Apple launches iPad
After Macintosh, iPod and iPhone Apple has created new waves in a market where there was lot of scope yet literally no competition if we consider with Apple's standards. It seems like it will have big impact on consumers who are looking for something like this and who really like to read and publish. I mean it has all the goodness of iPod and it offers so much other than e-books; it has movies, music, photo albums, apps, email/browsing and more.. all this with powerful 1GB Apple processor and Flash storage up to 64GB. (For detailed specs.)
Amazon's Kindle find itself nowhere when you compare features; and there is always Apple's great magic in everything they do..!
Pricing starts from $499 (16GB ) and is up to $699 (64GB) for WiFi model, while there is $130 extra for WiFi+3G models. Which is very good when we see value for money with keeping it's feature-set and usage in mind. (For more on pricing.)
Though it seems like Multitasking and Web-Conferencing with Camera would have made it unparallel but let's hope it would be in future revisions of iPad.
The WashingtonPost has posted Top 10 Reasons The Apple iPad Will Put Amazon's Kindle Out of Business: (which is interesting to read)
1) The multi-functional capability. Buy a Kindle and you get a reader. Another dedicated device to carry. Buy an iPad, and you get a whole new companion that can do pretty much anything. Games, movies, browsing, documents, and more all in one. And zillions of iPhone apps. It's sooooo much more than a reader, it's a whole-life device.
2) The screen. Full color, multi-touch screen, gestures, and more. It's a pleasure to look at it and we all can rely on Steve Jobs? aesthetics to know that it's a pleasure to hold as well. Read the rest of this entry »
