The iPad has some good specs. With it’s gorgeous 9.7″ capacitive touchscreen and it’s 720p resolution it is a perfect companion for a short trip that requires a little email access and a lot of music/video listening and watching. The iPad (not maxipad) is basically an iPod Touch on steroids. I hope that it hits the market and hits it hard because this will spur a round of devices to try and beat it. I would love to get my hands on it sometime soon so I can write a better column about it. I will keep you guys posted.
Also, a word on the price. It starts at $499 for the 16GB version with WIFI only. If you want 3G it’ll be another $130. It goes up from there if you want more storage. Fully loaded, (64GB with 3G) is $829. A little rich for my blood.
What Android devices are going to come out to top this?
maybe the notion ink “adam” could be a contender, if android can keep up. At least I would prefer the notion ink – especially if the price is right, some sources say 325 USD
That one looks promising:
http://convergeddevices.net/products/vega.html
But apart from that there are/will be several MIDs, tablets, eBook readers with android running this year.
720p is 1280×720, the iPad is 1024×768. It’s not 720p; it’s not even 16:9 widescreen.
My bad.. I read through the specs real quick.