Australians are buying up iPads at an alarming rate - but Kiwis still have to wait until 'sometime' in July.

'I've got my iMac computer and my iPhone and I would probably buy anything that had an i in front of it,' said an Apple fangirl as the iPad launched in Sydney.

Whitcoulls has entered the e-book fray with a new reader, as Amazon continues to ignore New Zealand with its popular Kindle.

Apple shares soared 40,000 per cent and traded at US$100,000 apiece during the 'flash crash' of 6 May.

"What would people most like to see in 3D?" asked Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. "Probably a naked lady."

How much will the iPad cost in New Zealand? Still no idea, but it might pay to butter up the bank manager now.

The iPad doesn't come with instructions - and it's not the only gadget to do so. Are we losing our curiosity about how technology works?

Apple's iPad has reached one million sales since launch - twice as quickly as the original iPhone.

Is it worth braving customs officials to get your hands on Apple's latest gadget?

Video surveillance specialist Wai King Wong gives us the low-down on how digital gear can be used now, and how it will be leveraged in the future.

The worldwide release of the iPad will see New Zealand children's literature translated into numerous languages.

International customers waiting to buy an iPad will be disappointed by this news, Apple said, massively understating the face-clawing anguish now spreading across the globe.

They took it out into the shopping mall's car park, where they summarily executed it with a baseball bat - the poor little thing didn't stand a chance.

A patent filed by Apple - first dismissed as an April Fools joke - seems to be for 3D glasses for iPod, iPad and iPhone users while on the move.

Having read the past week's coverage I have reached this conclusion: because iHave an iPod Touch, now iNeed an iPad.

Apple iPad listings on eBay surged fivefold over the past week.

The iPad has been one of the most discussed devices ever, and that was before launch. Now people actually have them, what are they saying?