Consider this: a personal computer operated completely by touch. No more cumbersome peripherals, no wires, none of that stuff. That’s Apple iPad for you. Marking a milestone in the offshore application development arena, it has not only turned dreams of every tech savvy person into reality but also has opened up the flood gates for innovative iPad applications to be conceived. There has been so much hype around the haloed device that rumours have been flying wild. This article attempts to dispel these rumours and lay the facts bare.

With a 9.7 inch multitouch LED (backlit) display, pixel resolution of 1024x768, an A4 processor, 16-64 GB of flash storage, WiFi support and Bluetooth, the Apple iPad does raise expectations. With the device being available in 2 versions; one with WiFi only and another one with WiFi+3G, the iPad caters to a segmented audience. The iPad has an operating system that is similar to its predecessors such as the iPhone and the iPod though there are bound to be advancements and improvements. But even a remote similarity would imply a major opening for the iPhone application development community to adapt and change roles to cater to this brand new segment of potential users. With an accelerometer to provide a familiar experience and a 10 hour battery life, the iPad does set standards. There are multiple things that pundits fear might garner negative criticism for the iPad. The A4 processor is in questions about its ability to handle high resolution images and other features without bugs or crashes. The 4:3 aspect ratio of the iPad would be fine for reading books and browsing the web, but would cause issues when watching movies as the letter boxing would be too big. The lack of flash support would means that rich internet sites would not be rendered properly. Also the lack of multitasking abilities would annoy users who prefer to breeze through their daily work. The lack of a front camera would seriously reduce the usability for live internet streaming video chat and other stuff of the similar sort. But it’s nothing that a peripheral USB cam can’t fix. On the brighter side, the Apple iPad is not a netbook substitute and should also not be considered one. It is an innovative concept that is set to raise the bar in terms of user-PC interactivity.

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