Cheap Apple iPad Deals

PRE-ORDER the iPad NOW (as of March 12th) at Apple's online store.

It's finally (ALMOST) here. All the speculation, rumors, wondering, and not sleeping at night are finally over. Apple has announced their long awaited follow-up to the Newton. The Apple iPad, but it's not available for shipping until end of March.... March 4th update.... Apple will ship the iPad starting April 3rd, 2010, and the cheapest buy for the iPad will be right here.

Available in two versions, WiFi and WiFi+3G, the WiFi iPad is scheduled to start shipping on April 3rd and the WiFi+3G later. Each version will be available in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB SSD hard drive configurations.

Weighing in at 1.5 pounds and 0.5-inches thick, a lucky few, and apparently very weak, who have held an iPad commented that it still feels surprisingly heavy.

The most noticeable feature? Its speed. Reports are consistent that the iPad is super fast. This has led to speculation of future competitions between people's fingers and their iPads. Which is faster?

AT&T 3G data service will be provided through pre-paid plans for the WiFi+3G iPad. Prices are much cheaper than equivalent cell phone plans with $14.99/month for 250MB and $29.99/month for unlimited data. The iPad is "unlocked", but will only work on AT&T's 3G network. Sigh.

All existing iPhone applications will run on the iPad, including any already purchased on an iPhone or iPod Touch. A new iPhone/iPad SDK released on January 27th allows developers to take advantage of the iPad's latest features.

As always check back here for the cheapest of cheap deals that we can find on Apple's iPad because we'll be posting them!

Links:

• Apple iPad Discussion
• Gizmodo Coverage
• Official Apple iPad Page

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