via the new york times
Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs didn’t ascend the stage sporting a robe and full beard to announce the most anticipated tablet since Moses’. But the crowd at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco received the introduction of the iPad with a roar of thunderous applause.
Perhaps the worst kept secret since, well, the iPhone, the iPad is a 10-inch touch-screen computer. It resembles an oversized iPod Touch.
“We want to kick off 2010 by introducing a truly magical and revolutionary new product,” Jobs said early on to ease the throngs of technology journalists and analysts who knew what was coming.
After a brief on-stage run-through of the features, Jobs plopped down on a black leather couch to demonstrate how you might use the device at home. Grab the iPad off the kitchen table and browse the Web or buy movie tickets.
The iPad stands as the middle ground between a full-blown laptop computer and an iPhone.
“It’s so much more intimate than a laptop and so much more capable than a smartphone,” Jobs said.
The iPad contains Apple’s App Store, so presumably the hundreds of thousands of applications already available for the iPhone and iPod Touch will run on the tablet. Some developers have already begun revising their software for the larger screen and more powerful processor.
Apple has revised its own software that ships with the device. The iPad version of iTunes resembles a hybrid between the desktop version and the one on the iPhone. The calendar has big text and buttons. YouTube supports high-definition video.
“Watching one is nothing like getting one in your hands,” Jobs said after a demo.
The device is half-an-inch deep and 1.5 pounds — “that’s thinner and lighter than any netbook.” Earlier, Jobs lambasted netbooks, those tiny, inexpensive laptops that have become so popular recently.
“Is there room for a third device?” Jobs said before introducing the gadget. “Now, some people have thought — that’s a netbook. The problem is, netbooks aren’t better at anything. …Â They’re slow. They have low-quality displays.”
Jobs says the iPad is better than laptops and phones (and yeah, netbooks) for consuming video, music, Web browsing and reading e-books (no e-paper, though, so it’s not as easy on the eyes as a Kindle).
The iPad has a 10-hour battery life and comes in versions that hold between 16 gigabytes and 64 gigabytes.
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