Apple iPad Announced

Apple just announced minutes ago the iPad, a device that seems to resemble a large iPhone or iPod Touch.

With a 9.7" IPS LCD multitouch screen, wifi, Bluetooth, accelerometer, compass, speaker and microphone, it can run any iPhone app. 10 hours of battery life is claimed. 3G will be available as well on some models.

Designed for email and web browsing, with heavy emphasis on consuming media such as newspapers, photos, video, music and games, as well as cloud based applications.
iBooks will be available from the new iBook store.