Apple iPad – A quick guide and Review

The iPad is a tablet device that comes with a large multi-touch screen and some excellent features like amazing graphics & colours, wi-fi and 3G mobile broadband access.

Provider	Package	Speed	Download	iPad cost	Contract	Price
	iPad Wi-Fi +3G 64GB - £5 monthly discount.	7.2Mb	15GB	£224	24 Months	£20
	iPad Wi-Fi +3G 64GB -	7.2Mb	10GB	£669	1 Month	£15
	iPad Micro-SIM Only – 1 Month Contract	7.2Mb	10GB	N/A	1 Month	£15
	iPad Micro-SIM Only - Pay As You Go. 3GB data included. Valid for 3 months.One off cost: £20.99	7.2Mb	3GB	N/A	PAYG	£0
	iPad Micro-SIM Only- 1 Month Contract	7.2Mb	1GB	N/A	1 Month	£7.50
	iPad Micro-SIM Only - Pay As You Go. 1GB data included. Valid for 1 month.One off cost: £10.49	7.2Mb	1GB	N/A	PAYG	£0

Compared to the popualr smartphones, the iPad provides larger display (24cm x 19cm) and its higher resolution (1024 x 768 pixels) ensures that you can see photos, web pages, online videos, high definition movies with superb quality and more details.

For web surfing on the move, ipad is perferct for it comes with wireless internet (Wi-Fi) and 3G mobile broadband access. Being lighter (weighs just 0.7 kg and has a thickness of just 1.34cm ) for handling, it can be taken to anywhere easily – outside of home or office or while traveling – and you can easily browse the web, download songs or watch online videos.

The basic, wi-fi model (compatible up to wireless ‘n’ standard) will cost from £429. The 3G enabled iPad devices, which also include wi-fi capability will cost from £529. The wi-fi plus 3G models also allow you to find the geolocation with their assisted GPS or via celluar networks.

Both Windows and Mac users can use iPad as the device supports all popular Windows OS (Windows 7, Windows XP (service pack 3 or later) and Vista) and Mac Mac OS X v 10.5.8 or later.

With Itunes (version 9.1 or later), you can manage and download songs, videos and movies on the iPad tablets just as you do with a iPod or iPhone.

Display

The 9.7 inch (diagonal) display provides nice wide viewing angles (178 degrees) and outstanding brightness & contrast and colours look so natural and vivid. The intuitive touch screen allows you to do all the things you wish just by using your finger tips. The iPad is amazingly fast in response times and help you to control and manipulate the icons and objects accurately with your fingers.

You can also activate the advanced keyboard on the screen when you want to type a text file or a email message.

Everything from simple text to pictures, from web pages, videos to HD films – all look sharp, crisp and bright on the iPad screen .

Techinical Specification

• Processor: 1GHz Apple A4
• Internal memory options (flash drive) – 16GB or 32GB or 64GB
• Display: Multi-Touch screen. Dimension: 9.7-inch (diagonal)
• Resolution: 1024-by-768-pixel
• Video format: H.264 video up to 720p
• Wireless standard: Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
• 3G mobile networks: UMTS/HSDPA
• Mobile networks: GSM/EDGE
• Assisted GPS (Wi-Fi + 3G model)
• Mobile network (Wi-Fi + 3G model)
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology
• Battery: Lithium-polymer, rechargable, built-in 25-watt-hour
• Battery life: Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video or listening to music

Features

The iPad comes with following built-in features to help you:

• to surf the web using Safari browser
• to send emails with easy to use features like online keyboard etc.
• to view and manage your photo albums or play slide show etc.
• to browse maps or access itunes stores to download music or to read ibooks
• to watch movies, TV shows, high definition contents and online videos on its large screen supported by 10 hours of battery life.
• to access broadband internet with high speed Wireless 802.11n connectivity (Wi-Fi) so you can access high speed wi-fi hotspots or networks when you are outside of home.
• to access mobile broadband of speed up to 7.2Mbps (only for wi-fi + 3G model)
• to find your geolocation using GPS and mobile networks (only for wi-fi + 3G version)
• to connect wireless devices using Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR

To use mobile broadband on iPad, you need to use a micro-SIM card which you can get when you subscribe to iPad SIM with mobile internet packages offered by UK providers – O2 Mobile, Orange, 3 Mobile and T-Mobile.