“This is what we believe: technology alone is not enough.” – A great new TV ad from Apple for the iPad 2.

Apple released a new ad showcasing some of the featured iPad apps currently available in the Apps Store – Djay, American Airlines’ iPad app, The Wall Street Journal, iBook app and Vanity Fair with Marylyn Monroe on the cover. The new TV ad is also to highlight that Apple now has more than 60,000 iPad apps on the App Store. See the ad here in Youtube or other iPad ads at apple.com.

Apple has announced availability date for the US – 3 April – with pre-ordering starting from 13 March. For International market, only selected countries will receive the iPad sometime later in April.

Apple® today announced that its magical and revolutionary iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April.

That meant that poor us here in Singapore will have to wait for a few more weeks before the iPad becomes available, like how the iPhone took months before it became available.

In the mean time, let’s enjoy more iPad goodness by watching this new TVC that appeared first on this year’s Oscars Award today. With The Blue Man’s There Goes My Love, the TVC quickly shows the features and new apps that will be available on the iPad.
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Apple put out a trio of new Get a Mac ads that is again hilarious and yet succinct look at problems faced by many PC buyers.

The first of the trio – Customer Care depicts some common problems of customer care services experienced by many as compared to Apple’s Mac Genius, which unfortunately is not available here in Singapore. PC Choice Chat shows how John Hodgman’s PC tries hilariously to dodge questions about choosing a PC while Elimination is probably a dig at Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter series of ads.

Go take a look at these ads and have a good laugh.

Apple recently released four new Get a Mac ads that again pokes fun at Microsoft. The four ads – Biohazard Suit, Legal Copy, Stacks and Time Traveler – puts a funny twist to the age old Mac vs PC rivalry.

Go take a look and see why most people prefer these ads than those from Microsoft.

25 years and one day ago, Apple put up the famous 1984 ad, just days before the launch of the first Macintosh. The ad was lauded by many as a masterpiece and with its theme of the underdog’s battle with Big Brother, became a signature representation of Apple computers over the years.

It was aired once and only once on 22 January 1984 during the Super Bowl XVIII and two days later on 22 January, Apple introduced the Macintosh. Prior to that, Steve Jobs introduced this ad at a keynote with this passage:

It is now 1984. It appears IBM wants it all. Apple is perceived to be the only hope to offer IBM a run for its money. Dealers initially welcoming IBM with open arms now fear an IBM dominated and controlled future. They are increasingly turning back to Apple as the only force that can ensure their future freedom. IBM wants it all and is aiming its guns on its last obstacle to industry control: Apple. Will Big Blue dominate the entire computer industry? The entire information age? Was George Orwell right?

Watch the introduction by the young and feisty Steve Jobs and the ad in this clip: