Apple’s 27th January Event has finished, and the long awaited tablet has been announced. And it’s called the iPad. It’s very much like the iPod Touch/iPhone stretched up.

The iPad includes redesigned Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Safari, Notes, Photos, Youtube, Videos and many other built-in apps.

One of the coolest apps is the new iBooks app. It includes the new iBook Store, and is an awesome e-book reading app. Apple has signed deals with many leading publishers already.

The iPad will run all of the 140,000+ apps in the App Store, which will be stretched or displayed in a little window in the middle. They also released the iPad SDK, for dedicated iPad apps. Several developers spoke at the conference, such as EA. Apple is also making iWork for the iPad, which will cost $10 per app (Pages, Numbers, Keynote)

The device has a 9.7inch, LED-backlit, IPS display with a 178° viewing angle. It is also multi-touch (obviously.)

The device will have a Wifi only model in 16, 32 and 64GB, and they will all be available with 3G as well.

These are some of the accessories. They have announced a iPad dock, and one with a keyboard. It is also compatible with the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard too. It is also available with a jacket which doubles as a clever stand. Other accessories include a VGA, component and composite output cables, and a dock connector to USB or SD adpater.

The iPad runs at 1Ghz on Apple’s new 1Ghz A4 processor.

So, what do you think? I personally think it is a great device, but others think it’s just a stetched iPhone. Which is true. At the moment. Let’s see what’s to come. No release date yet, but will I get one when it comes? Depends on the UK pricing, which we will post when available.

[Via Engadget, Gizmodo and gdgt Liveblog and Apple.com for info.]

Apple have sent out invitations for an event at the San Francisco Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, the invitations look like this;

What are they announcing? The long awaited tablet, iPhone 4G, iPhone 4.0?

We will just have to wait and see.

The device on the right is the wireless SD card reader. It’s designed for the iPhone OS, but will work with other devices. It is very light, at 1.5 ounces, feels nice in the hand and supports up to 32GB SDHC cards. For wireless connection, it acts as a wireless access point, so avoids the iPhone dock connector licensing or bluetooth stacks. The Airstack is accessed by a browser and the UI design isn’t final. The only thing is that you lose internet connect when connected (because the airstack is acting as a wireless router, meaning the phone tries to use it for the internet, which it can’t.) No info on the price, or the release date yet.

[Via Engadget]

Well well. Panasonic’s had their conference and have some pretty cool stuff. Do you see those SDXC cards on the right? That’s right, Panasonic is making some mad sized SD cards at up to 2TB. You could also be holding one by the end of year. Now, when will we have MicroSDXC cards this size?

Panasonic also released some new Lumix cameras, like this waterproof one:

You can hit Engadget’s gallery by clicking here.

[Via Engadget]

Ok so it has been posting madness other the last few days. So this is going to be quick.

The Dell Slate and it's 5 inch display.

The Dell Slate has a very nice 5 inch display and has a SIM Card Slot, so includes a dialer. It’s also very thin, and has a removable battery (duh!)

Now Nydo have been selling Wii Remote alternatives for a little while. But now they are selling Wiimotes with built-in Wii MotionPlus. The remote will be available for $39.99 and will be available by March. The remote is a rubberized black and so are the buttons, that Engadget says are comfortable to the touch. The Nyko is also lighter than the Wiimote + Wii MotionPlus Combo!

The only thing is it isn’t the best looking device. But, Nintendo might be offering something similar soon, and if I need another Wii Remote for any reason, I’ll probably buy one from nintendo, providing I can find a way to use my charging station.

[Via Engadget]

Palm has unveiled three main things at CES:

The Palm Pre Plus

The Palm Pre Plus is an updated model of the Palm Pre, and ships with double the internal memory, at 16GB. It also includes a touchstone charger as standard. It also doesn’t have a button under the touchscreen, which means it will act as a navigation slider bar. It’s also hitting Verizon Wireless on January 25th, however no prices yet. [Via Engadget]

The Palm Pixi Plus

The next announcement is the Palm Pixi Plus. The phone is similar to the old one, but has Wifi (finally!) and is on Verizon Wireless. [Via Engadget]

The Palm Mobile Hotspot App

Ok, so wired or bluetooth tethering is good, but it’s limited to one user. Palm just dropped us the Palm Mobile Hotspot. It allows five users to share a Wifi internet connections. So it’s a lot like a Mifi device from Sprint or Verizon Wireless or here in the UK, 3. Seems awesome! Makes me want one more than the previous one, well when it comes in the UK. [Via Engadget]

Sky News has started installing TweetDeck on their computers in the hope their staff will use it too stir the use of social media for newsgathering and reporting.

“The big change for us in 2010 is evolving how social media plays a role in our journalism. We no longer ghettoise it to one person, but are in the process of embedding throughout the whole team,” said Julian March, executive producer of Sky News Online, to Journalism.co.uk.

Sky News also has a dedicated Twitter correspondent as well!

It is a good idea too use social networks because sometimes the first news reports are from Twitter. For example remember the picture of the plane in the Hudson on Twitpic? Also when many eurostar trains broke before christmas news of the trains moving again was first reported on twitter, which was reported on many news networks here in the UK.

[Via Tweetdeck on Twitter - Info: The Next Web]

The Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid

So first we have the Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid. It’s an interesting concept. It is a laptop with a 11.6inch detachable multitouch screen. When attached to the main body, it’s powered by a CULV Intel Core 2 Duo processor and runs Windows 7 Home Premium. However, when you detach it from the main body, it turns into a Qualcomm Snapdragon powered-multitouch slate with a 16GB SSD that boots Lenovo’s customized Skylight Linux interface.

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The Netgear Eva9100 Media Streamer

Netgear has announced three new products over at CES. The first is the $249 Digital Entertainer Express (EVA9100) It gives users instant access to “Blu-ray quality digital video up to 1080p, MP3s and high-resolution digital photos from PCs, Macs or NAS devices.” It also can access YouTube, Flickr and RSS feeds will be easily, and using the free trial of PlayOn it will provide access to Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Video On Demand, BBC iPlayer and CBS.

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The Asus NX90Jq with it's dual touchpads at the side, and the Dell Adamo like photo shoot.

The Asus NX90Jq is a fashionable laptop like the Dell Adamo. It is designed by Bang & Olufsen.

The laptop has a pretty funky, but unusual dual touchpads by the keyboard, which can be used in DJ turntable-like style, and is compatible with Windows 7′s multi-touch features It also has a 18.4inch hi-def display and also some B&O ICEpower speakers. It’s more than just looks though, it has the Intel Core i7 processor, a NVIDIA GeForce GT 334M graphics chip, support for up to 1280GB of storage (with dual hard drives), a slot-in Blu-ray drive and USB 3.0. This laptop is clearly going to be for people who want power, and also great looks. Hit the gallery at Engadget by clicking here.

Some more pictures showing some of the nifty looks after the break.
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