iPad’s Identity Crisis and Apple’s A4 CPU, A Real Showstopper

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As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Apple launched a new mobile computing device and it’s within a product category that is all-new territory for the traditionally tight-lipped company. It’s a bit of an odd choice for a company that revels in innovation, and after today’s announcement, we’re left with more questions than answers on whether or not it can truly deliver in the way that Apple CEO, Steve Jobs thinks it can. The iPad simply isn’t as revolutionary as the iPhone and iPod, and that alone is at least initially


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