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That’s right. Take a long, good look at it. Colbert holding an iPad…today at the Grammies to announce the song of the year. Video below.

Sure, you followed our links to liveblogs of the Apple tablet on the sidebar, but still rather see it yourself? The full Stevenote, complete with all wholesome iPad goodness, is now available for the masses to enjoy. However, still no sign of any commercials for the tablet.

Download here.

The most anticipated product for seven years – it’s here. More pictures, speculation and others from us below.

At first glance, the iPad (before you had a chance to see anything about it), you think “Holy cow, this will revolutionize everything” or “This is sexy!” Both might be true, but at it’s heart, it is just a 10″ iPod touch give or take 3G support. Internet on the tablet is remarkable, the iPod app is a significant improvement, you can have a wallpaper as your home screen background, and watch HD YouTube videos. But is that it? No. It also features Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11n out of the box support, a ebook reader, iPhone app compatibility, LED screen, Google Street View, 1Ghz Apple A4 processor, among others. What missing really take away from the device, however. No camera, multi-tasking, flash, or other stuff really take away from it.

But why should I go on any farther?

The pricing starts at $499 for a WiFi only 16GB version and goes to $829 for a unlocked 3G + WiFi capable 64GB version of the tablet, meaning you can pop in your SIM and start surfing the internets. In addition, AT&T will offer a no contract $20 per month internet service for the iPad.

On to the nitty and gritty.

Price:
WiFi capable models are:

16GB - $499
32GB – $599
64 GB - $699

3G + WiFi capable models are:
16GB - $629
32GB - $729
64GB - $829

Capacity
16GB, 32GB, 64GB

Processor
1Ghz Apple A4 Processor

App Support:
Most iPhone apps are compatible at a high and low resolution format.

Apps already built in
Safari
Mail
Photos
Video
YouTube
iPod
iTunes
App Store
iBooks
Maps
Notes
Calendar
Contacts

Apps already optimized for iPad
NOVA
Need for Speed: Shift

Launch:
WiFi only models: Late March 2010
3G + WiFi models: April 2010

I have no clue if this is the real deal, but it meets every rumor of the Apple Tablet, and it does look like an iPhone on steroids. This is probably not the tablet you’ll see in 14 hour’s time – but it does intensify your need for it, doesn’t it?

I so do hope these are the real thing. I guessed somewhat right for the Nexus One.

Update: As much as I wished, no. But it was close.

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It would be awkward to see what your saying to your phone censored, right? According to Google, no. CNET found out Google censors what you say into voice to text input feature, making common swear words into censored number signs. And as strange as it sounds, Google has excuse for it:

We filter potentially offensive or inappropriate results because we want to avoid situations whereby we might misrecognize a spoken query and return profanity when, in fact, the user said something completely innocent.

It’s good for taking precautions, but there’s no way to disable it. Google, that’s just wrong.

The T-Mobile sidekick has had it’s troubles over the past months, including all sales being suspended, and rumors have it that the Sidekick line will be eliminated all together for the introduction of the myTouch Slide, also known as myTouch 2 or HTC Expresso, seen above. This means that one of the more known texting phones will be swapped for an Android smartphone – a general “plus” for consumers.

But for those who aren’t comfortable with Android, Microsoft’s Project Pink will also be introduced. The phone(s) will also probably introduced in May.

Source: BGR

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Oh, the humanity. At first I thought it was fake, but going over it again and again proved otherwise. It think it was the claim that it had Windows on it that made him think about in the beginning.

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