At last, the moment you’ve all been waiting for! Two minimalistic slate-style devices, together at last. Check out our full hands-on for the rest of this holy war.
iPad vs. iPhone… fight! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Full pricing: The 16GB, Wi-Fi-only version costs $500, while the 32GB is $600 and 64GB is $700. Pricing increases by $130 to add 3G. The Wi-Fi-only models ship in 60 days, while 3G models will ship in 90. [Apple iPad]
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iPad has optional keyboard dock, camera connection kit and Apple-designed case originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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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 1024×768 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.
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Continue reading The Apple iPad: starting at $499
The Apple iPad: starting at $499 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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In a direct blow to everyone else with a netbook and an unlimited data plan, AT&T has scored a deal to offer unlimited 3G data on 3G-capable versions of the iPad for $29.99 a month (then again, this is the same as an iPhone plan, and you’re getting iPhone-level capability here). A 250MB plan, meanwhile, will be available for half that at $14.99 a month. Activation can happen right on the device — no store visits or calls are necessary — and there’s no contract involved. The device is fully unlocked, so if you absolutely want to, you’re welcome to take it to any other GSM carrier of your choice (assuming you can find a SIM that works — Apple’s talking up a new “micro SIM” for it). International users, stay tuned: Apple expects to have deals in place for you by June of this year.
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Apple iPad 3G service plans on AT&T, $30 for unlimited data originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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High dynamic range (HDR) imaging lets you capture brighter brights (the view outside your window) and darker darks (a black cat sleeping on a white bedspread) in one viewable image. You do it by taking bracketed exposures of the same scene – underexposed, normally exposed, overexposed – and then merging them with software that takes the best of each image. Adobe Photoshop includes an HDR tool. If you get hooked, as I have, you may want to look at a tool such as Unified Color PhotoStudio, $149 direct, used to make the image above. Most HDR software merges and remaps the images so you see a greater contrast range but there still is a difference in how believable the image is, based on the quality of the software and the user.
Well, it looks like it’s not all just fun and games for Apple’s new iPad — the company has also just announced an edition of its iWork software suite for the device. That, of course, includes versions of Pages, Numbers and Keynote that have been “completely reimagined for iPad,” which will be available individually for $9.99 apiece, and are each basically what you’d expect from iPad versions of the desktop applications. It’s iWork you can touch, if you will.
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Apple announces iWork for iPad originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Put this down as something else rumored that’s come to fruition today. Apple’s just announced iBooks, an e-reader app and bookstore (called iBookstore) for the iPad, using the ePub format. We’re seeing prices around $12.99 to $14.99 so far… looks pretty slick! We’re sure Jeff Bezos and Co. are none too pleased to see this one, but we’ll have to see for ourselves what reading’s like on a non-E Ink screen. There’s a gallery after the break.
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Continue reading Apple reveals iBookstore and app for the iPad
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Apple’s freshly announced iPad is a lot of things to a lot of people, but it appears that it’s not going to be the device that proves the appropriateness of Adobe Flash for enjoying rich media device on a mobile device. Better luck next time, Adobe!
Apple’s iPad keeping Adobe Flash away from your couch originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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