Apple has finally released a new product to the public. Apple wouldn’t even have to show this product and get millions to buy it without a sweat. Fortunately, they did give it a name. It is the iPad. iPad? What in the world is that…? A virtual mattress? No! The iPad is said to be somewhere in between a computer and an iPhone. Apple came out with this product to target businessmen, gamers, Mac lovers, and all sorts of people.

Okay, well please explain it a little better than just “a big iPod”.

That’s what I’m here to do for you! The iPad offers a 9.7 inch backlit LED screen, and is only 1.5 pounds with a thickness of 0.5 inches. The iPad gives you the ability to download anything directly onto it with its Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and 3G AT&T capabilities. All of these capabilities ensure that the iPad user will be capable of the fastest connection and downloading speed out of any of Apple’s products.

Is there an app for that? The answer is yes. Yes to any situation one could think of. With the iPad, the user has 140,000 apps or more at their fingertips. There are apps being created every second of the day. Need an app? I can assure all that there is one.

Speculators were…well for a lack of a better term… speculating that the price of the iPad would be nearly $800 or even $900. Yet, Apple came out with a debut price of only $499! Somehow, Apple really worked on their price, because the user is paying only $499 for an iPod and a computer!

The network offered through the iPad is AT&T. Some may say how poor of a company AT&T is, and this, or that. The truth is, AT&T is doing everything in its power to ensure that the iPad user obtains the best wireless connection. AT&T has invested two billion dollars into creating a better  experience for the iPad user and is planning to invest 900% more within the next few months. AT&T is going to stop at nothing to make the iPad perfect!

Well, what about the features? I think a better way to ask this is what features does it NOT have? The iPad features YouTube, Safari, 140,000 apps, photos, iTunes, iPod, App Store, iBooks, maps, calendar, and contacts to just name a few. Any Apple owner knows that Apple has had all of these things since the iPod touch. Well, not only does it have all these features, but it has the updated versions of all of them.

The iPad has a new accelerometer that has been upgraded from the previous iPhone accelerometer. The iPad’s accelerometer uses both X and Y axes to ensure a real 3D feel to it. This new upgrade is brilliant for the gamers out there.

Apple’s new iPad has so many features going for it. The new technology it offers is truly endless. One could not go wrong purchasing this new iPad. The targeted audience? The human race.

Perhaps, before Apple, Inc. launches iPad, we, or most of us, may have never heard of any other big names in the industry coming up with the name iPad. However, as a matter of fact, the Japanese name, Fujitsu, has already been using iPad as the brand of some of their products long before Steve Jobs come up with the iPad. Besides Fujitsu, there is also a European name that happens to be one of the biggest chip producers, STMicroelectronics, that claims that iPad has also been a brand of theirs for a long time.

This is the reason why there have been controversies among some people in the industry. In fact, just a day after its debut, the iPad has already received complaints from the other vendors in the industry.

For the Japanese name, Fujitsu, the brand of iPad has already been used by the company to name a device that serves as a POS (Point-Of-Sale) device that we can usually find quite easily in the supermarkets. This iPad device from Fujitsu is used to show the price and stock of the goods at the supermarkets. So, for Fujitsu, iPad is no more than a device that is designed to be used by the supermarket cashiers and shoppers.

The Fujitsu iPad has a screen that measures 3.5 inches and the device is powered by the Intel PXA270 processor. The device counts on the Microsoft CE .Net operating system to operate. Fujitsu launched this device for the first time in the year 2002.

As we mentioned earlier, there is another company besides Fujitsu that has also been using the iPad brand. This company happens to be the STMicroelectronics that is a European company. The company uses the iPad brand on the semiconductor devices that have been sold exclusively in Europe ever since the year 2000.

There is even more shocking news. Being so massively used, the brand of iPad is even used by Siemens as well to name the motors and machines that they have made. Further yet, a Canadian company that is popular with the name of Coconut Grove Pads has also been using the iPad brand to name the underwear accessory that is to be used with their bras!

As a matter of fact, this is not the first time such a thing has happened. In the year 2007, there had been a struggle between Cisco and Apple in order to get the rights to use the iPhone brand name. However, at that time, both Cisco and Apple eventually reached a deal that they would both be using the iPhone brand name. Yet, it seems that the iPhone brand gained its popularity more because of Apple, Inc than Cisco.

Luckily for Steve, STMicroelectronics has not planned to file any lawsuit against the company. In the meantime, Fujitsu will try to be more patient and see how the iPad will progress. So far, Fujitsu explains that the company will be following the iPad announcement from Apple, Inc. and will try to see if there is any chance of Apple’s using the iPad brand to go against Fujitsu. They also explained that for the time being, they are having discussions with their internal trademark advisor and are not able to comment any further.