iPad Apple tablet announced

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BBN - Butterscotch Breaking News

Wednesday January 27, 2010

Apple has finally announced a tablet

. It may not be quite what we expected, but we'll be in line to grab the newly minted

iPad

when it sees release at the end of March. Sean Carruthers and Andrew Moore-Crispin discuss the

iPad announcement

Is the iPad a "Kindle killer"

as some pundits would have us believe?

Will the iPad out netbook netbooks?

Andrew and Sean dispel the hype and let you know whether, at first blush, it's worth the price of entry.

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Show Notes

iPad
US$499 - US$829

iPad tech specs

- 1GHz Apple A4 processor.
- 25Whr lithium polymer battery
- Built-in speakers
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n
- Bluetooth 2.1
- Digital compass
- Assisted GPS (Wi-Fi + 3G model only)
- Video up to 720p
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- No SD card slot... though the volume rocker kinda looks like one at first blush.

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