The iPad, immediately launched by Apple

The iPad, immediately launched by Apple. Apple has finally introduced its latest creation, the iPad. The firm at the apple, who knows how to create an event around each of its new products, proceeded to unveil the long awaited tablet touch screen connected to the internet Wednesday, January 27. To ensure the buzz, the American brand had sent a cryptic invitation to a special event at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco (California). Available from $ 499 in March, the digital tablet will allow Apple to bridge a gap between the iPhone and the MacBook.

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“A product that truly revolutionary and magical”
The boss of the group computer Steve Jobs introduced the iPad as “something really revolutionary and magical”. “We all use laptops and smartphones now, the question was asked recently if there is room for a third category between the two. “These devices will be much better to do things that really matter,” he added, such as surfing the Internet, send her emails, view photos and videos, play games and read books. “Otherwise, they have no reason to be.”

The device comes in the form of a touch screen of 24.6 cm thick, a little more than 1 cm, weighing 680 grams and with 16 to 64 gigabytes of storage. It can surf the Web, via wifi or 3G-phone networks, communicate via e-mail, enjoy your photos, watching videos, listening to music, play games, read e-books … Steve Jobs did not say by what means he would be connected to the Internet to access the store applications designed for iPhone, AppStore, but it said the battery would watch videos for ten hours .

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Kindle competitor
The new tablet computer will be sold at a starting price of $ 499 for the basic version and up to $ 829, from the end of March. This new product will allow Apple and fill a gap between his iPhone and his MacBook in terms of price and features.
Steve Jobs also announced the launch of a new application “iBooks”: it allows access to the new digital library iBookstore built with support from several major publishers.

Positioning the device as a direct competitor of electronic books like Kindle from Amazon. “Amazon has done excellent pioneering work of this feature with the Kindle, we will build on its achievements”, he also recognized. “Because we’ve already sold over 75 million iPhones and iPod Touch, there are already more than 75 million people who can already use the iPad.

The only snag, the term “iPad” is reminiscent of the word “pad”, which means “sanitary napkin” in English. Hence the irony of some on Twitter Speaking of “iTampon.