Update: Hands on With the iPad

Unlike the iPhone, which Apple kept under such tight guard at its introduction that only a few special types got to touch it for a few minutes, there were iPads aplenty available immediately following the product's introduction Wednesday. As a result, members of the media--including the three of us--were able to spend roughly half an hour with our eyes glued to the iPad (and, when the crowd of media members abated, our fingers on the iPad). Here's an eyewitness account of what we noticed.

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