Apple has finally announced the Apple iPad. Apple’s founder and CEO Steve Jobs announced this half-inch thick, 1.5 pounds, with a 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display, and it’s running a custom 1GHz Apple "A4" chip with a 10-hour battery life and a month of standby. Jobs spoke specifically about creating a “third category of device” one between the phone and the laptop.

Technical Specifications :

Height: 9.56 inches (242.8 mm)

Width: 7.47 inches (189.7 mm)

Depth: 0.5 inch (13.4 mm)

Weight: 1.5 pounds (0.68 kg) Wi-Fi model : 1.6 pounds (0.73 kg) Wi-Fi + 3G model

Display: 9.7-inch LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with 1024-by-768-pixel resolution Capacity: 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB flash drive Processor: 1GHz Apple A4 custom-designed, high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip

Sensors: Accelerometer & Ambient light sensor

Wireless Specifications: Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n) Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology

GSM/EDGE : (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Battery and power: Built-in 25 Whr rechargeable lithium-polymer battery,Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music

It also includes speaker, Microphone, 30-pin connector, Accelerometer, and compass.

A few Negatives to iPad : You cant run a real OS on this. You can’t multi-task, No flash support,there’s no camera, could not be connected to a larger display.

All of the built-in apps on iPad were designed from the ground up to take advantage of the large Multi-Touch screen. And they work in any orientation. So you can do things with these that apps you can’t do on any other device.These include Safari, Mail, Photos, Youtube, iPod, iTunes, App store, iBooks, Maps, Notes, Calender & Contacts.

And this is the pricing for this Big version of iPhone. Starting at just $499 this device is available for as high as $829.

More @ http://www.apple.com/ipad/