Yeap, less than 24 hours till iPad hits Apple stores (and Best Buy for that matter). The madness has already started as some people gathered in line in front of the Apple Store in US in anticipation of the ‘big moment’.

    That’s why I said to myself that it’s time again to see what news have we got about the iPad, one more time, the last time, I promise. So, without further due I give you the (last) iPad news before launch:

    1 – The same guy that was the first in line for the iPhone launch sits in New York at the iPad line. Actually he started it, of course. Not the sanest Apple fan-boy I guess:

    2 – In the attempt to finally crush Adobe Flash, Apple has released a list of iPad compatible websites, so the new owners of the mighty tablet know now what to browse for. The missing ones? Google, YouTube, ESPN, Yahoo, and Facebook. Pretty lame if you ask me, plus the list is not that long.

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    3 – The Application Store for iPad went online with more than 2300 apps already there. The list is expected to grow huge in the next days. Gizmodo posted a list with their favorites.

    4 – Netflix app is free and already in the Apple Store. Now that’s nice, as I can watch movies I like and pay a small monthly subscription. I don’t have to pay for each movie, as in the other (iTunes) store.

    5 – Not news, but worth reading nonetheless: Crunchgear puts a list of reasons they would like to see the iPad jaibroken.

    6 – Another news, but non related directly to the iPad: the Apple lawsuit against HTC goes further in court. The outcome of this will be interesting as analysts say Apple won’t stop with HTC and is expected to file another lawsuits against bigger and bigger names.

    7 – An interesting show off of HTML 5 capabilities with Quake running in browser. Maybe Apple is right to dismiss Flash, but I would have loved them to support it, just for geeks like me.