There was much anticipation across the globe at 6pm on Wednesday 27 January. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple was about to introduce their new tablet device, the iPad. It has a 9.7in screen, no physical keyboard, 10 hour battery life, wifi enabled – later versions will also have a 3g option and a starting price of $499.
Jobs posed the question is there room for a device that sits between an iPhone and laptop. He mentioned the netbook and dismissed it as a device that’s not good at anything. Really? It depends on the context in which it’s being used.
That’s where the iPad comes in. It’s been criticised, in some quarters, as no more than a big iPhone. It remains to be seen whether it’s revolutionary. Will it change the way we consume our media?
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Well time will tell guys…personally i think it will work and similar to the ipod and iphone you will hear people talk sceptically about its use (and we all know what happened there) but i think these people only see half the picture i can see it being a huge success for apple over the next 18 months…i was right about the ipod and the iphone and i have a good feeling about this too…its a different market and obviously the competition is just around the corner but i think apple will do it again with a quality product great backup and expansion through the appstore…
I agree with iain. Once the developers were able to start producing the apps then people started to find a use for the Itouch/phone. I use the the touch for mainly reading and it is already well supported in the ebook market with stanza and ereader being the main apps used for accessing ebooks. Now that the ipad has come along it should shake the other leaders in ebook devices such as Sony to market a device which can display in colour and access the internet directly to download the books and other content.
I for one am hoping that Apple manage to develop the ipad into a worth while device as it has the potential of becoming a valuable resource in education.