So You’re Getting An iPad, Which Accessories Will You Get? [Quick Guide]
Many of you have already decided to buy an iPad, but have you decided on an accessory to go along with your fancy new tablet? This is now the choice of many who have pre-ordered or hoping to pick up their iPad on day one. Not all accessories are available for purchase this coming Saturday, but there will be a few. The accessories due for launch day are as follows:
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iFixit Tears Down The Apple Tablet
While I was just about to hop into bed for a comfy early morning sleep, I received the dinging tone from my iPhone that I had received an email. I decided to check it before lying down and much to my surprise there was a message from iFixit saying they had a teardown of the Apple Tablet. In what was thought to be the iPad teardown was instead a dirty trick which turned out to be iFixit tearing down an Apple MessagePad 2000. In what we can only imagine to be preparation of the iPad teardown, iFixit has taken apart the old Newton MessagePad 2000 for all to see. See the full four page teardown at iFixit. Now I am off to get some sleep….That was just mean.
[iFixit MessagePad 2000 Teardown]
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iPads Have Started Shipping
According to Mac Rumors, Apple has begun shipping iPad orders to those who decided to have them delivered. Although this does not necessarily mean those who ordered will receive their iPad early, they can have the satisfaction that their tablet is on its way.
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The iPad Dilemma, To Buy or Not To Buy?
The iPad is one of those Apple products that was so highly anticipated and expected to change the game that many people forgot what we had just a few short years ago. To help us decide in our purchasing decisions we need to visit the past as well as the positives and negatives of the iPad. We are most convinced and think you will be too after some time.
If we take a quick look back at what tablet computing was prior to the iPad or even iPhone we come up with a large, laptop-like device that had a swivel screen that flips around and can be used as a touch interface. While this design worked, it did not work well enough for anyone for it to have staying power except in specific areas of interest. Just recently we had quite a few new designs that are flat touch panels with Android or Windows interfaces customized for touch. We also got a glimps of the Microsoft Courier which is more like a book and has two separate screens with a pen and touch input.
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Online Overseas Wholesale Site Showing Tablet Prematurely WIth Specs And Details?
On doing a little research via the B2B (business to business) site Alibaba.com, it appears they may have outed the tablet early. There are numerous sellers now selling the iSlate as a new product on the site. The distributors are reputable and all show the same image of what looks to be a 7.1inch tablet. The image looks similar to what we have seen with an iPhone form factor. The design if accurate also has the home button, and a couple of touch scroll arrows on the face. The side and/or top shows two usb ports and a headphone jack. The design definitely looks similar to others we have seen online, but with a different keyboard and what appears to be running OSX with the dock on the top or left depending on orientation.
This photo had me a little suspicious, but then I noticed that specs were shown on the description. If at all accurate the iSlate will have a 7.1inch display, 2.26 Core 2 Duo with 3MB L2 cache, 2GB RAM and 120GB hard disk for storage.
This was still not good enough as far as the story goes so I decided to question the seller as they were online and available to chat. I logged into my Alibaba account and spoke to the distributor about the tablet. My first question was about the availability, seeing how Apple had not yet announced their new device yet. They promptly responded as having 5 units which would be available within 48hours. This would not be too far fetched to believe, given the time frame of the announcement and normal distributor channel availabilities. As far as price goes they said the cost would be $749 each plus shipping.
All of this sounds like it could be an accurate description, although I still remain skeptical. The price tag is not out of the range that we all expect, but the 120GB hard drive along with the Core 2 Duo does make me a little skeptical if any of this is real. The form factor appears to be right if the iSlate case with camera hole is any proof at all. This was also found on the same site. Check out the case for yourself and lets all brace ourself to see if Apple can match the hype with their new device.
The other odd thing is the description says used despite what the wholesaler told me. He also assured me this was the very hyped tablet. We’ll see tomorrow and the announcement could not come soon enough. Now lets all get some sleep if we can.
[Alibaba]
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