Finally CEO of Apple Steve Jobs announced the long rumored and highly anticipated Apple Tablet, now officially called iPad in Apple event "latest-creation" being held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, and it is quiet the same as expected.

The hardware specs are

Physical Dimensions:

• Height: 9.56 inches (242.8 mm)
• Width: 7.47 inches (189.7 mm)
• Depth: 0.6 inches (13.4 mm)
• Weight: 1.5 pounds (Wi-Fi Models) 1.6 pounds (3G Models)

Display:

• 9.7 inch IPS display
• 1024 X 768 pixel resolution (132px per inch)
• full capacitive multi-touch

Features:

• 1 GHz Apple A4 chip
• 16 - 64 GB Flash storage
• WiFi 802.11n
• 3G support (In some models only)
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

Input/Output:

• Mic
• 30-pin connector
• TV Out
• Built-in Speakers

Sensors:

• Accelerometer
• Compass
• Ambient Light Sensor

Battery:

• 10 hour battery (1 month in standby)

The system runs iPhone OS, The new iPad seems a bigger version of iPhone and a cut-down version of Mac. The iPad can run iPhone apps with increase pixel size for full screen playback. iWork applications will be available to iPad users through app store $9.99 each.

Price:

The price of iPad starts from $499 against the rumored $999 and I think its quiet reasonable.

The price for different models is as follows

• 16GB Wi-Fi version for $499
• 32GB Wi-Fi version for $599
• 64GB Wi-Fi version for $699
• 16GB 3G version for $629
• 32GB 3G version for $729
• 64GB 3G version for $829

3G services are available from AT&T for $14.99 for 250 MB and $29.99 for unlimited.

The iPad will definately bring a revolution in mobile devices. The gaming, internet surfing, Movies, productivity, e-books will be redefined after the launch of iPad. Lets see what happens when this is going to launch actually in markets in March (Wi-Fi models will be available on 27th of March and 3G models will be available on 27th of April).

Steve Jobs also announced the new Apple SDK with complete support for the new iPad, which will be available soon for download.

Here are some pics of the event (Courtesy engadget)