About Apple iPad
Apple iPad finally introduced a long-awaited. The product is called the third category of mobile device, not a laptop or smart phone, but there are of them.
iPad will price starting from U.S. $ 499, far below the $ 1000 that some analysts had predicted earlier.
Apple votes will face the challenge of persuading consumers who already have other devices to re-open their wallets.
Apple plans to begin selling iPad next two months. Jobs said the device was useful to read books, play games or watching videos. He will describe the “much more intimate than laptops and smart phones beyond their ability.”
iPad with a half-inch thickness is greater than the company’s iPhone is popular, but has a similar design. The device weighs 1.5 pounds and the touch screen 9.7-inch diagonal.
This device is also supported storage media 16, 32 or 64 gigabytes, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity built in..
Jobs said the device has a battery that can last for 10 hours, and standby for a month without re-charged.
Raven Zachary, analyst at research institutions contribute mobile The 451 Group, said iPad be considered as a replacement for a laptop, especially since Apple also sells dock built-in keyboard.
But Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey said he was not sure enough iPad offers additional features for consumers who pushed to buy another gadget, or to call it a device with a new category.
He criticized the lack of social features, such as ways to share photos and home video and book recommendations.
Sitting on the stage in a comfortable leather chair, Jobs showed how the iPad used to surf the Web with Apple’s Safari browser. CEO was typing an email using the on-screen keyboard and flipped through a photo album with snaps his fingers on the screen.
He is also showing off a new electronic book store and book reader interface emulates the look of paper books. IPad puts it in competition with Amazon.com Inc. Kindle.
Tim Bajarin of Creative Strategies, Inc. as the iPad mention versatile mobile device and the first tablets which consumers received a chance of success.
But Bajarin said Jobs presentation by touching the tip iPad comes only what can be done for newspapers, magazines and book publishers, three struggling industry in transition into the digital age.
Carolyn Reidy, chief executive of Simon & Schuster, called the iPad as a “great tool” which gives readers the ability to adjust and change the font page by touching the finger to the screen. This is different to the Kindle which requires an emphasis on a button.