
Apple’s latest gadget is the take-anywhere, tablet computer iPad, which has a 9.7-inch screen, weighs 1.5 pounds and is a half-inch thick. The device has an LED touch screen and pricing begins at $499. Apple began selling the iPad in April and within 30 days sold 1 million of the devices. Billed as the laptop [...] [...]

The day Apple’s iPad went on sale in Apple stores nationwide — April 3 —Jimmy Abbott’s was shipped to his home in Indianola.
He’d ordered his on March 12, within hours of when Apple began taking pre-orders.
As the owner of an iMac, an Apple laptop and an iPhone, he had to have the latest gadget after [...] [...]

Apple CEO Jobs’ comeback product
Technocrats, Apple aficionados, and the rest of Silicon Valley geekdom continue to bask in the glow of the latest toy to come out of the Steve Jobs universe.
The $499, 9-by-7 inch, 1.5 pound, multi-touch screen slate model tablet, dubbed “iPad”, was unveiled in San Francisco on January 27 to a [...] [...]

Technocrats, Apple aficionados, and the rest of Silicon greekdom continue to bask in the glow of the latest toy to come out of the Steve Jobs universe.
The 9-by-7 inch, 1.5 pound, multi-touch screen “iPad” was unveiled in San Francisco on Wednesday to a boisterous crowd of technology journalists. While millions worldwide tuned in for live [...] [...]