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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology

Apple launches iPad tablet computer

Apple ipad: Guests line upto attend the Apple ipad launch
Journalists line up outside Yerba Buena Arts Centre in San Francisco for the launch of the Apple iPad
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Apple ipad: Apple CEO Steve Jobs launches the ipad.
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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Apple ipad: Apple CEO Steve Jobs launches the ipad
Steve Jobs navigates the New York Times website on the new iPad
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Apple ipad: Apple CEO Steve Jobs launches the new ipad
Steve Jobs shows off the keypad on the iPad
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Apple ipad: Apple CEO Steve Jobs launches the ipad
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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Apple ipad: Apple CEO Steve Jobs launches the ipad
Jobs demonstrates the new iPad's capabilities
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Apple ipad: Apple CEO Steve Jobs launches the ipad
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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Apple ipad: Apple CEo Steve Jobs launches the ipad
'I could fly from San Francisco to Tokyo on one charge' – Steve Jobs on the iPad's battery life
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Apple Ipad: Apple CEO Steve Jobs launches the ipad
Jobs shows just how easy it is to turn pages on the iPad
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Apple Ipad: Apple CEO Steve Jobs launches the ipad
Jobs introduces some of the publishing houses that will supply ebooks for the iBooks program on the iPad
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Apple Ipad: Phil Schiller from Apple introduces the new ipad
Phil Schiller, senior vice president of marketing for Apple, introduces the iWork publishing application for the iPad
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Apple Ipad: Apple CEO Steve Jobs launches the ipad
Jobs demonstrate's the iPad's movie-playing capabilities with a clip from Pixar's animated film Up
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Apple Ipad: Chad Evans from MLB.com discusses the new iPad
Chad Evans, from MLB.com, demonstrates how the iPad can stream live baseball broasdcasts
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Apple Ipad: Apple CEO Steve Jobs launches the ipad
Jobs talks about the price points for the new iPad
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Apple iPad: Apple Announces Launch the iPad
An event guest plays with the new keyboard on a Apple iPad
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Apple Ipad: Apple launch the iPad
A video game is displayed on Apple's iPad
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Apple Ipad: Apple launch the ipad
Guests feel the weight of the iPad
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Apple Ipad: Apple launch the ipad
Google Maps is shown on an iPad
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Apple Ipad: Apple launch the ipad
An Apple iPad that is docked in a keyboard
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Apple Ipad: Apple launch the ipad
People can't get enough hands on the iPad
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Apple Ipad: Apple launch the ipad
Apple iPad is examined during its launch
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Apple Ipad: Apple launches the ipad
Guest plays with the Apple iPad during the launch event
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