The staff of The Wall Street Journal published a video of a conversation in which columnist Walt Mossberg talks to Steve Jobs about the iPad, still during the launch event, two days ago. The Apple CEO made some statements about the device, especially regarding its battery consumption and usage of apps of iWork for productivity purposes.
Jobs claimed that the iPad screen is its most energy-consuming component, judging that the hardware developed by Apple, based on its system on chip A4, highly efficient in that sense. In fact, the iPad capable of staying in stand-by for up to 30 days and play audio for almost 6 days (or 140 hours), as the executive pointed out in the video above, but keeping the screen constantly on reduces battery life to just 10 hours.
Walt Mossberg found it strange that Apple chose an IPS LCD screen for the product, judging that those who like to read ebooks prefer an e-ink display (like the one used by the Amazon Kindle), which is more pleasing to the eye and able to keep up connected for days on a single battery charge. However, the CEO of Apple said that users will get used to placing it in a conventional dock (which allows it to be charged, but an accessory part) and will not experience problems with the battery life for reading. "No one will read for 10 hours," he said.
As for iWork, Jobs recalled that the files created in the apps for iPad can be saved in Office formats and sent via email, facilitating content sharing on-the-go. However, thanks to the file sharing functions integrated with iPhone OS 3.2 by Apple, it is hoped that it will be possible to transfer them easily to computers.
(via MacNN)
