Occam's Razor proved correct this morning, when Apple revealed their new tablet computing device dubbed the "iPad." And to the surprise of people who abandoned logic and over-caffeinated concept artists, it looks exactly like the rest of us thought it would: a giant iPhone/iPod Touch.
Featuring a Home button on the bottom (or side if you're holding it the other way), and a thick black border surrounding the touch screen -- obviously providing a safe place for your thumbs to hold the contraption without interfering with navigation -- the iPad appears to be roughly the same size as an 8" x 11" sheet of paper (meaning a roughly 10" screen). Unless my perspective is wrong and Steve Jobs is either 4 or 9 feet tall.
Knee-jerk gaming implications would include room for two or three people to crowd around the device as it lays flat on a surface. But if you're holding it yourself, it seems like holding it in a landscape configuration might be a comfort issue. We shall have to wait and see...more analysis and hype-drenched hysteria are coming to you all day here on TheFeed, and be sure to watch Attack of the Show on G4 this evening at 7PM (EST) for even more.
Be sure to watch Attack of the Show on G4 this evening at 7PM (EST) for even more Apple reaction, discussion and madness.
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Phoenixxx1974
I know i am going to get backlash for this from apple fans, but i think apple has no clue what "tablet" means. A tablet is supposed ot be a full featured computer and the "ipad" is just a oversized and overpriced ipod touch and also unnecessary in my opinion. Everyone reading this go here and watch this video it's hilarious http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =YFNQE_TzQNI
this is what a tablet should be and i applaud Lenovo for it which is just awesome.
http://www.engadget.com/2010 /01/05/lenovo-ideapad-u1-hybri d-hands-on-and-impressions/
SteveKB
actually I thought it'd have the OSX on it but apple was stupid apparently.... again.
clocwork
Pretty much just a huge iPod... I read on another site that the bettery lasts like 10 hours and 1 month when its on hibernate mode. I think that apple should just give us their battery instead of screwing us up the ass with these overpriced englargements
Korzo
He kids! Is a ordinary laptop just not enough for you? Do you like resting a monitor in your lap? Do you enjoy staring down? Then your going to love the new iPad! But seriously it's a bulky iTouch that takes away all the convenience of having a iTouch/Phone. What I would have liked to see was something like the cover for the iPad but on the inside was two screens, one on each side, and you could hold it like a book and multi-task with dual screens. Flip through pages of books with ease, have a website or book on one side and a notepad on the other for taking notes (great for college students) and hell the case could have a built in stand so one screen becomes the monitor and the other becomes a keyboard. But alas, we got a big screen that doesn't even run Leopard or Snow Leopard. Apple I'm sorry but I think you screwed up with the iPad
chinchi03
In deed I agree it looks like a huge version of the I-Phone, but the name sounds like a female ummm, pad?
LoL
kizzlecount
Looks f----- awsome! It has nice screen on it. I can imagine teachers in class walking around wit one and many other professionals. Imagine. Your in the hospital and the doctor walks in with ipad in hand. After going over your records he looks up at u and says " ... I see you have a history of douchieness in your family. Tell me how your feeling right now....". Welcome 2 tomorrow!
Gutt3
score 1 for me....my nightmares come true...
xRITE AIDEx
I would hope all of this build up of today isnt just this product I think it would be a big let down
guybrushthreepwood
It is just a large Iphone...... *FacePalm*
gwyrah
Hasn't this already been done? Newton? or this jem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =A1BUH9eXy18
dreamlines
Watching apple keynote and being underwhelmed. So wheres the DVR controls? Wheres streaming YOUR tv or sat feed? Wheres the BR+G LED LCD? nope...Oh it has itunes Big Fn deal.... Oh it plays movies.. oh wait thats not new. Oh it shows photos. sooo 1995... Lets brainlessly go give apple $$$ for a unde...r spec'ed over priced tablet ... Apple is lame
mikec11169
Typical Mac B.S. !!! Always was and always will be overpriced hype machines!
Yourwarlord
Wait a minute i see whats goin on here. The new invention isn't the ipad*sniker* its the fact that jobs has created the unltimate devise that enlarges things. Man is he brilliant. And here i thought that technology was leading us to have smaller and smaller devices.
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