Apple iPad Release Date Price

Posted by iunlock under iPad on Monday Mar 15, 2010

Don’t mistake the iPad from the iPod. This isn’t a typo, but is actually Apple’s innovative and latest computer which will be launched this April 3rd. This nifty netbook device merges the iPod Touch multi-functionality, presenting its audio, video, gaming, and web-browsing features but has a higher screen resolution and a bigger size.

The version that will be released this April is going to be WiFi enabled which means that Internet users will delight in its web-browsing functions. Plus, there will be a 3G connection to suit all people’s netbook needs. In fact, Steve Jobs claimed that the reason for creating this kind of device is to hammer in on laptops and smartphones in regards to features, functions, and categories embedded in its programs. Of course, the Apple iPad is not something cheap, already being paralleled to the price of the iPhone years before. People will surely love the Apple iPad which offers optimized features, services, and software.

The pricing of the Apple iPad can either make or break you, depending on your budget. As unveiled at Apple’s press conference last January 2010, the Apple iPad WiFi enabled has a price range of $499 to $699 depending on its memory. From the 16GB, 32GB, to 64GB, these iPad models will begin shipping in the U.S. and selected countries by April 2010.

For versions that are WiFi and 3G enabled, but does not include monthly service contracts, the price laid will be $629 to $829 for the 16GB, 32GB to 64GB. One can even nab prepaid data plan deals with AT&T Wireless. For those who cannot wait, there are pre-orders set at most Apple shelves by next week. International pricing and global accessibility will be announced at a much later date though Apple looks ahead to have worldwide carrier deals geared up by June 2010.

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Mac users can now also upgrade their iPhone and iPod touches to OS 3.1.3 similar to Windows. Previously iH8sn0w dev team released the original sn0wbreeze 1.4 to jailbreak the latest OS, however it was limited to Windows users. Now, Apple has released a version suitable for Mac known as the Pwnage Tool 3.1.5 to allow their users to safely upgrade to the new OS while preserving the jailbreak and ultrasn0w unlock.

However like most previously released jailbreak, this new software comes with a warning. There’s no real reason to update to 3.1.3 unless you observe a problem with your battery percentage. But if you simply feel like doing so, read these warnings and advice carefully before using PwnageTool 3.1.5 or Redsn0w to avoid any complications:

iPhone 3G and 3GS unlockers should always be very wary to update their firmware. This is no exception. If you make a mistake along the way you may find yourself updating to official 3.1.3 in which case you will lose your unlock, possibly forever.

iPhone 3GS users (regardless of unlock) should stay away from this and all 3.1.3 jailbreak tools unless you know you have your “SHSH hashes” backed up via Cydia. That’s because if you make a mistake you may find yourself stuck at official 3.1.3 with no way to jailbreak or come back down to 3.1.2 to jailbreak.

If you really truly feel that you need to update, this version creates a custom 3.1.3 IPSW for you to restore to on your iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS with early bootrom, iPod touch 1G, and iPod touch 2G with early bootrom. If you don’t know if you have an early bootrom or not, please avoid updating until you learn more.

You don’t need to be pre-jailbroken on anything but the iPod touch 2G early bootrom. And really for that device, it’s faster and easier to use redsn0w 0.9.4 as mentioned in our last post. For that matter, if you have an ipt1g, iphone2g, or iphone3g(and don’t need an unlock), you should use redsn0w too (but version 0.9.3). It’s faster and you won’t have to go through a full restore process (just do an update then run redsn0w, pointing it at 3.1.2 FW instead of 3.1.3).

Meanwhile, here’s a specific piece of advice for iPhone 3GS users:

If you have an iPhone 3GS, PwnageTool works if you’re currently at version 3.1.2 or below (down to 3.0). You don’t need to be already jailbroken — PwnageTool will ask you if you’re jailbroken after you’ve created the IPSW. Don’t use PwnageTool on the iPhone 3GS if you’re at 3.1.3, it just won’t work. Downgrade to 3.1.2 using the methods described here. If you can’t downgrade because you don’t have your 3GS 3.1.2 hashes on file with Cydia, you’ll need to sit out the 3.1.3 jailbreak.

Despite all the warnings and precautions a consumer must take, the iPhone Dev Team attempts to reassure clients by calling this software as a “pre-game show” saying:

We aren’t revealing any new exploits to Apple with this jailbreak. Everything here has been used before, it’s just a straightforward port of Pwnage2 and 24Kpwn to the new firmware. It’s possible the new firmware was released largely to flush out new exploits before the next big release. We won’t be biting.

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