Apple iPad Features and Options

The Apple iPad, just announced last week, is arguably the most exciting computing product to hit the market in years! It is a tablet computer featuring multi-touch interaction (think iPhone or iPod Touch), with multi-media Internet browsing. This amazing device has an LED backlit 9.7 inch color LCD display (about the size of a standard sheet of paper), and uses a virtual keyboard for text input.

Do you currently own an iPhone or iPod touch? Love your apps? You’ll be thrilled to discover that the iPad can run virtually all of them! It also comes with the following built-in applications:

Safari – web browsing
Mail – email and messaging
iPod – music and audio
App Store – search and download new apps
iBooks – online bookstore
Maps – GPS-enabled mapping and directions
Notes – write, save, and share notes
Calendar – schedule events, set alerts. Interfaces with Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft Outlook, iCal, MobileMe, and Microsoft Exchange
and lots more!

Pricing for the iPad

Retail prices for the iPad range from 9 to 9, depending on the amount of storage and whether or not you wish to include 3G communications. If you are interested in 3G access, it will be provided by AT&T and sold with two contract-free data plan options: .99/month for 250MB and .99/month for unlimited access.

Finding a Free Apple iPad

Right now, since the iPad has just been recently announced, there is an extremely high level of interest in it. Thousands of Internet searches are being performed each day for terms like “Apple iPad,” “iPad Info,” “Buy iPad,” “Free Apple iPad,” and many others. Unfortunately, this creates an ideal environment for any unscrupulous individual who would like to scam you, so you need to be careful. It’s very possible to get yourself an Apple iPad for free, but you need to do your research. Here are a few tips that will help you separate the real deals from the rip-offs:

Never pay any money up-front. A legitimate offer may ask you to contribute a small amount for shipping and handling, but will never ask for payment info until you have been completely qualified to receive your product.
Likewise, never provide credit card info prematurely. At some point, a few legitimate offers will require that you pay a small processing or shipping fee, but not until you’ve had several interactions with them and they are ready to send you your iPad. Furthermore, many free iPad offers require absolutely no payment whatsoever, so you may want to avoid this altogether by seeking out one of those.
Be discerning. The companies that are truly offering a high-value reward like the Apple iPad have a high enough budget to put together an attractive, well-designed, correctly-functioning website. Run screaming in the other direction from a website that looks sloppy, poorly laid-out, or generates errors or otherwise does not function properly.

So with a bit of research and common sense, you can get your hands on a brand-new Apple iPad absolutely free. But you should probably act fast; these types of promotions are usually launched shortly after a new product is announced, and don’t last long. Good luck!

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