Ok, so the blog entries have been a little tech-heavy as of late. I may own a Motorola Razr and only have one TV (a small tube model at that!), but I'm a girl who loves a good gadget. 

So, in case you've been living in a cave made out of PCs, you are aware that Apple announced it's latest potentially game-changing product: the iPad. Now as someone who lives in the Mac world by day and the PC world by night (like some sort of boring superhero), I can appreciate the benefits of each, but have retired my Woz poster above my bed.

What (ok, one of the myriad of things) makes Apple so successful is their ability not only to tap into the vein of a particular, yet fiercely loyal population, but to create a need within this group. So they have brought us the iPad, which today Steve Jobs has touted as the "missing link" between smartphones and laptops. 

And, it seems, this social awareness extends to eco-counsciousness. The iPad is free of Arsenic, Mercury, PVC, and BFR (brominated flame retardant), as well as being "highly recyclable", which MNN assumes means that it's built to be easily taken apart at the end of its life.

Starting at $499, they certainly fall into what most Mac-users would deem "affordable". The first versions will be available in 60 days and the 3G version will be available in 90 days.