Apple’s new iPad became available in all 221 US Apple retail stores and most Best Buy stores on Saturday, April 3. Starting at just $499, iPad lets users browse the web, read and send email, share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ user interface.

Amazon's Kindle hit an important and startling milestone yesterday: On Christmas, the company sold more Kindle books than physical books. The Kindle Store now includes over 390,000 books. Kindle has also become the most gifted item in Amazon's history. The more Kindle books Amazon sells, the more leverage it will have over publishers when it tries to force them to cut wholesale prices.