iPad is Apple's next major hardware. iPad is a hybrid between a full laptop and an iPhone. The new product of Apple, iPad, is one of the most coveted multi-purpose devices that allows you to browse the internet, use apps, listen to music, watch movies and play games.
Apple announces iPad
Long-rumored tablet device iPad (nicknamed the Apple Tablet before its release) was officially announced by Apple on
Wednesday, January 27, 2010. A lot of questions about Apple's fabled tablet, now known as the iPad, were finally answered.
iPad looks much like a larger iPhone, but is not merely an iPhone. It also features a laptop, but it's more than a laptop. iPad is a new, exciting technology that works as a full laptop and an iPhone yet is a class all its own.
Moreover, it is a touchscreen gadget, as opposed to a "huge iPhone," that is used for ebook reading and web browsing.
What to do with an iPad?
iPad is the one of the best way to experience the web, email, photos and video. iPad applications were designed from the ground up to take advantage of the large multi-touch screen. All of these apps work in any orientation. That means iPad allows you to execute things you can't do on any other device.
Safari
The large multi-touch screen on iPad allows you to see web pages as they were intended to be seen - one whole page at a time. So whether you want to look at a page in a wide screen (like a portrait) or a vertical screen (like a landscape), you can see everything at a size that's actually readable. Navigating the web is very easy with an iPad.
Mail
By using a split-screen view, you can see both an opened e-mail and all the messages in your inbox. If you want to see the opened email by itself, just turn iPad to portrait. Once that's done, the email automatically rotates and fills the screen. In addition to performing all the processes that any other apps do, iPad will work with all the popular email providers, including MobileMe, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Hotmail, and AOL.
Photos
iPad is an extraordinary way to enjoy and share photos. For instance, you can collect and display your photos in an album as though they are in a stack. You can flip through your pictures, zoom in or out, watch a slideshow, or even use iPad like a digital photo frame. One of the other good features of iPad is easily importing and synchronizing photos from your computer. You can also download your photos from your email or import them directly from your camera using the Apple Camera Connection Kit.
Video
Any kind of video can easily be watched on the large and high-resolution screen on the iPad. iPad has a big screen with no buttons and no other distracting features. So you can watch your HD movies, TV shows or any videos by feeling completely immersed.
iPod
iPad is integrated with iPad apps. So you can easily listen to your music, browse by album, artist, song or genre. To play any songs, just tap it, and the playing screen will promptly display the album art at full size. iPad also allows you to use speaker or Bluetooth wireless headphones.
iTunes
To browse and buy podcasts, TV shows or music, just tap on the iTunes Store icon. You will quickly find thousands of TV shows, movies, songs and podcasts. iPad also allows you to preview songs before you buy them. Moreover, iPad can be synchronized with the content you already have in your iTunes library on your Mac or PC.
App Store
iPad is almost integrated with 140.000 apps from the App Store. You can find everything from games to business. By tapping the App Store icon on the screen, apps. can be browsed, bought, and downloaded wirelessly directly to the iPad.
iBooks
iPad offers us another a great way to read or buy books. Several books from the classics to best sellers can be downloaded from the iBookstore. After you have bought a book, you can see it on your Bookshelf. It's very easy to start reading your books. The only thing to do is simply tap your book and start reading. The high resolution, LED-backlit screen and rich color options offered allow you to easily read your books, even in low light. But the iBooks are only available for the US.
Maps
We always wonder about places in the other countries of the world. Maps application offered by iPad comes with high-resolution satellite technology and allows us to see more of the world. Ä°t is even possible to see topography with the new terrain view. But there is more: You can also search for a nearby business type and tap the business to see the route and directions from where you are.
Notes
iPad uses an expansive display and large, onscreen keyboard to make jotting down notes easy for you. By using landscape view, you can see all your notes at the same time as you are reading one of the your notes. iPad even divided the the screen so that it is possible to see where you are at a glance.
Calendar
We all need calendars. iPad provides the calendar you need by displaying Day, Week, Month or List views. In this way, iPad allows for an overview of a whole month, or the details of a single day.
Contacts
You can find names, numbers and other important information quickly and easily. The Contacts app on iPad also lets you see your complete contact list, and a single contact simultaneously.
Spotlight Search
You can search your mail, contacts, calendar, iPod, and notes across iPad. It's Spotlight Search feature even allows you to search apps you have downloaded from the App Store. So, you can effortlessly and quickly find what you are looking for.
