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January 28, 2010

Reactions to Apple iPad [Updated]

This morning (10:00 US PST) Steve Jobs introduced the Apple iPad to the highly anticipated crowd at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center.

The specifications on the device are:

Display: 9.56 inches (242.8 mm) IPS display
Width: 7.47 inches (189.7 mm)
Depth: 0.5 inches
Weight: 1.5 pounds
16, 32, or 64 GB solid state hard drives
Processor: 1 GHz Apple A4 chip
Wi-Fi: 802.11n
Battery: 10 hours, over 1 month standby
Other features: Speaker, Microphone, 30-pin connector, Accelerometer and compass

WiFi version:

Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)

WiFi + 3G version:

Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900,1800, 1900 MHz)

Price/Models	16GB	32GB	64GB
WiFi	USD499.00	USD599.00	USD699.00
WiFi + 3G	USD629.00	USD729.00	USD829.00

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January 27, 2010

McGraw-Hill’s CEO Jump Spill the Apple Tablet News

During an interview with CNBC yesterday afternoon, the McGraw-Hill’s CEO Terry McGraw told CNBC (at 02:50 in the interview) that the yet unannounced Apple tablet “will be based on the iPhone OS.”

January 19, 2010

Apple Event January 27, 2010 Confirmed

It appears that various media like: Engadget, Ars Technica, FoxNews, have now received the official invitation from Apple for the event on January 27, 2010 at 10:00 (US PST) held at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

Fox News even went as far as reporting that they have confirmation of the topics that will be presented by Apple. These being the new tablet, iPhone OS 4.0 and a new version of iLife.