iPad released this saturday

Apples iPad was released this saturday morning in USA.

At Apples main store in New York people had stood in line several days to be sure of getting the iPad.

Many of the people waiting for the iPad had a vague sense that they were involved in yet another big Apple moment, although they could not precisely say how they would use the tablet computer, which shares features of both laptops and mobile phones.

The lines for the iPad were shorter and more subdued than those three years ago for the iPhone, but one reasone for this could be that Apple this time has allowed people to order the device online and have it shipped to them.

Nevertheless, lines still stretched for blocks at most Apple stores in major cities.

It has been estimated that Apple would sell more than 300.000 iPads this weekend, and that it will reach an amount of 4-7 millions iPads sold.

The iPad has been generally well reviewed, although there are features noticeably absent: the ability to run more than one application at a time, and lack of support for Adobe’s Flash, which means video on many Web sites will not play.