Apple made its iPad available for pre-order March 12, effectively kicking off the long-brewing battle between various manufacturers over the newborn segment for mass-consumer tablet PCs. HP has already been firing broadsides at the iPad for its lack of Adobe Flash support, and competitors in the space have all indicated a willingness to speed for the bottom in terms of pricing. Meanwhile, e-reader...

The folks at Intomobile just posted a funny iPad case. It will protect your iPad on all days and it comes with wings for extra protection ! The Hip Handmaids’ iMax is the only Apple iPad ...

iPad pre-orders went live at 5:30am PT, 8:30am ET and in the 6 hours that follow, Fortune relays that Apple has moved 91,000 of the magical and revolutionary new devices. (50,000 in the first 2 hours!) The estimates are based on a bunch of impatient investors on the AAPL Sanity Board inputing and tracking order numbers ...

People signing up for AppleCare for their iPad have noted that the protection plan is for only two years, unlike its Mac products which are three years.  Apple's iPhone and iPod plans are two years so, as warranty items, Apple sees iPads more like iPhones and less like Macs.  Apple's iPad AppleCare page could only be found by guessing the URL so it is probably being built out.&...

Multiple sources have reported to MacDailyNews about telephone conversations they've had with Apple reps regarding changing their iPad orders from delivery to in-store pickup in the case of multiple iPad buyers. In these cases, the purchasers have been told that in order to do such a change, the delivery order would have to be cancelled and a new in-store pickup order completed, but...

It's a large helping of the Macalope this week, as he takes on non-sensical iPad analysis, Apple doomsaying, and other crimes of punditry.

The long wait may be finally over for the many people looking to get their hands on Apple’s iPad. And if Apple stays true to its word, pre-orders would be taken in today at 5:30 AM PST. And if you haven’t heard, the Apple Store has been closed for the said event, leaving a note

PC Magazine - In addition to kicking off its iPad pre-sale on Friday, Apple also provided some details on how the device's 3G capabilities will work, including alerts when users are running low on their 3G data.

NewsFactor - Eager to be the first on your block with an iPad? Apple started taking orders for the tablets on Friday. Wi-Fi models running from $499 to $699 will be available on April 3; 3G models, costing $629 to $829, won't be available until late April.

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