Apple launches iPad tablet computer

Journalists line up outside Yerba Buena Arts Centre in San Francisco for the launch of the Apple iPad
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The gadget eveyone's been waiting on … Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up the new iPad tablet computer at the launch event in San Francisco
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Steve Jobs navigates the New York Times website on the new iPad
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Steve Jobs shows off the keypad on the iPad
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs - in characteristic jeans and sneakers - settles down to demonstrate the iPad's functions during the launch in San Francisco
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Jobs demonstrates the new iPad's capabilities
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The new iPad is half an inch thick, and weighs 1.5lbs (0.7kg). It uses a chip designed by the team from PA Semi, which Apple bought in 2008
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'I could fly from San Francisco to Tokyo on one charge' – Steve Jobs on the iPad's battery life
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Jobs shows just how easy it is to turn pages on the iPad
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Jobs introduces some of the publishing houses that will supply ebooks for the iBooks program on the iPad
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Phil Schiller, senior vice president of marketing for Apple, introduces the iWork publishing application for the iPad
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Jobs demonstrate's the iPad's movie-playing capabilities with a clip from Pixar's animated film Up
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Chad Evans, from MLB.com, demonstrates how the iPad can stream live baseball broasdcasts
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Jobs talks about the price points for the new iPad
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An event guest plays with the new keyboard on a Apple iPad
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A video game is displayed on Apple's iPad
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Guests feel the weight of the iPad
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Google Maps is shown on an iPad
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An Apple iPad that is docked in a keyboard
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People can't get enough hands on the iPad
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Apple iPad is examined during its launch
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Guest plays with the Apple iPad during the launch event
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