Jobs on iPad: eBooks $9.99, 140 hours of music playback, more...

As previously noted, Walt Mossberg got a chance to speak with Steve Jobs following the unveiling of the iPad on Wednesday and the video was posted to All Things Digital. You can find a full transcript of the conversation below…

The video pasted below shows the interaction.  The part you care about starts at 1:55.

• Prices of eBooks from the iBooks app will be "the same" as those charged on the Kindle and the Nook
• Jobs says that "publishers are withholding books from Amazon"
• The iPad will have "a bit more than 10 hours" of battery life when reading books
• The device will play music for "140-something hours" with the screen off
• You'll be able to type in the Pages app, export to a Word .doc and send the file in an email all from the iPad

UPDATE (2/4/10): Perhaps when Steve said 'iBooks' would cost "the same" he meant $14.99 seeing as 3 out of the 5 publishers mentioned in the iPad launch have forced Amazon's prices higher (Gizmodo).

Interestingly, when Mossberg asked if the iBooks would cost $14.99 (implying Amazon's prices would rise) or $9.99, Jobs paused, "Uh..." and then just said, "the prices will be the same."  Steve always seems to be 10 steps ahead...

Mossberg: "Why should she buy a book for $14.99 on your device when she can buy one for $9.99 on Amazon on the Kindle or from Barnes & Noble on the Nook?"
Jobs: "Well that won't be the case..."
Mossberg: "You mean you won't be $14.99 or they won't be $9.99?"
Jobs: "Uh...the prices will be the same."

Jobs: "The publishers are withholding books from Amazon cuz they're not happy with the..."

Jobs: "A bit more than 10 hours..."
Mossberg: "Really?"
Jobs: "Ya."
Mossberg: "Music, a lot more than 10 hours?"
Jobs: "Oh ya, music, it is, uh...140-something hours, I think...of contiguous music playback."
Mossberg: "140? And reading? What about reading?"
Jobs: *Inaudible*
Mossberg: "Its over 10? Because you know Amazon's is measured in days..."
Jobs: "Its all about the display...our chips don't use hardly any power."
Mossberg: "But that's the key, you're doing an ebook reader that isn't using e-ink that gives you really beautiful color and led..."
Jobs: "And you can read at night..."
Mossberg: "I get it, but on the other hand, there's a battery cost to that..."
Jobs: "You know there isn't...cuz you just end up...plugging it in.  I mean you just end up docking it or whatever you're gonna do with it...its not a big deal.  I mean, 10 hours is a long time, you're not gonna read for 10 hours"
Mossberg: "So should I write my review of this on this?"
Jobs: "Sure.  Get Pages and write it in Pages."
Mossberg: "I could save it as a Word doc like on a Mac?"
Jobs: "Yes, you can."
Mossberg: "And then send, cuz believe me, the editors don't know anything about Pages, the onkly know about docs."
Jobs: "You could export it to...you could make a Word version...write it in Pages and make a Word version and send it in an email to your editors."
Mossberg: "All from here?"
Jobs: "Ya."