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It's rumored that Mark Zuckerberg, along with his girlfriend Priscilla Chan, took a private jet to China with Apple CEO Tim Cook, possibly to discuss business. That's not, all the Facebook CEO was spotted in the Nanjing Road (Shanghai) Apple Store purchasing a Smart Cover for The new iPad. Click here for more pictures. Continue reading for a few bonus pictures of Mark Zuckerberg and his girlfriend Priscilla Chan in China.

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If you are planning a trip to China anytime soon and want to pick up Apple products while over there for whatever reason, make sure you're not walking into the "Apple Stoer", otherwise The new iPad, may turn out to be "The knew iPad". Click here to see more funny translations gone wrong, courtesy of EngrishFunny.com. Continue reading for a video tour of a few of these fake Apple stores.

File this under: luxurious golden gadgets. Apple fanatics who must own every single product out on the market should add this gold 27-inch iMac to their shortlist. It's made by Computer Choppers and priced anywhere from $7500 - $10000. Aside from the pure 24K gold casing, it also comes with a matching keyboard and trackpad. Click here to see more. In related news, continue reading to see Victoria Beckham's 24K gold iPhone.

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AAPL stock briefly traded at $605 in after hours, a new high, thanks to the company unloading 3-million new iPads (excluding pre-orders) over the weekend. In comparison, "it took the original iPad 80 days to reach the three million unit mark; then it took the iPad 2 28 days to reach one million units, although the iPad 2 was only initially available in the United States." Continue reading for an up-close look at the incredible Retina Display.

The multiple market availability accounts for a lot of those three million, but it's still a very impressive number. Looking at these statistics, it seems like the iPad can be the new iPod indeed. The iPad and App Store tandem is so solid at this point that they may be able to keep the hegemony of the tablet market for years, just like the iPod did, redefining the music player in tandem with the iTunes store.

Now that you've seen the new iPad review, check out what's inside this powerhouse of a tablet. The crew over at iFixit actually went to Melbourne earlier this week for their launch and picked one of these new iPads up specifically for this tear down. Let's just say that it's harder than ever to change out parts, without Apple's help. Click here for more pictures. Continue reading for the tear down video.

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By now, we all know that the new iPad features a 2048 x 1536 Retina Display, dual-core A5X processor, quad-core GPU, 1GB of RAM, and an upgraded 5.0MP rear camera. Now for the big question: "Is it worth buying? For iPad 2 owners, maybe not, but everyone else should at least go to a retail store for some hands-on time, before making their decision. Click here for more pictures. Continue reading for a video review. Here's the bottom line:

However, if you're in the market for your first tablet, or upgrading from the original iPad or an Android device, do not hesitate. The new iPad is the most functional, usable, and beautiful tablet that any company has ever produced.

Yes, today is finally the day of Apple's grand launch party for the new iPad, and what better way to kick off your own, than with a cool decal? We've rounded up ten of the coolest for your viewing enjoyment after the break.

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Though not as exciting as an iPhone 5 leak, Vietnam-based Tinhte does provide us with a sneak peak unboxing of the new iPad a couple days before its official launch. That's not all, they also "went the extra mile and also posted a video of the new iPad in action - includes side-by-side comparison shots of the new iPad and the iPad 2." Click here for more pictures. Continue reading for the video.

Tinhte's Geekbench test of the iPad confirms earlier reports that the new tablet has 1GB of RAM - double the RAM of its predecessor, the iPad 2. The additional RAM is needed to support the quad-core GPU that drives the iPad's Retina Display. The Geekbench test also confirmed that the iPad's new A5X chip is running at the same 1GHz speed as the iPad 2's A5 processor.

The new iPad may have been announced earlier this week, but long before Apple even delved into the tablet market, there was "Bashful", a prototype that was revealed to the public in 1983. Continue reading for our complete overview.

Thanks to the new A5x dual-core processor, Wired found that the new iPad's "performance in Safari web browsing and Infinity Blade Dungeons to be blissfully zippy." Still can't wait to get your hands on one of these babies? Well, the official 5-minute introduction video has been released by Apple to whet your appetite...for now. Click here for more pictures. Continue reading to watch.

During our 15-minute hands-on demo, the extra thickness had no bearing on useability -- nor did the new tablet's extra weight (the baseline Wi-Fi model has grown from 1.33 lbs to 1.44 lbs).