Gadgetory

what's up i'm brian tong and welcome to the alpha byte it's what we're talking about boys and girls guess the ipad ding-ding-ding you are correct now the Apple byte was at the event and we only sent out the best of the best so let's find out if this iPad thing lived up to the hype Brian's talking here with cnet.com and yes in my hand this is the iPad and I've got to tell you that it does feel pretty sturdy it has a nice weight to it it's one and a half pounds and it's half an inch thick and when you look at it you might think well it looks like a really big iPod touch and it does have a lot of features very similar but what they've done is actually rebuilt a lot of the core apps specifically for this device so if we look at something like mail and you can see the layout of your emails but you can actually view them here in the right-hand column and you'll see this in a lot of the other applications you also find a redesign to iTunes Store and what also makes this unique is the store itself is laid out differently it's really taken advantage of the larger screen space so you have a really a better user experience you also have access to your photos there's kind of a cool photo frame feature where your docket and you press a button and it'll actually turn into this kind of digital photo frame you also have access to movie content as well and all of your applications now some of the unique innovative features of this device is the iBooks and the iBooks bookstore so what this is this is a bookshelf and much like iTunes you can get access to books and instantly download them to the device and then one of the main things that I think that makes us unique is sure it's not a Inc but this is a full-color screen also you have the touch capability to turn pages you can even take it nice and slow if you want to now a lot of the apps most of the apps that are currently on the App Store will work with the iPad they do have this feature that's basically a doubler that fills out the game to the screen I can just click right here and it doubles the pixels so you're still gonna get a full screen experience there will be apps that are customized specifically for the iPad so you can wait and see that when the actual device releases another feature they're really pushing is being able to use some of their desktop apps from the iWork suite directly on the device they have also been redesigned just for multi-touch so all you do is use your fingers so you have an application that you're familiar with like keynote which is a PowerPoint application and this will allow you to interact with your slideshow and use it with your hands now the iPad what's the price I'm gonna start out well there's two flavors really there's a Wi-Fi version and then Wi-Fi wid 3G if you want the entry-level Wi-Fi model that's gonna start at $4.99 and go up to $6.99 then if you want a Wi-Fi and 3G version that's gonna start at six hundred and twenty nine dollars and go all the way up to eight hundred and twenty nine dollars for this 64 gig version now the iPad overall it is a unique innovative device I don't feel really super compelled to buy one at the moment but I really think that will change as more media content that you can interact with that makes a unity unique experience comes out but overall there's your first look at the iPad I'm Brian song with cnet.com okay dude seriously nice wrap up but we're gonna stop copying the way I dress and please dad a haircut don't wait Jamie Jamie is that you she's watching the show oh okay perfect I can't be perfect now we also asked people what they thought of the announcement I love your first impression that it's big per than an iPod it was interesting to see the fit and finish on it actually handling it and it's so solid it's just like a big iPod touch which is like revolutionising the whole idea what we do at the computer and doing it all with your hands there's no way you can match a type of a free eye I like the Apple I'm excited and I don't care if anybody else in society I am what I buy it right now would you buy it 500 bucks I buy it and play around yes I would I try to offer them five bucks there I was actually thinking about grabbing wanted running but I didn't I thought they'd probably have enough people to stop all right you gotta remember I just seemed loves everything Apple makes and myself I wasn't really that impressed until I got a chance to play with it I'm a gadget freak we haven't seen any product like this but I can't really say I'm willing to buy it right now let's get back to the iPad and some things you may not know it's running iPhone OS version 3.2 which runs specifically on the iPad and not on any iPhone or iPod touches the iPad will have external video out capability you'll be able to mount it as a drive to share files there's still no flash support and there's still no multitasking and apps specifically develop for the iPad will not be compatible with iPhones or iPods there were also some moans when AT&T showed up as a partner and even though the Wi-Fi with 3G version is unlocked for use internationally Apple spokespeople could not confirm if it would work with t-mobile here in the US so I'm guessing that means a big note now the Wi-Fi version will be available in 60 days and the Wi-Fi and 3G version will be available in about 90 days but who might get their hands on it first Jack Bauer and 24 Rodney charters the director of photography for 24 tweeted that they would be getting Apple's latest goodie for an episode I'm just thinking would he use it to get his latest mission information would he mess up a bad guy like he did with that fire axe I'll be waiting alright let's check out our half of these this week's app of the week is the New York Times app for the iPad it was the most impressive thing I saw at the event because it really showcased how new media content can be consumed in the future flipping through articles resizing the text with a pinch viewing photo galleries within an article and then instantly pulling up a video feature that complements the article I'm getting giddy already now if more publishers innovate and pump content like this into the iPad then it really makes it a must buy for me all right that's gonna do it for this week's show we know you have plenty on your mind so send us your thoughts reactions and questions about the iPad to the Apple byte at Cena comm and we'll answer them next week i'm brian tom thanks for watching and come back next week for another bite of the Apple