Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc., he surprised investors and the general public to submit their iPad

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc., he surprised investors and the general public to submit their iPad, a tablet that will compete directly with e-book readers like Amazon's Kindle, where you can download books, newspapers and magazines, iPad but also includes various applications that make it more attractive as a 9.7 inch screen colors, capable of playing high definition video, store photos, play games, connect to broadband Internet and store music on your hard drive come in three versions, 16, 32 and 64 GB.

According to Bloomberg, a Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty told investors that Apple plans to sell 4 million this year iPads. Jobs said the 16GB model will cost $ 499, the 32 GB will be priced at $ 599 and the 64 GB will cost $ 699.

Bloomberg also quoted Ashok Kumar, director of Northeast Securities Inc., who said that "in the first year of launch had sales of iPhone and iPod for about 6 million units ... it is very likely to reach those numbers iPad .

During the presentation, Steve Jobs emphasized that "the iPad is our most advanced technology in a magical device and revolutionary, a great price."

Apple on Monday released its report for the first quarter of its current fiscal year: posted a net profit of 3.38 billion, almost 50% over the same period in 2008. The total turnover reached a record 15 thousand 680 million dollars, up 32% over the past three months the previous year. Jobs said in a statement that if one considers the full year revenues, Apple now exceeds 50 billion dollars in sales.

Jobs, who looked thin but with a look very healthy, told reporters that to date has sold 250 million iPods since 2001, that already with 284 shops which had an influx of 50 million visitors in the last quarter and its App Store or shop online applications to date has had 3 billion downloads.

"With these figures Apple has become the largest company in the world of mobile devices, ahead of companies like Sony, Samsung and even Nokia, the biggest maker of cellphones," said Jobs.

During the presentation of the iPad in the Yerba Buena Center in this city, Jobs showed the performance of your new device whose operation is 99% with the fingers. It has a thickness of 1 inch and a half and weighs 680 grams. Highlighted the roles to view photos, read news on the Internet and other applications like a calendar, a directory and mapping service.

Jobs showed a picture of a Kindle from Amazon and compared it with the experience of reading a book in the iPad, showing the change of pages, the ability to enlarge text and view photos and color illustrations. He also announced the creation of the iBook Store, a service that will function like iTunes, where it will be possible to download books, newspapers and articles. Also can buy songs, TV shows and movies. He did not mention books to lower costs.

The iPad will be available in the U.S. within 60 days, and there will be versions with 3G capabilities in 90 days. The first models will come by default with WiFi or wireless internet, bluetooth 2, microphone, battery and 10 hours with materials free of contaminants. The iPad will be added as accessories such as a dock to make it stop, a keyboard and a carrying case.