“iPad is something completely new,” says Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

“We’re excited for customers to get their hands on this magical and revolutionary product and connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before.”

iPad lets users browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more. iPad is just 1.27cm thick and weighs just 680g – thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook – and delivers battery life of up to 10 hours.

iPad’s revolutionary multi-touch interface makes surfing the web an entirely new experience, dramatically more interactive and intimate than on a computer. You can read and send email on iPad’s large screen and almost full-size “soft” keyboard or import photos from a Mac, PC or digital camera, see them organised as albums, and enjoy and share them using iPad’s elegant slideshows. iPad makes it easy to watch movies, TV shows and YouTube, all in HD, or flip through the pages of an ebook while listening to your music collection.

iPad lets you wirelessly browse, buy and download new apps from the world’s largest app store. iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for iPad and will run almost all of the more than 150,000 apps on the app store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone or iPod touch. Developers are already creating exciting new apps designed for iPad that take advantage of its multi-touch interface, large screen and high-quality graphics.

The iTunes store gives iPad users access to the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store. All the apps and content you download on iPad from the app Store, and iTunes store will be automatically synced to your iTunes library the next time you connect with your computer.