With all the latest gadgets coming in to the market there is one thing that remains the same they all need to be powered.  Now days USB is becoming the standard way for powering most gadgets.  Hence it was a good thing that Apple introduced a 10 Watt USB power adapter for iPad.  It is amongst the essential  iPad accessories.  This makes it very simple to charge your device.  You can just plug in your iPad to your wall socket and let it charge.

The iPad 10 Watt USB Power Adapter has a six ft long cable.  The length is certainly useful when you want to charge the iPad from a distance.  Since it is taken for granted  that many people would want to use the iPad where they use their laptop.  It now becomes easy to sit in your favorite place with the iPad in easy reach of an electrical socket.

The cable of iPad is most likely to become the standard length of USB cable as it is for other popular Apple gadgets like iPod and iPhone.

The launch of iPad suggests there will be an explosion of alternative iPad accessories in the market from third party companies.  Since the iPad has a standard power connector,  patent issues don’t exist.  Hence, it is easy to create alternative versions of iPad accessories for official apple device users.

Belkin is a company which already makes many accessories for Apple products.  It is predicted that it will soon come up with power adapters, cases and connectors and other accesories for iPad.  Ingenious products could come out from third party manufacturers in the coming days and weeks but till then it is a game of wait and watch.

Now that the much awaited iPad has finally been launched by Apple, industry watchers have been wondering how Kindle, Amazons most popular  e-reader device will get affected by it.

Steve Jobs, celebrity CEO of Apple claims that the iPad is better for book reading aiming at and naming Kindle specifically.  “We’re gonna stand on their shoulders and go farther” is what Mr. Jobs has to say about Kindle.

The iPad is slated to release in April. First looks suggest it to be the same as an oversize iTouch.  It has a touch screen that is  9.7 inches in size.  It seems like a larger version of the iPhone.

The iPad will allows online features like iBookstore.  This allows the user to download and purchase books, functioning in pretty much the same way as the iTunes store.  Five major publishing houses have already signed up for iBookstore.  These include Macmillan, Penguin, Harper-Collins, Hachette Book Group and Simon & Schuster. Although Random House, the biggest book publisher of the world was absent.  This means that many major titles will not be available at Apple’s e-book store for now at least.

Many e-Book readers will prefer the E-ink display of the Amazon Kindle in comparison to the LED back lit display of the iPad.  This is because it is easier to read for long periods of time since it is eye friendly.  Also, there are no other applications to distract you.  But the kindle does not have a touch screen and is unlike Apple iPad which supports multi-touch.

Another noticeable advantage that iPad has over Kindle is that iBooks allows a reader to flip pages.  It can support videos and other pictures.  This is quite a plus point in comparison to Kindle which is static.  Also, although Kindle allows users to subscribe to newspapers and magazines and has a PDF reader, 3G and a rudimentary web browser the iPad offers much more than an ordinary e-book reader.  The users of iPad can access email, iTunes App store, media players, Safari browser and games. It also has wifi and Bluetooth with 3G available in some models.

But the iPad stands to lose from Kindle owing to the fact that it has a battery life of just 10 hours whereas Kindle works for a week with wireless and for two weeks without it.

The iPad also has a serious flaw and this  is its lack of allowing multi tasking.  For a non-phone device not being able to run non current apps simultaneously seems to be a big limitation which needs to be rectified soon by Apple.

The Kindle is priced at $259 and Kindle DX at $489.  This includes 3G.  The iPad with Wi-fi is for only $499 for 16 GB, 32GB at $599 and 64GB at $699.  With  3G and WiFi  the iPad is priced at $629, $729, $829 for 16, 32 and 64 GB respectively.  You would also need to pay $15 for 250Mb & $30 for unlimited 3G data monthly.

In the midst of all this there are rumors floating that Amazon is exploring possibilities of providing free Kindles to its best customers to push up its sales.  Although the iPad seems promising it is really the consumers who will decide the fate of the Kindle. Hope you’d find this comparison of iPad vs Kindle useful in your buying decisions.

Estimating a sweeping impact, vendors and analysts in the tablet PC industry believe that the Apple iPad could be well on its way to launch a new industry just like the iPod did with MP3 and the iPhone did with smart phones.  The iPad is predicted to invigorate the worldwide tablet PC market which is estimated to be around $1.3 billion US dollars.

Analysts feel that iPad will be the driving force in the tablet PC industry.  Apple has already revolutionized the smart phone and mp3 market.  The same can be expected with tablet PCs.  Researchers at ‘iSuppli’ estimate world wide sales of iPad to reach 7.10 million in 2010 and 20.10 million units in 2012.

The touch screen design of the iPad will convince customers that one does not need a keyboard for data entry and computing;  that you can actually use a tablet PC for data entry rather than a paper or pen.

Customers from construction sites are having a renewed interest in tablets. They feel that Apple is legitimizing the potential of tablet PCs.  It is also raising the bar on all that tablet customers expect.

iPad truly is the’ next big thing’ as it is one such  computer that does not require training.  No extra folders and final icons floating around, no inexplicable setup screens.  Its appearance will allow people to accomplish tasks with ease from enjoying to creating content and from playing to communicating.

Change is inevitable and it is happening now!  The iPad embraces solutions.  It puts music, photos, movies and documents into specialized task oriented databases along with a task oriented fully modal interface of iPhone.  This along with fabulous applications lets you do everything for pleasure and work.  It is a realization of ‘universal information appliance’.

Many people still find it baffling to manage Windows and Mac OS.  The iPhone interface works splendid with your kids and your grandma alike.  These people who find PCs to be cumbersome and complicated are embracing the iPhone.  Everyone will soon dive  into this new epoch of computing. T he iPhone invasion has started this transition.  The iPad will continue it.

Yes it will not happen overnight nevertheless it will pick up fast.  In a years time we are expecting Google to come out with something almost similar to iPad and sure enough you can expect I Mac and MacBook Pro to come out with something resembling iPad OS in the coming years.  We can look forward to smart instant search databases with the ability to store all documents with metadata.

No syncing, no complications, no hassles.  That’s the future with tablet PCs like the iPad.

We know everybody is waiting for the upcoming launch of iPad, and must be wondering where they can buy iPad and iPad accessories.  Well, as per a recent announcement from Apple, the iPad will follow sales model of iPhone during its launch period.  What that means is that iPad and Apple branded iPad accessories would be available for sale only through Apples direct sales channels and select retail locations which have Apple assistance.  And this comes with no bundling and zero discounting.

Recently, speaking at Goldman Sachs annual technology conference, San Francisco, Apples Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook announced that iPad would launch in online education, retail & other direct sales but might also include Apple assisted sales by partners such as Best Buy. So as per the Apple sales strategy, they want to restrict the sale of the Apple iPad to Apple’s online store during the short honeymoon period. After the honeymoon period is over, Best Buy will carry Apple iPad and accessories, just like other Apple products.

This left room for suggestion that iPad sales could be offered by AT&T stores too who are the wireless partner for Apple in United States.  The iPad will also be offered by Apple’s premium resellers.

Cook revealed that he had been personally using iPad for close to 6 months and felt that once consumers experience iPad for the first time they will find it hard to buy a Netbook. He denigrated the Netbook calling them merely cheap laptops.

He claims the experience of using an iPad to be absolutely incredible adding that Apple can’t wait to start shipping the device He also claims the browsing, photo and email display of the iPad are the best available today!

Cook is not too concerned that iPad sales would cannibalize sales of other products of Apple like Mac or iPod touch.

We wonder if this selling strategy will leave third party sellers like Amazon, Small Dog, Power Max and Mac Mall to sell only iPad accessories and the add-ons. Will Apple be able to mass market iPad without third party channels is a question on everybody’s mind.  Meanwhile, Cook believes that the $499 iPad is at an incredible value!

Is Apple iPad an upgraded version of iPhone?

The Apple unveiled its latest device which is a tablet computer named iPad.  The Apple iPad is a hybrid of the Apple iPhone and a laptop computer.   So, what can you do with an iPad? Using the touch screen feature of this new Apple iPad you can listen to music, browse the Internet, watch movies, use apps and also play games.  Though you won’t be able to make calls using the new Apple iPad, it is probably the best gadget in its class – considering its size and features – to experience the web, email, music, and photos.

iPad Features

The functionality of iPad is quite similar to that of iPod Touch, as it runs on same operating system ( iPhone OS) and supports almost same applications like iPod.  Apple iPad was first introduced by Apple on January 27, 2010.  According to Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Inc, iPad is a much better than a laptop or a smartphone.”

After its introduction to public in last week of January 2010, most of people considered it as the ‘upgraded’ version of the Apple iTouch or the Apple iPhone.  The new iPad is actually a mix of a full laptop notebook, Apple iTouch and Apple iPhone.

The new iPad has larger display screen with size of 9.7 inches diagonally (1024×768 gb resolution), flash memory of 16 – 64 GB, width of 7.47 inches (189.7 mm), height of 9.56 inches (242.8 mm), depth of 0.5 inch (13.4 mm) and A4 Apple processor of 1 GHz.  The Wi-Fi model of iPad weighs around 1.5 pounds whereas Wi-Fi + 3G model weighs around 1.6 pounds respectively.  According to Apple Inc, the battery of Apple iPad will last for thirty days on a standby mode and ten hours on a single charge.

Currently, Apple has announced two iPad models, one of which features 802.11n Wi-Fi connection whereas the other model is the combination of 3G, Wi-Fi as well as an Assisted GPS system.  Both the models include 2.1 Bluetooth and make use of 30-pin Dock Connector usually found on iPhone and iPod models to synchronize with iTunes.

Apart from all the above mentioned features, by far the iPad is only Apple device which is compatible with its own iBooks ebook reading application as well as iBookstore service.  The experts have already started comparing iPad with Amazon’s Kindle.  In addition to all other features one more advantage of Apple iPad is that it comes with many application such as  Mail, Notes, You Tube, Photos, Safari,  iPod, Video,  iTunes, Calendar, Maps, Spotlight, Contacts, and App Store. More iPad accessories would be available in the future to enhance these functionality.

Even if iPad is not specially developed to replace cellphone but one can easily make phone calls using a VoIP application over WiFi or 3G and also use it with a Bluetooth headset.

When will Apple iPad be launched?

Apple has not announced any specific dates for launching iPad but tentatively, the Apple iPad with Wi-Fi application will be available by March 2010 and iPad with Wi-Fi and 3G application will be available by April 2010 all over the world.

Price for new Apple iPad is expected to be in the following range

64 GB – $699 (with 3G – $829)
32 GB – $599 (with 3G – $729)
16 GB – $499 (with 3G – $629)

So, you can get the most advanced technology from Apple at an unbelievable price.