Apple takes wraps off iPad tablet

摘要

Steve Jobs debuted the long-rumoured iPad to journalists and industry watchers - half an inch thick, 1.5 pounds, with a 9.7-inch touchscreen. If the word "tablet" conjures up the tablet PC form factor you've become accustomed to over the last few years, give your mental Etch-a-Sketch a shake. Think outsized iPhone instead. Because that's definitely what the iPad is. Sure, it's got a custom Apple A4 lGHz processor under the hood ("It screams," enthused Jobs); it can handle more robust applications, like Apple's iWork suite; but the multi-touch screen, landscape/portrait, synch-to-your-desktop, download-your-apps experience is all iPhone.