Ive heard the iPad is basically just an oversize iPod Touch. Is that true?
In some ways, it is a supersized version of Apple’s touch-screen iPod: same basic look and functionality with its multitouch screen and reliance on iTunes and the App Store to install applications and download media. But there are plenty of differences. The operating system is a version of the iPhone OS, but with a slightly different look and feel. Many of the same apps are there–e-mail, photos, notes, an iPod, calendar, contacts, maps, YouTube, and Safari–but have been tweaked to take advantage of the iPad’s larger screen size. The 9.7-inch screen offers far more screen real estate and also makes the iPad much more realistic to use an e-reader. That brings us to iBooks, the e-bookstore Apple created specifically for the iPad. It’s an app that features a virtual bookshelf with content from five major publishers: HarperCollins, Hachette, Penguin, Macmillan, and Simon & Shuster. The iBooks store will feature both popular books as well as textbooks. Readers can choose to read in portrai
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