It is officially on the market folks! Starting April 2010, it can be officially purchased from stores almost across the world, although some countries might introduce them to their markets a few month later. Still, after months of teasings, pre-orders online and rumors, it finally arrived and you can purchase it for prices between $299 and $629, depending on the model. The newest iPad comes in 2 generations, the wi-fi simple line launched for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models and the latest wi-fi 3G available from late April with the same capacity storage, and it mainly looks like a giant iPhone.
Here are some quick reviews over the product, in terms of technology, features, designs and main functions: As said before, it looks like the giant version of an iPhone, and it mainly uses the same technologies and features also. So, if you already are bound to your smartphone, it should be no trouble into getting used with this latest gadget. Also, the screen is wonderful, tilting is responsive, not to mention that the whole device is ultra thin, making it the larger version of a pocket PC. But even though it is thin, don't expect it to be light also; it's pretty heavy for your hands. Still, the screen runs a 1024x762 mp version, so it should be enough to see all your pics and videos in the right size, on super high quality.
Speed of internet is stunning, so internet pages are loading really fast to make your experience even better and get everything you want fast. In terms of Operational System, as no surprise as it mainly is the big brother of the iPhone, the Apple iPad runs the OS 3.2 iPhone version. Hurrey.But in order to make a difference not only on size between the products, the iPad designers thought about leaving a camera aside. This means you don't have any camera. This also means no video conferences or web2web chats which is, let me tell you, rather disappointing from a such expected product. Moving on to some other features (or lack of it), tech editor Claudine Beaumont stated: "t in several crucial areas, the iPad falls short of the functionality that would have made this more than just a large iPod touch. The lack of Flash support is a major issue; the iPad's big screen is designed to make the best of multimedia content and the full-screen browsing experience." All in all, pretty good product - can be improved as others but it surely makes the link between smartphones and notebooks. All hail Steve Jobs.