About iPad
Being interested about the iPad, it will be useful if we are informed about its background prior to its eventual launch end of January 2010. The iPad, a name which some people may associate with a next-gen of womens’ personal care stuff, is really tablet PC. It is the next evolutionary step of a pen-and-paper notebook. A tablet PC is roughly the size of a clipboard, but rather than pen and paper, it is equipped with a touch screen. The iPad is more or less designed to replace mini laptops or netbooks as the portable computer of the future. One can imagine the future with coffee table being touch screen and summoning the headlines of today’s local news while an android serves the breakfast. Well, about the iPad, this actually fits right into this fantasy.
There are however aspects of this Apple technology that is not so perfect. Although the Apple iPad has internet capability, it relies heavily on AT&T’s 3g network. Beside Youtube and other video sharing sites, the iPad will not be playing other HD or high quality videos, because of lack of Flash player support. This is a big negative that many will not take sitting down. It also lacks the multitasking capability, forcing you to focus on one thing at a time – suited for men who really cannot multi-task.
Apple’s development of a tablet computer began with the Newton MessagePad 100, first introduced in 1993. This effort led to the creation of the ARM6 processor core. Apple also developed a prototype PowerBook Duo-based tablet computer, the PenLite, but did not sell it to avoid hurting MessagePad sales. Apple then released several more Newton-based PDAs, and discontinued the last in the line, the MessagePad 2100, in 1998. By late 2009, the iPad’s release had been rumored for several months with iSlate and iTablet as speculated names. The iPad Tablet was finally announced on January 27, 2010, at an Apple press conference at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
Mind you, the iPad was actually developed with Apple’s custom made A4 chip: which is interesting to know what it takes for a company like Apple to manufacture its own chip which cost about $1 billion to develop. This is because even without the direct investment of a factory, it can cost about $1 billion to create a smartphone chip from scratch. That makes Apple’s $278 million acquisition of semiconductor manufacturer PA Semi look like pocket change. And hopefully Apple’s investment will pay off not just for the company, but also for iPad owners. The 1-GHz A4 chip was designed to help preserve the iPad’s battery for up to 10 hours of active use and one month of standby. Considering this enormous cost of developing the iPad A4 chip, iPhone owners can have faith that the A4 will most likely appear in future iPhones.
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If you’re on the fence, nothing about this product is so incredible as to justify running out and buying one right now, but it is worthy of your consideration if you’re thinking you might like a tablet style device. Just go and play with one at Best Buy or an Apple store near you to get a feel for it. With a number of competitors due out over the next few months we’re likely to see some price movement, or a second generation release, so it may be worth it to wait it out a little while.