1. Apple has positioned the device between the smartphone and the laptop, but the iPad doesn’t create a new category, it just improves upon the not-so-successful segment of tablet PCs

2. The device has a 10-hour battery life.

3. It is powered by a 1 GHz Apple A4 chip and comes with 16GB to 64GB of flash storage.

4. Apple’s latest creation features a 9.7-inch IPS display and has a built-in accelerometer that adjusts the orientation automatically.

5. Users can surf the Net, check email, see images, watch videos, play music and games and read e-books.

6. The iPad doesn’t seem to have a camera.

7. The iPad will be able to run apps meant for the iPhone.

8. Apple’s tablet also comes with capabilities for word processing and presentations, but at a price. $9.99 per application.

9. It has Wi-Fi, but there are models with 3G, with prices ranging from $499 to $829.

10. And it’s touch screen, of course.

Google began selling its own mobile phone a much-anticipated move aimed at protecting its online advertising empire as people increasingly surf the Web on handsets instead of personal computers.

The Nexus One joins about 20 other mobile devices that already run on Android, the mobile operating system that Google introduced in 2007 to make it easier to connect to its services and other Web sites away from home or the office.

Google designed the touch-screen phone in partnership with Taiwan’s HTC Corp., which made the first Android-powered phone and will manufacture this one, too. Google will handle all sales online and has no plans to let consumers check out the Nexus One in retail stores.

The Nexus One has been in the hands of Google employees for the past three weeks, triggering media speculation and anticipation for the company’s first attempt to peddle a consumer electronics device.

The Nexus One’s $529 price tag is more than twice as much as the most powerful iPhone sold in conjunction with a two-year service plan from AT&T Inc.