Are we convinced? Not yet… But we’re very hopeful that this will not be Apple’s first flop.

Want to know what kind of features of the iPad have? Simply check out iPad Features

Or if you’re interested to have more details, have a look at the iPad Technical Specifications

Yes, you can pre-order your iPad today from the Apple Store online and have it delivered to your door on April 5th of this year.

There’s two catches though. Firstly, you can only order the Wi-Fi versions. The 3G enabled version will ship late April.

Secondly, pre-orders are limited to two iPads per customer.

In this post, we look at one of the many iPad features: Mail.

Mail

Mail is Apple’s signature e-mail client, and it’s actually a really good one. Mail on Mac OS X has a characteristically slick interface, an efficient workflow and advanced search/customization features for the e-mail power-user.

The question is: can Apple translate the magic that made Mail so good on Mac OS X onto the iPad when it releases it in April?

Answer: We think so, but we’ll really have to wait until we actually have a version of iPad Mail.

However, we do have to remind people that the iPad is an oversized (but very cool-looking) iPhone and that Mail on the iPhone is catastrophically annoying to use.

Basically, setting up Mail on the iPhone is quite easy and the general light user won’t every encounter a problem or develop frustrations with it. However, if you’re a power-user and receive a hundred e-mails in a day, sifting through all of those on the iPhone is a real nightmare.

This pains associated with e-mail usage on the iPhone might not find themselves in the iPad, and we really hope so. The iPad (9.7-inch) does have a much bigger screen than the iPhone  and hopefully that will be enough to fix the shortcomings iPhone Mail had.

But, we’ll have to wait until we get our hands on an iPad in April in order to be fully able to review this iPad feature.

But, does the iPad live up to the hype? We’re going to take a closer look at the announced iPad features. We’ll begin in this post with the iPad’s browsing capabilities via Safari.

Safari

iPad Feature: Web browsing with Safari on the iPad

The iPad is a basically a large 9.7-inch iPhone. Just like the iPhone, the iPad features a LED-backlit multi-touch widescreen display with Safari.

Safari is Apple’s internet browser. Safari, as a web browser, is fast and stable. For any Mac user, Safari is generally the browser of choice simply because of how well it is integrated in Apple’s operating system through an easy, elegant and efficient workflow.

Apple is trying to brand the iPad as the “best way to experience the web, e-mail, photos, and video”. So, will Safari help Apple to create the best surfing experience ever?

Sadly, the answer is, “perhaps, but not yet.”

Just like the iPhone, the iPad’s version of Safari isn’t and will not be compatible with Flash. Yes, the iPad isn’t Flash compatible!

Millions of websites use flash today and if the iPad isn’t Flash compatible, then it will significantly limit the iPad user’s browsing experience.

In a official response from Adobe to the iPad’s lack of Flash, the popular software maker mentions that:

“without Flash support, iPad users will not be able to access the full range of web content, including over 70% of games and 75% of video on the web.”

Indeed, those are some pretty grim numbers for the iPad (see Adobe’s official repines on Gizmodo.com, Adobe Responds to the iPad’s Lack of Flash)

Moreover, in TheFlashBlog.com, Lee Brimelow provides a concise, but very visually poignant post on what it would be like to browse without Flash (see The iPad provides the ultimate browsing experience?)

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Perhaps at a future time, both the iPad and the iPhone will be Flash compatible or we’ll all live in a world where Flash is a thing of the past, but until that happens the iPad will not be the “best way to experience the web”.

From what we can gather by preliminarily assessing Apple’s iPad keynote, the iPad video presentation and various online sources, the iPad does in fact seem to boast some pretty advance technologies, some amazingly cool features and a slew of Apple’s typical patents. So, yes maybe the iPad does, in fact, represent Apple’s most advanced technology.

Is the device magical and revolutionary? We’re still not sure about that. But Apple is certainly trying to pitch their new tablet as exactly that: magical and revolutionary. In all fairness, we’ll just have to wait until they finally release the iPad to confirm its magical and revolutionary nature.

And what about the unbelievable price? Well… that’s really a tough one because without actually testing the iPad and seeing its full potential in terms of handling applications (especially productivity ones), no one can really say whether or not the iPad pricing is unbelievable.

But at $499, the iPad certainly does seem affordable.

iPad Pricing

iPad Video Presentation

EXCLUSIVE iPad Hands-On Video

The iPad, or what Apple calls their “most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price”, is a 9.7-inch widescreen tablet.

Apple hopes that the iPad will in a revolutionary way fill the gap between smartphones and laptops by creating a new mobile device category.

Though it is still clearly much too early to tell whether or not Apple will succeed in selling the iPad as a game-changing mobile device, after watching their iPad video presentation and reviewing the iPad features and iPad technical specifications, any gadget fan will be drawling.

The iPad, or what Apple calls their “most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price”, is a 9.7-inch widescreen tablet.

Apple hopes that the iPad will in a revolutionary new way fill the gap between smartphones and laptops by creating a new mobile device category on its own.

Though it is still clearly much too early to tell whether or not Apple will succeed in selling the iPad as a truly game-changing mobile device, after watching the Apple iPad video presentation and reviewing Apple iPad features and iPad technical specifications, this blogger has to admit that it does look pretty sweet.

And don’t miss the iPad pictures below!

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