[X4U] You Can Order iPad Tomorrow Morning!

[Randy B. Singer]

Apple will be taking orders for both the iPad Wi-Fi and the 3G model  
as of 5:30AM Pacific time tomorrow (Friday, March 12), delivery date  
late April. You can pick up your iPad at your local Apple Store.

The full scoop here:
http://db.tidbits.com/article/11075


Things that you (or at least *I*) want to have in-hand when taking  
delivery of one's new iPad:

DAGi Stylus Pen $10
(The best that there is.  Transparent head so that you can see what  
you are writing.)
http://is.gd/aitmz

MacAlly Peripherals Bluetooth Fullsize Keyboard for Mac ($53)
(A real, full-size, keyboard with good feel.  No need to dock your  
iPad, as with Apple's keyboard for the iPad.)
http://www.onsale.com/p/5633325?dpno=7867686&store=onsale&source=BWBCJ

OfficeSquared $5
(Create, open, modify Microsoft Word and Excel documents on your iPad)
http://www.bytesquared.com/products/office/iphone/default.asp

WritePad $2
(Handwriting recognition for the iPad.  This is what you want the  
stylus, above, for!)
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?
id=293033512&mt=8

Acrylic Caddy 23-1258  $8.25
(To hold your iPad while you type.)
http://www.shoestringacres.com/acrylicstands.htm

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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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