Posted by alect on January 29th, 2010 in
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No CommentsThe long rumored (and we mean
long rumored) Apple tablet has finally arrived. Is the iPad as “magical” as the company hopes? Perhaps not, but there is a lot to this story beyond the obvious: A4 chip? Micro SIM? What’s the deal with Flash? Since we know you’re looking for the straight dope on the big reveal, and since this is what Engadget does best, we’ve thoughtfully compiled the last twenty-four hours worth of coverage in something we like to call a “list.” Now sit back, put your feet up, and take it all in.
The liveblog
Impressions / hands-on coverage
Product announcements
In-depth / details
Apple iPad launch day roundup: everything you need to know originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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No CommentsAs you can probably imagine, Engadget HQ has been boiling over with heated discussion of Apple’s new iPad today. Love it or hate it (and a lot of you seem to hate it), it’s hard not to see it as a pretty bold statement of what Apple thinks general-purpose computing should look like in the future: a giant iPhone. As you can imagine, that’s a provocative vision, and it’s simply not possible to try and condense the opinions of the staff into one Grand Unified Theory of the iPad — so we’re going to do what we did for the Kindle DX and the Droid, and let everyone speak for themselves. Let’s kick it off with the three people who’ve actually seen and used this thing: Josh, Ross, and Joystiq’s Chris Grant.
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Editorial: Engadget on the Apple iPad originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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No CommentsSure, you lived through every harrowing moment live with your friends from Engadget, but if you’re dying for that direct dose of RDF, the video from Apple’s iPad event is now live and streaming away. You know what would be perfect for watching this? A giant iPod touch. Think about it.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Apple iPad event video now online originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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No Comments Remember that history of Apple tablet rumors we concocted for you just the other day? Well, we’re here to take score now, folks. As you can see from the handy (and magical) chart below, Taiwan Economic News came pretty close to nailing the iPad’s specs back September: built-in HSDPA, custom P.A. Semi system on a chip (with the fancy new name Apple A4), 9.6-inch size, February unveiling, and hey — they were pretty close on that $799 – $999 pricing too. And while iLounge was wrong about some things, they certainly hit this one out of the park: “It’s a big iPhone, but it’s not a big iPhone.” We’re going to let you dig into the chart here for yourselves to see who got what right — and who was terribly, terribly wrong.
Here are just a few of the no-shows today, however — no camera, no multitasking, no phone, no Verizon, no iPhone OS 4.0, and no Flash anywhere to be seen. There were also no MacBook Pro spec bumps in sight, and no iLife to be found. Well, let’s just try to be happy with what we did get, okay? The chart is after the break.
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Apple iPad tech specs: rumor vs. reality scorecard originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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No Comments digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/Apple_iPad_first_hands_on’; Here it is folks, the Apple iPad. The screen is gorgeous, tilting is responsive, and the thing is super thin. Still, if you’ve used the iPhone before — and you can see the two devices side-by-side here — there’s not a lot of surprises here so far. Here are some initial thoughts on the iPad:
- It’s not light. It feels pretty weighty in your hand.
- The screen is stunning, and it’s 1024 x 768. Feels just like a huge iPhone in your hands.
- The speed of the CPU is something to be marveled at. It is blazingly fast from what we can tell. Webpages loaded up super fast, and scrolling was without a hiccup. Moving into and out of apps was a breeze. Everything flew.
- There’s no multitasking at all. It’s a real disappointment. All this power and very little you can do with it at once. No multitasking means no streaming Pandora when you’re working in Pages… you can figure it out. It’s a real setback for this device.
- The ebook implementation is about as close as you can get to reading without a stack of bound paper in your hand. The visual stuff really helps flesh out the experience. It may be just for show, but it counts here.
- No camera. None, nada. Zip. No video conferencing here folks. Hell, it doesn’t have an SMS app!
- It’s running iPhone OS 3.2.
- The keyboard is good, not great. Not quite as responsive as it looked in the demos.
- No Flash confirmed. So Hulu is out for you, folks!
Update: We’ve got video, head after the break to check it out!
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Apple iPad first hands-on! (update: video!) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Here it is folks, the Apple iPad. The screen is gorgeous, tilting is responsive, and the thing is super thin. Still, if you’ve used the iPhone before — and you can see the two devices side-by-side here — there’s not a lot of surprises here so far. Here are some initial thoughts on the iPad:
- It’s not light. It feels pretty weighty in your hand.
- The screen is stunning, and it’s 1024 x 768. Feels just like a huge iPhone in your hands.
- The speed of the CPU is something to be marveled at. It is blazingly fast from what we can tell. Webpages loaded up super fast, and scrolling was without a hiccup. Moving into and out of apps was a breeze. Everything flew.
- There’s no multitasking at all. It’s a real disappointment. All this power and very little you can do with it at once. No multitasking means no streaming Pandora when you’re working in Pages… you can figure it out. It’s a real setback for this device.
- The ebook implementation is about as close as you can get to reading without a stack of bound paper in your hand. The visual stuff really helps flesh out the experience. It may be just for show, but it counts here.
- No camera. None, nada. Zip. No video conferencing here folks. Hell, it doesn’t have an SMS app!
- It’s running iPhone OS 3.2.
Apple iPad first hands-on! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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At last, the moment you’ve all been waiting for! Two minimalistic slate-style devices, together at last. Check out our full hands-on for the rest of this holy war.
iPad vs. iPhone… fight! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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No Comments digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/iPad_vs_iPhone_fight’; At last, the moment you’ve all been waiting for! Two minimalistic slate-style devices, together at last. Check out our full hands-on for the rest of this holy war.
iPad vs. iPhone… fight! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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This whole time we’ve been wondering how we’ll really get any typing done on
Apple’s new iPad, and at last we have the answer: an optional keyboard dock! No word on price yet, or whether this will be available at launch — we’d say “eat your heart out, netbooks” but we won’t, because they shouldn’t. In even better news, however, the device will also work with standard Bluetooth keyboards like Apple’s own wireless QWERTY slabs. Additionally, Apple will be selling a “camera connection kit” to allow you to plug your camera in over USB or use an SD card to import pictures. Finally, there’s an Apple-built case for the device that protects the screen, but also doubles as a stand in two different orientations.
Not enough for you? We’ve got hands-on right here.
iPad has optional keyboard dock, camera connection kit and Apple-designed case originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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This whole time we’ve been wondering how we’ll really get any typing done on
Apple’s new iPad, and at last we have the answer: an optional keyboard dock! No word on price yet, or whether this will be available at launch — we’d say “eat your heart out, netbooks” but we won’t, because they shouldn’t. In even better news, however, the device will also work with standard Bluetooth keyboards like Apple’s own wireless QWERTY slabs. Additionally, Apple will be selling a “camera connection kit” to allow you to plug your camera in over USB or use an SD card to import pictures. Finally, there’s an Apple-built case for the device that protects the screen, but also doubles as a stand in two different orientations.
Not enough for you? We’ve got hands-on right here.
iPad has optional keyboard dock, camera connection kit and Apple-designed case originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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