I need a new laptop this is the answer. I knew I have large handbags for a reason.
Thanks for sussing it out Jeff.
I am definitely sold on an I-Pad! Would it be cheaper and/or faster to purchase the I-Pad in the US? Would Thailand honor the service and guarantee contracts if it is purchased in the US? Thank you for your assistance!
Barbara Kalis
It should be sold in the US starting the end of March. They are expecting a world wide release sometime this summer….probably July. Whether Thailand is on that release list I have not confirmed yet.
Apple’s policy in the past has always been a world wide service plan….one of the few companies that does one so that shouldn’t be an issue. It should be about the same price here in Thailand as in the US. Somethings though in the US you get a discount for being an educator. Worth looking into.