After nearly a decade of rumors and speculation, Apple's finally unveiled the iPad. It's a half-inch thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds, with a 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display, and it's running a custom 1GHz Apple "A4" chip developed by the P.A. Semi team, with a 10-hour battery life and a month of standby. It'll come in 16, 32, and 64GB sizes, and it's got the expected connectivity: very little. There's a 30-pin Dock connector, a speaker, a microphone, Bluetooth, 802.11n WiFi and optional 3G, as well as an accelerometer and a compass. There's also a keyboard dock, which connects underneath in the portrait orientation, support for up to 1024x768 VGA out and 480p composite out through new dock adapter cables, and a camera attachment kit that lets you import photos from your camera over USB or directly through an SD reader. The device is managed by iTunes, just like the iPhone -- you sync everything over to your Mac. As expected, it can run iPhone apps -- either pixel-for-pixel in a window, or pixel-doubled fullscreen -- but developers can also target the new screen size using the updated iPhone OS SDK, which is available today. The 3G version runs on AT&T and comes with new data plans: 250MB for $14.99 and an unlimited plan for $29.99 a month contract-free. Activations are handled on the iPad, so you can activate and cancel whenever you want. Every iPad is unlocked and comes with a GSM "micro-SIM," so you can use it abroad, but there aren't any international deals in place right now -- Steve says they'll be back "this summer" with news on that front.
It starts at $499 for 16GB, 32GB for $599, and $699 64GB. Adding 3G costs a $130 per model, so the most expensive model (64GB / 3G) is $829. The WiFi-only model will ship in 60 days, and the 3G models will come in 90.
Here are some initial thoughts on the iPad (by Engadget):
Here is the iPad full tech spec.
iPad video promo from Apple:
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Hadi Awang (President PAS)
Haron Din (Timbalan Mursyidul Am PAS)
ISMA (Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia)
ISNA (Islamic Society of North America)
JAKIM (Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia)
Khalid Samad (MP Shah Alam)
Khir Toyo (Ketua Pembangkang Selangor)
Lim Kit Siang (MP Ipoh Timur)
Mahathir (ex-PM)
MAIS (Majlis Agama Islam Selangor)
Dr Mohd Asri (ex-Mufti Perlis)
MyKMU.net (Kelab Penyokong UMNO Maya)
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Nik Aziz (MB Kelantan)
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PKR (official)
Dr. Siddiq Fadzil (President WADAH)
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Youtube playlists for the Alif Ba Ta 2009:
Alif Ba Ta 2009 was held at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) NY on December 5 and 6, 2009. The main focus of the talks were about 1Malaysia in achieving Vision 2020. The program is an annual event conducted by the Kelab UMNO Luar Negara NY/NJ.
