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iPad Specifications & Review
Okay Steve; you roped us in — again. We were tablet skeptics, still wish it ran a version of Mac OS X, though we can’t deny that this thing is extremely cool, and the availability of an optional iPad Keyboard Dock with a full-size traditional external keyboard eliminates one of our strongest objections to a touchscreen device. Of course the unexpectedly low price of entry at 500 bucks helps too. Helps a lot. Incidentally, it was great to see Steve Jobs on stage again at Apple product introduction, looking thin but otherwise in seemingly fine form, hyping the latest Apple innovation.
Frankly, we were of a mind that this thing was going to bomb big time if the price was, as some speculated, going to be in the $1000 range. The $829 top-of-the-line 64 GB model with 3G support is getting into that ballpark, but we're pretty sure we can content ourselves with one of the lower-priced models. More storage capacity than 16 GB would be welcome, but with the paucity of production applications and likely relatively small file sizes, that may be adequate for someone who won’t be loading it up with music and movie files. But those files do take up space - spring for one of the models with more storage if you plan on using much in the way of video, music, or photos.
in summary, although it’s early days yet, our initial evaluation is that Apple has delivered another out-of-the-park home run, The iPad is far from perfect, and no doubt will improve with subsequent revisions, but right out of the blocks, at $499 it’s going to be an attractive, almost irresistible confection.
iPad is available for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model, $699 (US) for the 64GB model. The Wi-Fi + 3G models of iPad are available for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad will be sold in the US through The Apple Store, Apple's retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers.
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