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Now that we know the launch date of the Apple iPad (ie, April 3 in the US), we now have the first official iPad advert that was first spotted during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards that were held yesterday. Steve Jobs was in attendance at the event.

The video doesn’t really confirm anything new from what we can see after watching it several times. Applications seen in the video include the ebook reader, email, video, pictures, facebook, web browsing etc… to just name a few.

The advert is 30 seconds long and can be seen below… [Read more…]

Official word is out about the Apple iPad launch. Apple [AAPL] have announced that the iPad will ship in the US on the 3rd April with pre-orders starting on March 12 (wi-fi only version).

Apple stores will also put the Apple iPad on sale the same day as well as authorised resellers. The version that you can pre-order is the Wi-Fi only model on the 12th March in the US with the 3G version shipping later in April.

In addition to launching the iPad early in April with the 3G version launching late April, the late April launch will also include Wi-Fi and 3G models in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK with other countries following later on in the year. [Read more…]

Since the SDK launched allowing developers to see what’s available in the Apple iPad a number of functions have been found. The latest finding indicates that emergency calls can be made from the device… how? we are not sure just yet.

The emergency call function was spotted when trying the passcode lock and entering the password incorrectly 5 times. On the fifth attempt it gives the option to make an emergency call.

The first thoughts I had which are in-line with many others is that it’s a simple mistake/bug that the Apple [AAPL] developers have left when modifying the iPhone OS. [Read more…]

The Chief Executive of AT&T has said that those who buy the Apple iPad will probably not use a subscription service from AT&T due to not wanting to be tied in to any sort of monthly payment and that the iPad will be a Wi-Fi driven product. It isn’t clear if the CEO means that only the Wi-Fi model will be the popular one, or if iPad users will potentially buy a 3G model but not keep their subscriptions active (which are arranged on a month to month basis).

“My expectation is that there’s not going to be a lot of people out there looking for another subscription,” he said during a webcast of an investor conference, adding that the device would be a mainly “Wi-Fi driven product.”

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We are hearing rumours about the release date of the Apple iPad being March 26. No official data has been provided by Apple [AAPL] just yet although people close to sources have heard that it goes on sale at 6pm Friday evening (March 26). The rumour also goes on to say that those lining up for the iPad (ie, those who camp out) will also receive a special gift.

When the iPhone launched it followed a similar pattern in that it became available at 6pm on Friday June 29 in 2007 although no free gifts were handed out at this time.

The rumoured date is for the Wi-Fi version of the iPad as the 3G version won’t be shipping for another 30 days after March 26, so if you want the fully fledged model you’ll have to wait a little longer. [Read more…]