Did you grow as tired of the Apple tablet rumors as I did? Yesterday, the company finally laid rumors to rest by unveiling the real thing: the iPad. The device is 1.5 pounds, a half-inch thick, and has a 9.7-inch backlit display. It can host music, movies, games, the Web, and what may be of most interest to content creators — eBooks and media we’ve only had hints of so far.
The iPad will be available in late March 2010 at the following price points:
– $499 (16GB, Wi-Fi)
– $599 (32GB, Wi-Fi)
– $699 (64GB, Wi-Fi)
– $629 (16GB, 3G)
– $729 (32GB, 3G)
– $829 (32GB, 3G)
For more information about the iPad from a publishing point of view, click on the links below:
* Fast Company’s “Master of Magazine Design, on How iPad Will Revolutionize the Discipline”
* Fast Company’s “iPad: A Savior for Web Design, Too! “
• Pentagram’s “Five Ways the iPad will Change Magazine Design”
* Our own “What iPad Apps Should Adobe Make?”
• The LA Times’ Apple iPad and iBookstore: Is this the publishing industry’s savior?
• The LA Times’ “The iPad shows up the Kindle; will Apple’s iBooks store challenge Amazon?”
• InDesignSecret’s “Apple’s iBooks Store Standardizes on ePub Format”
• Potential tablet content from Sports Illustrated
• New York Times’ “Three Reasons Why the iPad WILL Kill Amazon’s Kindle”
• New York Times’ “Three Reasons Why the iPad WON’T Kill Amazon’s Kindle”
To learn how to create content in the EPUB file format, read this two-part series:
Making eBooks from InDesign, Part 1
Making eBooks from InDesign, Part 2
This article was last modified on December 17, 2022
This article was first published on January 28, 2010
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