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11:45 PM ET, April 3, 2010

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Boy Genius Report:
References to new iPhones, new iPod touch and new iPad found!  —  While today marks the first day the Apple iPad went on sale, it also gives us a glimpse into the upcoming stuff from Cupertino.  One of our connects has been digging around the iPad filesystem and found references to the following:
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Apple iPad review  —  The Apple iPad.  The name is a killing word — more than a product — it's a statement, an idea, and potentially a prime mover in the world of consumer electronics.  Before iPad it was called the Apple Tablet, the Slate, Canvas, and a handful of other guesses …
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Steven Levy / Wired News:
Apple's iPad: One Small Step for Tablets, One Giant Leap for Personal Computers
Discussion: TechCrunch and Gadget Lab
Dan Frakes / Macworld:
The iPad's charging challenge explained  —  Anyone taking possession of a shiny new iPad this weekend may have noticed an odd message when connecting their gadget to some computers or USB chargers: the words Not charging in the iPad's menu bar.  We experienced the same issue during our initial testing …
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Jeff Fox / Consumer Reports Electronics Blog:
Charging the iPad: Hit or miss  —  If you're used to charging your phone, music player, or device in the USB port of your computer, take note.  So far, we've been unable to charge our iPads in any USB port on a non-Apple Computer.  Apple Tech Support has told us that the iPad is designed …
John Boudreau / Mercury News:
An estimated 700,000 iPads bought on day one - plus a Steve Jobs sighting in Palo Alto  —  The iPad arrived in Silicon Valley Saturday with the usual Apple flourish: stores perfectly prepped for fired-up fans, some of whom waited in lines throughout the night to get their hands on the highly coveted tablet.
Discussion: The Loop, Gizmodo and KCBS
Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
The iPad is for Porn  —  Mainstream media companies aren't the only ones gearing up for the launch of the iPad this Saturday. iPad users will also soon have access to plenty of porn optimized for Apple's touch-screen device, thanks to a number of studios working feverishly on converting …
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Digits:
Bill Gates Remembers Personal Computer Pioneer  —  Bill Gates, co-founder and chairman of Microsoft, on Friday sent the Wall Street Journal this remembrance of Henry Edward Roberts, who died Thursday at the age of 68.  Gates, who argues that Roberts deserves to be called the father of the personal computer …
Discussion: Gadget Lab
Kdawson / Slashdot:
Print-On-Demand Publisher VDM Infects Amazon  —  erich666 writes “In recent months a flood of so-called books have been appearing in Amazon's catalog.  VDM Publishing's imprints Alphascript and Betascript Publishing have listed over 57,000 titles, adding at least 10,000 in the previous month alone.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Square Turns Your iPad Into A Cash Register  —  As a general-purpose tablet, the iPad can be many things to many people: an ebook reader, a wireless TV, a touchscreen videogame console.  But to store owners and business people it can also be a cash register, with the right app, of course.
Discussion: TUAW
Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
iPad App Review Marathon Live  —  We're going in and reviewing as many iPad apps as possible—LIVE—right now, and updating throughout the day.  We'll start with the essential apps.  If you have a specific app you want reviewed, let us know in the comments.
David F. Gallagher / Bits:
Live Blogging the iPad's Big Day  —  Since the word “iPad” entered the collective consciousness back in January, there has been plenty of punditry about what Apple's new device means for the future of technology, media and life as we know it.  On Saturday, people will finally be able to start making up their own minds about it.
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Craig Hockenberry / furbo.org:
Benchmarking in your lap  —  It's been a little over 2½ years since I last looked at the performance of Apple's mobile devices.  A lot has changed with the software and hardware since then, let's take a look at how the new iPad compares to the devices we're more familiar with.  —  Native performance
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac and TiPb
Ad Age:
Media Brands on the IPad From Day One  —  Who's There at the Start, From ABC to YouTube  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Media companies have been racing to develop iPad applications, but only some will be ready from the start.  And only some of those have built really new apps for the tablet …
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