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Look Out, Dell, HP, Lenovo: iPad Is $499

in News on January 27, 2010 at 11:33 am PT

Uh-oh. As he usually does to competitors, Apple CEO Steve Jobs smacked the netbook market upside the head with a $499 intro price for the iPad tablet computer unveiled today at a live event in San Francisco. What this means for makers of netbooks–such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo–is clear: Ouch. Let the games begin!

It's the iPad! 10 Hours of Battery Life, $499, 9.7-Inch Screen, and It Does Laundry!

in News on January 27, 2010 at 11:04 am PT

As everyone in the world knows by now, CEO Steve Jobs has launched the Apple iPad tablet today in San Francisco. The event is going on still, as Jobs rolls out all the various bells and whistles of the new device.