Apple Finally Bows iPad Tablet Device

Expressing a desire to create a third category between laptop computers and smartphones, Apple today revealed the iPad, its highly anticipated tablet-computing device.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs presented the iPad before a cheering crowd of Mac lovers in San Francisco. The new digital device is 9.7 inches tall (about the size of Amazon’s largest Kindle), weighs 1.5 pounds and is a half-inch thick. But the most surprising aspect of the iPad might be its cost; despite rumors of prices in the thousand-dollar range, consumers can snag one for as low as $499.

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