Portraits created by David Kassan using the Brushes app on the touchscreen device

This portrait looks like an oil painting you would see in an art gallery, but it is in fact a finger painting created using an Apple iPad. New York artist David Kassan, 33, paints his life models using a simple £5 app called Brushes. A three-hour sitting has been condensed into a five-minute timelapse video during which Kassan uses a variety of virtual brushes. You can watch the painting take shape from blank screen to finished artwork in 6′20. Comedian Stephen Fry, an Apple aficionado, tweeted about the video to his followers on Tuesday night after spotting it on YouTube.

David has begun travelling into Manhattan’s Washington Square Park to paint random strangers’ pictures on his iPad. “I was the fifth person at the Apple store in SoHo, Manhattan to purchase the iPad,” explained David, who lives in Brooklyn

“It is a wonderful thing that Stephen Fry has got involved and pointed out my painting on youtube through his twitter account,” said David. “I know he is into his Apple products and it would be great to meet up one day and to paint his picture on my iPad”

Picture: DAVID KASSAN/ BARCROFT USA

The Apple iPad is finally landing in UK stores tomorrow morning with retailers across the country gearing up for long queues.

The iPad will first go on sale at 8am in Apple’s 27 stores, with the devices being sold on a first-come-first-served basis.

The touchscreen tablet computer is used as a web browser, eReader and games console

Apple confirmed the iPad will go on sale at 139 branches of PC World, Dixons and Currys tomorrow morning. It will also be sold at the Thurrock store of electronic retailer Best Buy, although not for a discounted price.

The device is also going on sale in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and Switzerland.

However, some Apple fans were thrilled when they received their iPads a whole day ahead of the official launch.

Customers spread the news of their good fortune via Twitter and technology blogs.

One Twitter user Will Sheward, wrote: ‘My iPad has just arrived (1 day early). UPS delivery guy says he’s delivering lots today. I get the impression his van is full of them.’

However, Paul Miller from east Yorkshire was not so impressed.

‘Nooooooo!!!! TNT just tried to deliver my iPad… a day early, and 100 miles away from here,’ he tweeted from his iPhone.

DSGi has reportedly agreed a 60-day window with Apple, which will give retail stores a chance to stock the iPad two month’s before rival retailers Comet, Tesco, John Lewis and the Carphone Warehouse.

The touchscreen tablet computer acts as a web browser, eReader and games console with a host of recreational applications.

Although it is set at a pricey £429 for the cheapest 16GB WiFi version and £529 for the 3G version, both Apple and official resellers are quietly hoping demand will exceed supply.

The gadget giant has refused to give pre-order figures but did reveal those who have ordered an iPad online must wait until June 7 for delivery. The date was put back two days apparently due to great demand.

The iPad has certainly flown off the shelves in America. The international launch of the iPad was delayed by one month after U.S customers bought one million iPads in just 28 days. This was half the time it took the iPhone to hit the same milestone.

However, the U.S 16GB version is considerably cheaper at £340.

Some reviewers have questioned what section of the market will be prepared to buy the iPad, as Apple fans are likely to already have an iPhone for applications and a laptop for web browsing and word-processing.

Apple iPads don’t support Flash making many websites unworkable or a harddrive as this would drain the battery life. The 3G version does not have a regular SIM so those with Apple iPhones will have to buy a second data plan for the iPad.

Mobile phone providers Vodafone, Orange, O2 and 3 are offering the WiFi+3G version on various price plans.
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Mon, May 03 12:01 PM EDT

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc has sold 1 million iPads since their April 3 launch, as the company passed that sales milestone faster than many analysts had expected.

Apple said on Monday that the 9.7-inch touchscreen iPad — a new category of device that combines the mobility of a smartphone with the speed of a laptop — reached the million sales mark in only 28 days.

That was much faster than the iPhone, which passed 1 million units sold after 74 days in 2007.

Apple began the second stage of a two-part roll-out of the iPad on Friday when it started selling the pricier, high-speed wireless model in the United States, following the launch of the short-range Wi-Fi tablet earlier in April.

The company, which has already delayed the international iPad launch by a month, said it continues to have difficulty meeting demand.

“Demand continues to exceed supply and we’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers,” Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in a statement.

Hudson Square Research analyst Daniel Ernst said early sales have clearly exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. He had previously estimated sales for the entire June quarter at 1.25 million units.

Ernst said his research indicates that a large portion of buyers are so-called early adopters and people who were already Apple fans, so the breadth of long-term demand is still not clear.

But he called the iPad a “game-changer. This is a product that could really redefine how we consume a lot of content.”

Apple has pitched the iPad as an all-purpose media consumption device, good for video, games, electronic books and magazines and Web browsing.

Users have so far downloaded 1.5 million digital books.

Apple also said iPad users have downloaded 12 million software applications, or apps. There are more than 5,000 iPad apps available.

Many on Wall Street expect Apple to sell 5 million iPads this year, although estimates vary due to the difficulty in forecasting for a tablet computer market that is brand new.

The company sold 300,000 iPads on launch day, April 3, and a half million in the first week.

BMO Capital markets analyst Keith Bachman expects Apple to sell 2 million units in the June quarter.

“In many respects, we are encouraged that the international roll-out will not begin until May, which will sustain strong sales in the September quarter and throughout” 2010, Bachman wrote in a client note.

Apple delayed the international launch for a month because of what it said was stronger-than-expected U.S. demand.

International pre-orders will begin May 10, and the device will go one sale in nine new countries later in the month.

Shares of Cupertino, California-based Apple rose 2.1 percent to $266.64 in midday Nasdaq trading on Monday.

Shares of Amazon.com Inc, whose Kindle currently dominates the dedicated e-reader market, rose 0.7 percent to $138.06.

(Reporting by Franklin Paul and Gabriel Madway, editing by Gerald E. McCormick and John Wallace)