Apple sold their 250 millionth iPod
Apple sold their 250 millionth iPod this week.
10:23 am: The iPad, of course, has a built-in iPod and the interface is a lot like a full version of iTunes. Album art in the center, controls at the top of the window, playlists and such on the left bar. Similarly, the iTunes store is a lot like its full Mac counterpart with live previewing.
10:24 am: Rumors of Apple ditching Google be damned, the iPad’s map functionality is entirely based on Googe Maps. iPad has full-screen street view. Looks pretty fantastic.
10:25 am: Jobs is now viewing a fullscreen HD YouTube called “Wet and Woofy.” Portrait and landscape transfer is again, seamless.
10:28 am: Jobs is now watching Star Trek (2009) on the iPad. Sleek, seamless, chapter listings on the left nav.
10:29 am: The iPad is 0.5 inches and includes a 9.7 inch IPS display with full capacitive multitouch sensors. 16 – 64 GB of flash storage. 1GHz Apple A4 chip powering the device. Bluetooth, speaker, microphone, 30-pin connector (standard iPhone connector).
10:31 am: Apple claims 10 hours of battery life on the iPad and a month of standby time.
10:32 am: Jobs is now inviting Scott Forstall SVP of iPhone software to talk about third party apps for the iPad.
10:33 am: The iPad can run any existing game or app in either their native resolution or in scaled fullscreen.
10:34 am: Forstall is now showing ESPN’s X-Games Snowcross, showing how the native resolution is displayed in the center of the screen with the OPEN GLS game. Much to our surprise full-screen scaling looks good with no framerate drops.
10:36 am: iPhone Software Development Kit will be available today so that developers can start creating apps and games right away.
10:37 am: Apps designed specifically for the iPad will be promoted on the iTunes App Store.
