Apple announces the iPad

By Brett Terpstra

It's finally here. At their event in San Francisco, Apple has officially announced their tablet computer, which they're calling the iPad. Fully customizable, and better than a smartphone or a laptop at browsing, reading e-books, and a "great maps application with support from Google[...]." We're watching for more specs and software information right now, but the general idea is that the device is better than a netbook at just about everything!

Yet another Apple-driven revolution: go!

Specs Update:

  • 9.7" IPS screen
  • 1/2" thick (or thin)
  • 10 hours of battery life
  • "Shut the iPad down, come back in a month and it still has a charge"
  • 16-64 Gigabytes of flash storage
  • Accelerometer and compass
  • Speaker, mic
  • Dock connector
  • It can run all iPhone apps, unmodified, out of the box

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