The Apple “ iTablet” finally got its name and image today at Steve Jobs keynote.  The iPad is official. The Hype has been a long time coming but its finally here!

The apple iPad is going to retail starting @ $499 for the 16GB, 32GB for $599, and $699 64GB. Adding 3G costs a $130 per model. The WiFi-only model will ship in 60 days, and the 3G models will come in 90.

The iPad is a half-inch thick and weighs only 1.5 pounds, with a 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display.

it’s running a custom 1GHz Apple “A4″ chip developed by the P.A. Semi team, with a 10-hour battery life and a month of standby.

The iPad comes built in with a 30-pin Dock connector a speaker, a microphone, Bluetooth, and 802.11n WiFi, and an accelerometer and a compass as well.

There’s also a keyboard dock, which connects underneath in the portrait orientation. The device can be synced and managed by iTunes.

As expected, it can run iPhone apps .The 3G version comes with new data plans: 250MB for $14.99  and  unlimited plan for $29.99 a month contract-free on… AT&T.

Activations and cancellations  are handled on the iPad, so you can activate and cancel whenever you want.

Every iPad comes GSM unlocked, so you can use it with your favorite carrier..

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The first post of 2010!

With all the concepts of what the Apples upcoming product the iSlate, iTablet or what ever apple may call it, everyone is really ready to see what this device will look like, the cost, and what the specs will be.  Rumors have it that apple booked the Yerba Buena Center for Arts, San Francisco for a major product announcement to take place on January 26, 2010.

The tablet is rumored to have all the abilities of a typical Mac, but of course Touchscreen.  This means that the tablets will a have a touchscreen UI. The tablet will most likely feature hand gestures to make navigation a breeze.  The tablet is also rumored to have a 10.1 inch screen and be around in the $1,000 range.

The Gadget 411 will keep you updated!

Outside of the iPhone and the G1, very few phones fuel the forum flamewars like the BlackBerry Storm. As the first touchscreen BlackBerry, it was bound to have some haters. Whether you’ve been enamored since day one or a zealous skeptic since the beginning, the phone has one fault that is undeniably unfortunate: no WiFi.

There’s nothing that can be done on the WiFi front for the original Storm – but what about take two?

As with any phone that sells reasonably well, rumors of a follow-up are already abound; According to SlashGear, RIM is already busy crackin’ away at the BlackBerry Storm 2, complete with WiFi. That all sounds perfectly reasonable (hell, we could have assumed as much) – but the release window seems a bit crazy: according to their source, they’re aiming at September of this year.

The Storm was released in November 2008. If the Storm 2 were to hit the shelves this September, that’s roughly 10 months between the original product and the followup. Sure, it’s possible (phones generally take a year and a half to go from concept to consumer, but they could have been working on Storm 2 for months prior to the original Storm’s release) – but even Apple, king of planned obsolescence, puts a full year of padding between their handset releases. Does RIM really have the gall to outdate one of their biggest ventures before it even hits its first birthday?

from mobilecrunch