The Apple website is almost fully transformed into an iPad itself. The front-page now displays the iPad with the text: “iPad is here”. If you still haven’t heard of the iPad, you’ve probably been living in a very deep cave, or should I say you must probably be from another planet. However, if you still want to find out what the iPad can do, you’ll find lots of information on the Apple.com.
You can discover all the iPad games and applications, see the iPad ad, take a look at all the 11 Guided Tour videos, take a look at the iPad-ready web content page, read about the iPad specifications and ofcourse order the iPad starting at $499.
The iPad has been launched! Congratulations to those who managed to get the iPad on April 3rd.
P.S. a few developments so far:
Greg Packer is no longer the first in line due to the decision to separate those who ordered and those who not ordered in two lines.
There’s video report from the people waiting in line to get the iPad as soon as it launches.
David Letterman presents a list of 10 things you should ask yourself before buying the iPad. No more explanation is needed. Just watch the video below:
The launch is getting closer. The iPad is almost about to launch and so the buzz is getting bigger than ever. It’s hard to keep up with all the different news articles about the iPad. To get some information about a couple of games for the iPad I posted four hands on videos. All four games are already available in the App Store and prices range from $6,99 to $9,99. Especially the Scrabble game looks awesome. Have fun;
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has published a number of photos of Apple’s iPad as part of the company’s application for approval based on radiation emission requirements, Engadget reports.
“With the iPad they didn’t just bother to test out the radiation and maybe take a little peek for themselves under the covers, but instead disassembled the whole machine on camera. Unfortunately they took it upon themselves to cover over the specific chips, so we’ll have to wait for one of those pro bono teardowns to get the full lay of the land, but it’s still a unique look at the makeup of this thing.”
You can clearly see the battery being almost as wide as the device itself. Some parts are covered due to confidentiality.
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iFixit is doing a full analysis of the FCC images. The covered parts were actually blacked out by a layer embedded in the PDF. With some pretty simple manipulation these layers were quickly removed to reveal the “confidential” chips. It is revealed the Apple is using Toshiba Flash memory and a Broadcom BCM5973 chip. And ofcourse it is “revealed” that the iPad really uses an Apple A4 as the main processor.
I’ve posted an article saying that Amazon was preparing for an iPad version of the Kindle app. Just in time for today’s iPad launch, Apple has approved an update to the Kindle application. The app now supports the iPad.
“The Kindle has no color screen and therefore the books are all in black and white. The nice thing is that the Kindle-books can be read on multiple devices and can be synchronized with each other. At home you can read a book on the iPad, and when your on the go you continue reading on your iPhone. This can be achieved thanks to Whispersync. The application can remember where you stopped reading the last time you opened the e-book.
There are more than 450.000 titles available from the start, and there are always free samples (the first chapter). The iPad-app will be adapted to fit the larger screen. You’ll also be able to adapt the background color and change the font.”
It was also said the app won’t be available at the launch of the iPad since Amazon doesn’t have an iPad to test it on, but apparently it worked out just fine and the iPad version is now available in the App Store. Only a few more hours and the iPad will be launched.
