Steve Jobs makes news always. With Apple coming up with revolutionary, cutting edge products why won’t he! And it’s always us (consumers) at gain, though our pockets do get lighter.

Apple unveiled one of its most anticipated products, formerly known as the Apple Tablet, the Apple iPAD. It’s a full color ebook reader, a killer for all the reading enthusiasts out there.

Its a touch-pad eReader/browser device which is planned to be shipped in April or May 2010. Though this product will take quite some time to reach India, it will also prove to be pretty expensive. The pricing scheme as unveiled at this point of time is:

(WiFi Model) 16 GB – $499 32 GB – $599 64 GB – $699

(3G Model) 16 GB – $629 32 GB – $729 64 GB – $829

The iPad also has a keyboard dock to which one can attach a full size mechanical keyboard. It also syncs over USB through iTunes suncing photos, movies, tv shows, contacts, apps, etc.

Some of the technical specs available for the iPad are:

• 1GHz Apple A4 processor (custom)
• 0.5″ thick
• 1.5 pounds
• 9.7″ Capacitive touchscreen
• 16-64GB of SSD storage
• 3G available but not in all iPads
• $14.99 for 250MB, $29.99 for unlimited data on AT&T (no contract)
• 3G iPads are unlocked, have GSM micro SIMs
• Accelerometer, Compass
• 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1
• Runs iPhone apps in window or pixel doubling
• Hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics
• SDK out today

Though the storage space is limited, like always the product looks stunning and will surely grab a lot of attention.

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Do tell me what you think about this product?

You can catch up live updates about the Apple seminar here. Also, instead of waiting for iPad to reach India, why not checkout the amazing Amazon Kindle.

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