Apple iPad goes on sale in the US

The new Apple iPad went on sale in the US yesterday at $499. As expected there were huge crowds of people flocking to retail outlets to get their hands on Apples latest gadget. The main reasons people gave for wanting the iPad were for the apps, to use instead of a laptop computer, coffee table tablet, novelty, and impulse buy. The critics have had mixed views with the iPad with same slamming the gadget for the lack of a camera and inability of iPad ready websites to playback video. The Apple iPad will go on sale in Australia in late April.