So, you like your iPhone, but need something bigger? The Apple iPad may well be the answer for you. Steve Jobs introduced it today. And it is something!
I have to admit "iPad" wouldn't have been my first choice in names, but for what it does, it's a great little piece of personal entertainment technology!
It has a keyboard on the screen, like the iPhone. But that screen is much bigger. So, the keyboard will be much closer to full-size. And it can run all of the iPhone's apps. It even zooms them to fit the iPad's screen so you can enjoy iPhone programs MUCH bigger at 9.7 inches!
It's about the same size as many of the netbooks (minus the keyboard) and new eReader devices but it doesn't just do written material like an eReader.
The iPad starts at $499IS with 16 gigabytes of flash memory.
With 32GB, it’s $599US or $699US for 64GB.
Is this a big deal? Well, sortof, the thing is it's Apple throwing their hat into an existing ring (namely eReaders and netbooks) but at the same time changing it up a little as apple is so well known for (Remember what they did to the cell phone market a few years ago!
As the Wall Street Journal said, "Last time there was this much excitement about a tablet, it had some commandments written on it."
Click here for a basic overview, from Reuters.
Click here for the official Apple website.
Steve Job's intro video.
So will I rush out and get one? Probably not, I just got a new Netbook and it's doing everything I need (and running windows) and cost me less than half what the iPad goes for (and with 10x the storage capacity!)
That being said I do see a LOT of reasons why this would be ideal for many small business owners, think it might be right for you? Drop me a line I'd be happy to discuss!
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