the new iPad
Steve Jobs unveiled the
Apple iPad today! It’s kind of a morph between the iPhone and iPod Touch and a laptop. The device is capable of doing many of the same things an iPhone can but on a larger, 9.7-inch LCD screen. The tablet is a half-inch thick, weighs 1.5 pounds, and comes in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB capacities. It does a lot of things – movies (including HD), TV, color screen web browsing, playing games, WiFi, bluetooth…
At first it kind of made me think goodbye Kindle, and the fact that they built an iBooks app specifically for the iPad that lets users read e-books directly on the iPad; and that they’ll also be able to buy books, ranging in price from $8 to $15, from Apple’s new iBook Store… solidified my reaction. From $499-$699. Exiting, but cha-ching.
Don’t let my dad see this… Next thing you know I will be “teaching” him how to use his iPhone and iPad simultaneously! Noooooo! Very cool though!