There are many people who are asking on various boards “what is ipad?”.  For many beginners, iPad is a new device which has not been released yet to commercial market.  iPad can be used as handheld computer popularly known as tablet PC.

It has been made by the Apple company and is expected to be available in sometime. You can read news, books, store photos, listen to the music and surf internet on this device.

Many people also asked the difference between several devices. Here are the so called definitions for the people who want to understand more.

iPAd : Table PC from Apple

iPhone : Mobile Phone from Apple.

iPod  :  Personal music storage and listening device from Apple

iTunes : Software from Apple which can be used for organizing music files on Mac and Windows PC.

All these devices and software do have their own market and series of the updates and products.

You can check complete details on the site of  Apple.com