[Much-anticipated device: Front, back and side views]
USA Today expects to launch an application for Apple's new iPad tablet the day it debuts April 3, according to a story in today's paper. "It will be free for the first 90 days, sponsored by Courtyard by Marriott. After that, USAT will announce subscription pricing."
Gannett's flagship was among the first to publicly disclose its plans to make its content available on the gadget. The New York Times previewed its app earlier."Rumors are flying," TechDirt has said, that there's a battle within the NYT on how to price their app for the iPad. "Those on the newspaper side of the house apparently believe that it should be priced at $20 to $30/month to avoid cannibalizing the print product,'' the site says.
Like Apple's iPhone, which now has about 150,000 apps, the iPad is expected to feature thousands of specialized programs from software developers, now racing to finish the work in time for the April launch, USAT's Jefferson Graham reports today.
iPads come in six versions, priced from $499 to $829. Here's a TV commercial for the gadget.
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