Specifications

Size and weight

Height:

9.56 inches (242.8 mm)

Width:

7.47 inches (189.7 mm)

Depth:

0.5 inch (13.4 mm)

Weight:

1.5 pounds (0.68 kg) Wi-Fi model;

1.6 pounds (0.73 kg) Wi-Fi + 3G model

Display

• 9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
• 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi)
• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
• Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Wireless and cellular

Wi-Fi model

• Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology

Wi-Fi + 3G model

• UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
• Data only
• Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology

Location

• Wi-Fi
• Digital compass
• Assisted GPS (Wi-Fi + 3G model)
• Cellular (Wi-Fi + 3G model)

In the box

• iPad
• Dock Connector to USB Cable
• 10W USB Power Adapter
• Documentation

Capacity

• 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB flash drive

Processor

• 1GHz Apple A4 custom-designed, high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip

Sensors

• Accelerometer
• Ambient light sensor

Audio playback

• Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
• Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
• User-configurable maximum volume limit

TV and video

• Support for 1024 by 768 pixels with Dock Connector to VGA Adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Component AV Cable; 576i and 480i with Apple Composite Cable
• H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Mail attachment support

• Viewable document types: .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel)

Languages

• Language support for English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Russian
• Keyboard support for English (U.S.) English (UK), French (France, Canada), German, Japanese (QWERTY), Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Italian, Simplified Chinese (Handwriting and Pinyin), Russian
• Dictionary support for English (U.S.), English (UK), French, French (Canadian), French (Swiss), German, Japanese, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Italian, Simplified Chinese (Handwriting and Pinyin), Russian

Accessibility

• Support for playback of closed-captioned content
• VoiceOver screen reader
• Full-screen zoom magnification
• White on black display
• Mono audio

Battery and power

• Built-in 25 Whr rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
• Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music
• Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system

Input and output

• Dock connector
• 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack
• Built-in speaker
• Microphone
• SIM card tray (Wi-Fi + 3G model only)

Mac system requirements

• Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
• Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later
• iTunes 9.0 or later (free download from www.itunes.com/download)
• iTunes Store account
• Internet access

Windows system requirements

• PC with USB 2.0 port
• Windows 7; Windows Vista; or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3 or later
• iTunes 9.0 or later (free download from www.itunes.com/download)
• iTunes Store account
• Internet access

Environmental requirements

• Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
• Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
• Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
• Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

Features

• Bright OLED Display for excellent Viewing
• Full Screen Internet Browser using Safari
• Supports all the apps for iPhone, OS of both devices is similar
• Easy access of Mail, Photos and Videos
• Could be used for book reading, books can be instantly purchased from the Online Book Store of Apple using iBooks. There’s an app for that.
• Multi-touch and Multi-tasking capability
• Inbuilt 3G capabilities
• Better battery Life (Supports up to 10 hours)

Price

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It is now confirmed from some sources that Steve Ballmer would announce a new “Slate Type Computer” during the CES 2010 Keynote. The PC would support all the versions of Windows since XP and would offer built-in E-Reader capabilities.

Rumor has it that it won’t be a courier tablet (One with dual screen and no keypad), just a standard multi-touch tablet instead, but its hardware capabilities will make it an important addition to the current line-up of the Tablet PCs.

The hardware in Microsoft HP Slate would put it directly in competition with the Apple’s Tablet (iSlate) which is rumored to be released this month.

You can watch the LIVE webstream of the CES 2010 event from here

Apple might announce some new awesome products in their first event of this new year, which would be held on January 27, 2010. The new products might include the launch of a new Apple Mobile-OS, iPhone 4.0 and their new tablet PC (iSlate).

This mega media event will be held at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

The Wall Street Journal offers some more insight to the details of this event: It cites people “briefed by the company” who say Apple plans to ship the tablet in March, and that it will feature either a 10 or 11-inch touch screen. The paper also cites analysts who “currently believe” the machine will cost $1,000, which may include a Kindle-like bundled wireless plan.

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Though the credibility of the source is not revealed by the website, the specs mentioned in there looks quite close to what Apple might offer in the near future. According to them, the Apple iSlate would be consisted of a 7.1-inch capacitive multitouch display combined with a 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo processor (Unknown model), 2GB DDR3 RAM, 120GB hard drive, built-in projector for a bigger display. There’s no option for connecting an external display in iSlate so the users would have to rely on the built-in projector.

Moreover, there’s no information on to what level the customization would be available. The picture of the document posted below shows the specification of an Apple Tablet with 120GB HDD with no upgrade or future-support information, while the installed 2 GB RAM is shown expandable to 8 GB. This feels kind of awkward since such documents are not designed in this fashion, even if it means that the HDD would be irreplaceable.

More details are given in the pic below: