A large, high-resolution LED-backlit, IPS display. An incredibly responsive Multi-Touch screen.

Imagine being able to page through websites, write an email, flick through photos, or watch a movie. All on a big, beautiful, Multi-Touch screen. With just the touch of a finger. iPad has a 9.7-inch, LED backlit, IPS display, with a remarkable Multi-Touch screen. And yet, at just 1.5 lbs and 0.5-inch thin, it’s easy to carry and use anywhere.

• 10 hours battery life
• 1GHz Apple A4 CPU
• 10-inch touch screen
• WiFi 802.11n + 3G
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Accelerometer + Compass
• Speaker, Microphone, 30-pin connector

iPad 16GB WiFi: USD499 (~RM1,799)

iPad 32GB WiFI: USD599 (~RM2,199)

iPad 64GB WiFi: USD699 (~RM,2,499)

iPad 16GB WiFi + 3G: USD629 (~RM2,199)

iPad 32GB WiFi + 3G: USD729 (~RM2,599)

iPad 64GB WiFi + 3G: USD829 (~RM2,899)

WiFi model available late March, 3G in April. Please note estimated pricing in RM. Official International pricing will be announced by Apple soon.

*** Just as the iMac i7 QuadCore, we are taking pre-orders and we will only fulfill the pre-orders until stock stabilizes. Email or call us to book yours now! ***

EDIT: In case you want to know how the micro-sim card looks like…

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Update:

8 May 2010—Apple® today announced that iPad™ will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK on Friday 28 May. Customers can pre-order all iPad models from Apple’s online store in all nine countries beginning on Monday 10 May. In the US, Apple has already sold over one million iPads and customers have downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store, as well as over 1.5 million ebooks from the new iBookstore.

iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ user interface. iPad is 13.4 mm thin and weighs just 680 gms—thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook—and delivers up to 10 hours of battery life.*

The App Store on iPad lets you wirelessly browse, buy and download new apps from the world’s largest app store. iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for iPad and will run almost all of the more than 200,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone® or iPod touch®. Developers have created more than 5,000 exciting new apps designed for iPad that take advantage of its Multi-Touch interface, large screen and high-quality graphics.

Pricing & Availability

iPad is available in Australia for a recommended retail price of AUS$629 inc GST for 16GB, AUS$759 inc GST for 32GB, AUS$879 inc GST for 64GB for Wi-Fi models and AUS$799 inc GST for 16GB, AUS$928 inc GST for 32GB and AUS$1049 inc GST for 64GB for Wi-Fi + 3G models. iPad will be sold through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and select Apple Authorised Resellers. The iBooks™ app for iPad including Apple’s iBookstore will be available as a free download from the App Store on 28 May.

Apple plans to release iPad in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore in July. Apple will announce availability, local pricing and pre-order plans for these nine additional countries at a later date.

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