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The Apple iPad is the latest hot item from Apple. Apple’s Steve Jobs described the iPad as a third type of device between a smart phone and a laptop. That’s what many people thought of the ubiquitous netbook devices that are out, so it stands to reason that Apple wants its iPad to compete in the netbook market. By the looks of it, it should win hands down.

First, the iPad has a touchpad screen. This allows it to have a lot of the functionality of a tablet PC, only in a compact form with Apple technology. The device itself looks like an iPhone on steroids. It has a larger screen and can display and resize Web pages and maps with almost instant speed and has a lot of fun games you can play on it as well. It’ll be pretty important to protect the screen though. There should be tons of accessories for the Apple iPad on the market. A nice iPad bag to carry around the device in would be a great idea. It also works like the iPhone and iPod touch, so there’s not much learning curve when you get your hands on one.

Apple’s iWork Suite has been optimized for use with the iPad’s touch screen, so the device is a veritable productivity tool. Also, with its easy programming framework like the iPhone, developers are chomping at the bit to get new iPad applications to market.

While the Apple iPad has a lot going for it, there are a few things that will hopefully be improved with new versions of its operating system. First, the iPad doesn’t multitask. While this may not be a problem for some, those who habitually have oodles of programs running at the same time, pushing several projects ahead whenever the inspiration comes, you’ll have to reform your ways.

Another thing you’ll miss with the Apple iPad is Flash support. The embedded multimedia offered by Flash just isn’t displayed on the iPad, cheating many of a full Web experience.