Leo's Turn The Table Turkey!

Leo still gets to a pick a gadget every week on the Weekly Daily Giz Wiz.

And for the premiere episode his pick is something that's from being a "turkey". It's his iPad2! Leo was out at SXSW in Austin, Texas last week and Apple was smart enough to create a pop-up store right across the street from the event. I'm sure they didn't lack for customers, but I guess they figured the nerdy crowd who attends SXSW would appreciate the iPad2 best. Leo, of course bought the top-of-the-line iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G for $829.00 + service. Leo says he loves the 9.7-inch LED-backlit screen. It features 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch. Leo also likes the new 1GHz dual-core low-power system-on-a-chip. And he likes the addition of FaceTime, although he thought the camera on the back of the unit wasn't really great, but he said video recording, HD (720p) was pretty good. Leo was especially impressed with how Garage Band ran on the iPad2. And he said the Smart Cover is very clever. It's magnetic so it just clicks onto the iPad. It's made in four sections and when you fold back the first section the iPad goes on. It also turns into a stand when folded into a triangle. That was an additional $79 because Leo bought the leather version. The plastic version is about half that price. Check out all the details at the Apple website. As of this writing - March 19th - there is a month to 6 week waiting list to get units.  

www.apple.com/ipad

See or hear this episode: www.twit.tv/dgw1306