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Apple iPad Is Ready for Its Closeup
by Nicholas Kolakowski
The iPad's glossy 9.7-inch touch screen provides 1024 by 768 pixel resolution. The device is powered by a custom 1GHz A4 processor.
Apple is choosing to highlight the iPad's environmental sustainability, including arsenic-free display glass, mercury-free LCD display, and a recyclable aluminum and glass frame.
The WiFi-only model weighs 1.5 pounds, while the WiFi- and 3G-enabled model, due later in April, will weigh 1.6 pounds.
The iBookstore, which appears to be built on an iTunes interface, is Apple's platform for challenging other e-readers such as Amazon.com's Kindle. Apple claims approximately 250,000 ebooks were downloaded by midnight on April 3.
The iPad's backlit screen allows ebooks to be read in low-light conditions.
The dynamic e-book interface animates the image of a page turning when a finger is swiped across the screen.
Unlike other e-readers, the iPad can display books in full color.
The YouTube selection screen on the iPad allows easy selection of video clips.
The iPad's iPod application makes use of the device's larger screen to display lengthy playlists in full.
Here's what a YouTube video looks like on the iPad. The device's rechargeable lithium-polymer battery allows for up to 10 hours of surfing the Web via WiFi, watching video or listening to music.
Here's Twitter, as displayed on the iPad.
The iPad runs on a modified version of the iPhone OS, and like the iPhone and iPod Touch displays pages of individual apps.
Input and output includes a dock connector port, 3.5-millimeter stereo headphone jack, and Micro-SIM card tray for the WiFi- and 3G-enabled iPad models.
The iPad measures 0.5-inch thick, making it slim enough to fit into virtually all cases built for laptops.
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Apple claims that it sold 300,000 iPads by midnight on April 3, its tablet PC's first full day of release, and more than 1 million apps and 250,000 ebooks were downloaded. CEO Steve Jobs said the average iPad owner downloaded three apps and "close to one book" within hours of purchasing the device. While some analysts have lowered their sales projections for the device based on those first-day figures, Apple has nonetheless proven there's at least a short-term market for consumer tablets emphasizing touch-screen functionality and media playback. The following presentation demonstrates some of the popular aspects of the iPad, including its iBookstore, YouTube and Twitter features. The device has proven itself to be a relatively lightweight addition to any techie's arsenal of gadgets.