New Apple touchscreen tablet computer, iPad price

Apple Inc. has unveiled the iPad, a tablet-style computer that resembles the iPhone, but larger.

It's so much more intimate than a laptop and so much more capable than a smart phone.

Apple had kept its "latest creation" tightly under wraps, though many analysts had correctly speculated that it would be a one-piece tablet computer with a big touch screen, larger than an iPhone but smaller than a laptop.

The iPad has a 9.7-inch touch screen. It is a half-inch thick, weighs 1.5 pounds and comes with 16, 32 or 64 gigabytes of flash memory storage. The device comes with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless technology, but no mention was immediately made of a data connection through a wireless carrier.Battery lasts for 10 hours, and that the device can sit for a month on standby without needing a charge.

iPad pricing details:

* iPad 16 GB with WiFi: $499, with 3G: $629
* iPad 32 GB with WiFi: $599, with 3G: $729
* iPad 64 GB with WiFi: $699, with 3G: $829