Well, let's get back to one of our top stories now and that's Apple's new iPad. 現在就回頭來播報我們的重要新聞之一，也就是蘋果的新iPad。
The company unveiled it on Wednesday, and Apple executives call it "stunning." 蘋果公司在星期三推出了該款產品，蘋果的主管們稱它「令人驚豔」。
The next-generation tablet comes with a high-definition display and 4G wireless technology. 該款下一代平板電腦配備了高解析度顯示器及4G無線技術。
The base price is the same as the previous iPad, which is US$499. Well, the new iPad will hit stores in certain countries on March 16. 入門價則與前一款iPad一樣，同樣為四百九十九美元。新款iPad將於三月十六日在某些國家的店面開賣。
John Abell, the New York bureau chief of Wired.com, joins me now live from CNN New York to talk about it. Wired.com的紐約辦事處處長約翰．艾伯現在要從本台紐約分部和我現場連線，談談這款產品。
John, are you impressed with the new features? 約翰，那些新功能有讓你覺得很棒嗎？
Yeah, I am. I mean, it is a nice upgrade. It is more powerful. It's got a pretty screen. It's got another camera. 有的，我覺得很棒，這是很不錯的升級，功能變得更強了。螢幕很漂亮，又加裝了一個鏡頭，
It does HD video. It doesn't have Siri though. It doesn't have the personal assistant, and I was really hoping for that. 能拍高解析度的影片，但是它沒有Siri，沒有語音個人助理，我原本很希望能有這項功能。
But it does have some sort of a voice mechanism, doesn't it, to help you take memos? 但是它確實有某種語音裝置，能幫你記錄事情，不是嗎？
Yeah, it has a dictation function, which is similar to the one on the phone. 對，它有語音輸入功能，和手機上的語音輸入功能類似。
Within from you certain applications you can hit the space bar and speak and it will take dictation. 在某些應用程式中，你可以按空白鍵，然後說話，它就會記下你說的話。
But Siri is the personal assistant which does all kinds of things, looks things up for you, sets reminders and the like. 但是Siri個人助理什麼事都能做，幫你查資料，設定提醒訊息之類的。
And I was really hoping it would appear on this iteration of the iPad. 我原本很希望能在這一次開發循環的iPad上看得到。
Now it is 4G, this new iPad that's coming out. 現在推出的新iPad用的是4G。
Not all countries have 4G and in Australia it apparently won't work with the 4G there because it's a different frequency. 並非所有國家都有4G網路，而且其實新的iPad在澳洲那兒的4G網路環境下顯然不能用，因為頻率不同。
So, do you think this might be a handicap in certain countries? 所以，你認為在某些國家這會不會不方便呢？
Well sure. I mean, it's a handicap in the United States. I mean 4G is not everywhere. It's hardly anywhere. 那當然，我是說，它在美國也是不方便。4G並非隨處都有，很少地方有4G網路。
I'm in New York City and if you cross the street you don't have 4G. But look, it's an emerging standard. 我現在人在紐約市，你只要走到這條街的對面，就沒有4G網路了。但是你看，4G是一種新興的標準。
It's a terrific bring-your-own-Internet standard of data connectivity because you can't always be in a hotspot. So it's a good start. 它是一種絕佳的「自備網際網路」資料連結標準，因為你不可能永遠都位在熱點中，所以這是個不錯的開始。
It's good that Apple has finally adopted the standard that other tablets and other smart phones 我是說，蘋果終於採用了其他平板電腦和智慧型手機已經採用的標準，這是件好事，
-- notably none of the iPhones have it yet -- have already adopted. 尤其是目前為止，沒有一款iPhone採用這套標準。
It's a good thing. It's a start. 這是件好事，算是個開始。
Now the research company IMS just came out with a forecast yesterday that said the iPad, the new iPad that we'll see in March, 研究公司IMS昨天剛發表了一份預測表示，我們即將在三月看到的新iPad，
will actually capture 70 percent of the tablet market this year. 其實將會攫取今年百分之七十的平板電腦市場。
That's pretty incredible if it turns out to be true. Do you think there is any rival close to closing the gap with the iPad? 如果結果真是如此，那就相當不得了。你認為有哪個對手最有能力縮小與iPad之間的差距？
I don't think there's any rival that will really close the gap in the foreseeable future. 我認為在可預見的將來，沒有那個對手可以將差距縮小。
There have been a lot of contenders from the traditional hardware makers like Hewlett-Packard and Samsung and Research in Motion. 有很多來自傳統硬體製造商的競爭對手，例如惠普和三星和行動研究，
None of them have captured the public's imagination. 沒有任何一家廠商曾經吸引大眾的注意。
However, Amazon and Barnes and Noble, two content companies -- they sell books and stream movies and the like -- 不過，亞馬遜和邦諾這兩家從事書籍以及串流數位電影販售事業的內容製作公司，
have partnered with hardware manufacturers to come up with the Amazon Fire, which at $200 is a great deal, 已經與硬體製造商合作生產出Amazon Kindle Fire平板電腦，兩百美元的售價相當划算，
and the Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet, also $200. 以及邦諾生產的Nook平板電腦，售價也是兩百美元。
This will capture some of the lower end of the spectrum that's 60 percent less than the iPad and does a lot of the same things. 這將會吸引到一些較低階的使用者，因為它們售價比iPad少百分之六十，功能卻大同小異。