Apple iPad , war begins with e-book readers
The company directed by Steve Jobs expects to take another major blow in the war in next-generation devices with Internet access; before the company has surprised with the iPod, iPhone and MacBook Air. Now the war begins with e-book readers. An e-book reader made by Amazon and launched commercially in late 2007.
Yesterday Apple again surprised investors and the general public to submit their iPad, a tablet that will compete directly with e-book readers like Amazon’s Kindle, where you can download books, newspapers and magazines.
But the iPad also includes various applications that make it more attractive as a 9.7 inch screen colors, capable of playing high definition video, store photos, play games, connect to broadband Internet and store music on your hard drive come in three versions, 16, 32 and 64 GB.
The 16GB model will cost $ 499, the 32 GB will be priced at $ 599 and the 64 GB will cost $ 699.
Jobs showed a picture of a Kindle from Amazon and compared it with the experience of reading a book in the iPad, showing the change of pages, the ability to enlarge text and view photos and color illustrations.
He also announced the creation of the iBook Store, a service that will function like iTunes, where it will be possible to download books, newspapers and articles. Also can buy songs, TV shows and movies
