It made its debut today in San Francisco, the Apple iPad which looks very much like a giant iPhone. Essentially the much hyped, much anticipated Apple Digital Reader is by and large a BIG iPHONE with added functionality.

In addition to music, you will be able to read digital books, play games, use iPhone developed apps, access national newspapers, surf the web and more with the iPad. But it looks freakishly like a bloated and swollen iPhone. It’s sort of uninspiring that such a sleek and creative company as Apple, came up with “iPad’ as the name for its tablet pc and that the design is EXACTLY the same as the iPhone. I don’t get it.

Also, there is no mention yet on the price or availability of this new Apple device.

What do you think so far of the new Apple iPad?

update: The price has been revealed, and is as follows. An entry level 16Gb model is $499 and it goes up to a 64Gb model for $699, service is extra and on the AT&T 3g network.

What is the iPad seriously missing, so far? No camera! Which is weird considering its size.