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Seit heute Abend etwa 19:12 Uhr sind die Gerüchte um den Tablet PC von Apple bestätigt. Er heisst iPad und misst eine Diagonale von 9,7 Zoll. Dabei handelt es sich beim iPad um ein vergrösserten iPod-Touch.

Für Steve Jobs ist dieser iPad das Revolutionärste überhaupt. Für ihn ist der Tablet PC das tollste Multimedia-Device überhaupt: Der Fokus liegt auf Fotos, Video, Musik, Spielen und E-Books.

In der Präsentation führte Jobs als Beispielanwendungen im Webbrowser Safari Kalender, iTunes Store und Nachrichtenangebote vor – Anwendungen, die speziell ans iPad angepasst sind. Ausser den mitgelieferten Anwendungen lassen sich auch alle iPhone-Anwendungen ausführen. Sie werden dabei wahlweise in Originalauflösung in der Displaymitte angezeigt oder auf die gesamte Bildschirmgrösse hochgerechnet.

Flash-Videos zeigte das iPad in der Demonstration aber nicht an. Die Bedienoberfläche ähnelt dem iPhone OS und lässt sich komplett über den Touchscreen steuern, für die Texteingabe gibt es eine virtuelle Tastatur. Wie wir dies vom iPhone kennen. Ebenfalls besitzt der iPad einen Lagesensor, so dass der Bildschirminhalt, je nach Ausrichtung des iPads, automatisch mitdreht.

Der Akku soll ganze 10 Stunden durchhalten. Im Standbybetrieb soll der Akku das Gerät sogar mehrere Wochen speisen. Das iPad wiegt umgerechnet rund 700 Gramm und ist 1,3cm dick. Die Display-Diagonale misst 9,7 Zoll, der Bildschirm ist somit etwa 19×13cm gross und zeigt 1024×768 Punkte. Dieser Punkt enttäuscht mich ziemlich. Heute wo alles auf 16:9 wechselt kommt ein solch modernes Gerät im Format 4:3 daher. Das iPad hat einen kapazitiven, dass heisst ohne Stift bedienbaren, Multitouch-fähigen Touchscreen. Apple nutzt keine neue Technik wie OLED oder gar Qualcomms Mirasol-Technik, sondern ein normales TFT-IPS-Panel.

Angetrieben wird der iPad von einem A4 genannten ARM-Prozessor mit einem Gigaherz Takt aus eigener Fertigung. Je nach Option ist das iPad mit 16, 32 oder 64GB Flash-Speicher ausgestattet. Eingebaut sind WLAN 802.11n, Bluetooth, Kompass und Beschleunigungssensor sowie Mikrofon und Lautsprecher. Eine Webcam ist nicht verbaut. Was meiner Meinung nach auch nicht Sinn macht, da man das Gerät entweder auf die Knie oder auf den Tisch liegen hat.

Preise iPad

Das iPad kostet mit 16GB Speicher 499 US-Dollar, für 100 US-Dollar Aufpreis gibt es 32GB, für weitere 100 US-Dollar dann den 64 GB iPad. Die reine WLAN-Version soll ab Ende März erhältlich sein, Geräte mit WLAN und erst einen Monat später. Das 3G-iPad hat keinen SIM-Lock, ist also anders als das iPhone nicht an einen speziellen Provider gebunden. Für die USA stellt AT&T eine Prepaid-Option in Aussicht.

In anderen Ländern wird das iPad voraussichtlich erst ab Sommer verkauft. Man verhandle noch mit den Provider. Apple ist nämlich daran interessiert, dass das iPad günstiger und mit einem Abo an den Kunden gebracht wird.

Als Zubehör stellt Apple eine Docking-Station vor, in der das iPad aufrecht steht – vertikal oder horizontal – und an die sich eine Tastatur anschliessen lässt.

Funktionen

Safari

The large Multi-Touch screen on iPad lets you see web pages as they were meant to be seen — one whole page at a time. With vibrant color and sharp text. So whether you’re looking at a page in portrait or landscape, you can see everything at a size that’s actually readable. And with iPad, navigating through the web has never been easier, or more intuitive. Because you use the most natural pointing device there is: your finger. You can scroll through a page just by flicking your finger up or down on the screen. Or pinch to zoom in or out on a photo. There’s also a thumbnail view that shows all your open pages in a grid, to let you quickly move from one page to the next.

Mail

See and touch your email in ways you never could before. In landscape, you get a split-screen view, showing both an opened email and the messages in your Inbox. To see the opened email by itself, you just turn iPad to portrait, and the email automatically rotates and fills the screen. No matter which orientation you use, you can scroll through your mail, compose a new email using the large, on-screen keyboard, or delete messages, with nothing more than a tap and a flick. If someone emails you a photo, you can see it right in the message. You can also save the photos in an email directly to the built-in Photos app. And iPad will work with all the popular email providers, including MobileMe, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Hotmail, and AOL.

Photos

With its crisp, vibrant display, and its unique software features, iPad is an extraordinary way to enjoy and share your photos. For example, the new Photos app displays the photos in an album as though they were in a stack. Just tap or pinch to open the stack, and the whole album opens up. Then you can flip through your pictures, zoom in or out, or watch a slideshow. You can even use your iPad as a beautiful digital photo frame while your iPad is docked or charging. And there are lots of ways to import photos: you can sync them from your computer, download them from an email, or import them directly from your camera using the Apple Camera Connection Kit.

Video

The large, high-resolution screen makes iPad perfect for watching any kind of video: from HD movies and TV shows, to podcasts and music videos. You can also easily move between wide-screen and full-screen with a double-tap. And because it’s essentially one big screen, with no buttons or anything to distract you, the picture fills your line of sight. So you feel completely immersed in what you’re watching.

YouTube

The YouTube app organizes videos so they’re really easy to see and navigate. To watch one, you just tap it. When you’re watching in landscape, the video will automatically play in full screen. And with its high-resolution display, the latest YouTube HD videos will look amazing on iPad.

iPod

With the iPod app, all your music is literally at your fingertips. You can browse by album, song, artist, or genre, with a simple flick. To play a song, just tap it, and the now playing screen will show the album art at full size. Then you can listen to your music with either the powerful built-in speaker, or with wired or Bluetooth wireless headphones.

iTunes

Just tap on the iTunes Store icon, and you can browse and buy music, TV shows, podcasts — or buy and rent movies — wirelessly, right from your iPad. There are thousands of movies and TV shows (in both standard and high definition), along with thousands of podcasts, and millions of songs to choose from. You can even preview songs before you buy them. And you can sync iPad with the content you already have in your iTunes library on your Mac or PC.

App Store

iPad will run almost 140,000 apps from the App Store. Everything from games to business apps, and more. And new apps that have been designed just for iPad are highlighted, so you can easily find the ones that take full advantage of its features. Just tap the App Store icon on the screen and you’ll be able to browse, buy, and download apps wirelessly, right to the iPad.

iBooks

The iBooks app is a great, new way to read and buy books.¹ Just download the app for free from the App Store, and you’ll be able to buy everything from classics to bestsellers from the built-in iBookstore. Once you’ve bought a book, it’s displayed on your Bookshelf. To read it, all you have to do is tap on it and it opens up. The high-resolution, LED-backlit screen displays everything in sharp, rich, color, so it’s very easy to read, even in low light.

Maps

See more of the world with high-resolution Satellite and Street View images. You can even see topography with the new Terrain view. You can also search for a nearby business type (for example, “Restaurant”) and then tap on that business to see the route and directions from your current location.

Notes

With its expansive display and large, on-screen keyboard, iPad makes jotting down notes easy. In landscape mode, you get not only a note-taking page but a list of all your notes. It even circles the current note in red. So you can see where you are at a glance.

Calendar

iPad makes it easy to keep on schedule by displaying Day, Week, Month or List views of your calendar. That way, you can see an overview of a whole month, or the details of a single day. iPad will even show multiple calendars at once, so you can manage work and family calendars at the same time.

Contacts

The Contacts app on iPad makes finding names, numbers and other important information quicker and easier than ever before. A new view lets you see both your complete contact list, and a single contact, simultaneously. Need directions? Just tap on an address inside a contact and it’ll open Maps.

Home Screen

The Home Screen gives you one-tap access to everything on iPad. You can also customize your Home Screen by adding your favorite apps and websites, or using your own photos for the background. And you can move apps around to arrange them in any order you want.

Spotlight Search

Spotlight Search allows you to search across iPad, and all of its built-in apps. Including Mail, Contacts, Calendar, iPod, and Notes. It’ll even search apps you’ve downloaded from the App Store. So no matter what you’re looking for, it’s never more than a few taps away.

Spezifikationen

Size and weight¹

Height: 242.8 mm

Width: 189.7 mm

Depth: 13.4 mm

Weight: 68g Wi-Fi model, 73g 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 (802.11 a/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 only²

Wi-Fi (802.11 a/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 Power Adapter

Documentation

Environmental Status Report

iPad embodies Apple’s continuing environmental progress. It is designed with the following features to reduce environmental impact:

Arsenic-free display glass

BFR-free

Mercury-free LCD display

PVC-free

Recyclable aluminum and glass enclosure

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 x 768 with Dock Connector to VGA adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Composite A/V Cable, 576i and 480i with Apple Composite A/V 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 (US) English (UK), French (France, Canada), German, Japanese (QWERTY), Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Italian, Simplified Chinese (Handwriting and Pinyin), Russian

Dictionary support for English (US), English (UK), French, French (Canadian), French (Swiss), German, Japanese, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Italian, Simplified Chinese (Handwriting, Pinyin), Russian

Accessibility

Support for playback of closed-captioned content

VoiceOver screen reader

Full-screen zoom magnification

White on black

Mono audio

Battery and Power

Built-in 25Whr 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 speakers

Microphone

SIM card tray (Wi-Fi + 3G model only)

External buttons and controls

On/Off, Sleep/wake

Mute

Volume up/down

Home

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; 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)