Apple finally took the wraps off of its hotly anticipated tablet — dubbed the iPad — today, at a live event held in San Francisco. In addition to Om live-blogging the event for TheAppleBlog, our network of sites are hard at work reviewing this potentially game-changing device from every imaginable angle. We’ll update you with coverage as it comes in — from both across our network as well as the web — and in the meantime, have also gathered some of our posts written in the past week or so.
| What the web is saying: |
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| AppleInsider: The hardware has many of the same capabilities of the iPhone and iPod touch, including an orientation sensor for switching between portrait and landscape modes, and multi-touch capabilities. The device even looks akin to a large iPhone. |
| Gizmodo: Don’t worry, friends! The hundreds of dollars you’ve spent on fart apps will not have gone to waste with the Tablet: it can fart, too. Just smaller, and in the middle of the screen. |
| Bloomberg.com: With the tablet, Apple gets a new category built around its iTunes software and store. That gives the company a fresh way to attract consumers, video-game makers and other application developers, as well as publishers looking to capitalize on their content. |
| CrunchGear: All the naysayers can feel free to eat their hats. Today Apple finally revealed the device we’ve all been whispering about for a good year or more. |
From today:
A sampling of coverage leading up to today’s unveiling:
- 7 for 7: 7 Posts in the 7 Days Prior to Apple’s Jan. 27 Media Event
- Apple Tablet Odds: What We’ll See Today
- Alan Kay: With the Tablet, Apple Will Rule the World
- What an Apple Tablet Must Have
- The iTablet: Let a Thousand Content Apps Bloom
- Signs Point to an Apple iPad, New iPhone OS
- How Green Will Apple’s Tablet Be?
- The Apple Tablet: What It Needs to Be Useful for Web Working
- Memo to the Publishing Industry: Forget About the iSavior
Image courtesy of Engadget.
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