New Gadget by Apple - iPad

Gadget that I most like to be an owner in year 2010 is iPad. iPad is a tablet computer developed by Apple Inc. All of the built-in apps on iPad were designed from the ground up to take advantage of the large Multi-Touch screen. Similar in function to an iPod Touch with four times the display area, it will allow multi-touch interaction with print, video, photos, and audio; connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi and, on certain models, 3G; and will run apps designed specifically for the iPad as well as most iPhone OS apps. And they work in any orientation. So you can do things with these apps that you can’t do on any other device.



The iPad was announced on January 27, 2010, and pending FCC approval, is to be released in March 2010 (WiFi-only models) and April 2010 (WiFi + 3G models). The iPad will only run software purchased through Apple's App Store just like the iPhone. The iPhone and iPad share a development environment: iPhone SDK (Software Development Kit), version 3.2 beta onwards. Third-party developers can create apps specifically for the iPad's features.

The iPad will also run most third-party iPhone applications unmodified, either enlarged to fit the display or in an iPhone-sized area on the screen. The iPad will come with the following applications: Safari, Mail, Photos, Video, YouTube, iPod, iTunes, App Store, Maps, Notes, Calendar, Contacts, and Spotlight. It will also include the iBooks application, which displays books and other ePub-format content downloaded from the iBookstore.

See web pages with the large Multi-Touch screen on iPad lets you, as they were meant to be seen, one page at a time. With vibrant color and sharp text. So whether you’re looking at a page in portrait or landscape, you can see everything at a size that’s actually readable. And with iPad, navigating the web has never been easier or more intuitive. Because you use the most natural pointing device there is: your finger. Scroll through a page just by flicking your finger up or down on the screen.

To see the opened email on iPad by itself, turn iPad to portrait, and the email automatically rotates and fills the screen. No matter which orientation you use, you can scroll through your email, compose a new email using the large onscreen keyboard.

You can use iPad as a beautiful digital photo frame while it is docked or charging. And there are huge ways to import photos as well. You can sync all images from your computer, download them from an email, or import them directly from your camera by their accessories.



Apple's CEO Steve Jobs gives a live demonstration of the iPad.

The iPad have almost 140,000 apps from the App Store. Everything from games to business apps and more. And new apps designed specifically for iPad are highlighted, so you can easily find the ones that take full advantage of its features.

Source: apple.com