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So, today was Apple’s big reveal of the iPad.  The device is pretty cool.  It’s only a half an inch thick and weighs in at one and a half pounds.  The screen is 9.7″, uses a proprietary 1GHz chip, 16, 32, or 64GB flash storage.  Of course it has 802.11n and Bluetooth.  It comes with the standard things; accelerometer, compass, speaker, mic, and dock connector.  They claim that they have been able to squeeze 10 hours out of the battery via media usage.   They’ll have it in two models: WiFi only and add 3G through AT&T.  They have two data plans: $14.99 for up to 250MB (ya, tha’ll go far), and $29.99 for unlimited data.  For the international market, the device is unlocked, so it can use any wireless carrier.  Lastly, the pricing: it starts at $499 for the 16GB model.

My take on it?  Meh.  It’s a cool device, but I have no use for it.  Just like I have no use for a netbook.  On top of that, it looks like they took a rolling pin to the iPod Touch.  I already have an iPhone and I don’t need a bigger one.  Thanks, Apple, but I’ll be skipping this one.