Apple iPad
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Apple today announced the release of the iPad, its new tablet computer. Similar in functionality to the iPhone or iPod Touch, the iPad will be able to download applications from Apple's App Store, display books, newspapers, and magazines like an e-reader, and run word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software with iWork.

We'll be commenting further on the iPad once we get our hands on it, and our technicians will give it the full treatment when we get one into the labs.

In the meantime, check out our coverage from the Apple conference:

• iPad pricing
• iPad data plan
• iPad hardware and specs
• iPad as a newspaper and e-book reader
• iWorks office applications recreated for the iPad
• iPad and the App Store