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>> the magic of news and-- lies in serendipity and surprise and the good editor. were going to bring that magic to the daily to inform people to make themty, to make them smile, and to help them engage in the great issues of the day. >> we think theres going to be a giant audience for tablet computing. there are by the end of next year, we could see 60 million of the devices in the marketplace, five years from now, nationally known and we he really think theres a giant market and were the news b...

Competition in the marketplace. not only are there over 20 different e-readers on the market but the i-pad for example, listen, am i going to buy a $499 multimedia device that i have access to my web browser and music and video and apps and then also have an e-reader on here? its like, am i going to get that, an entire multimedia unit or just a proprietary e-reader? its interesting too. in the first 65 days the i-pad was released 5 million e-books sold. if that doesnt speak volumes and 22% of th...

Sweet spot is maybe a hundred bucks. now you have a big price to climb. for example youre looking at the nook and the kindle both dramatically cutting those prices. >> yes. >> do you think more people are going to buy them because of that? >> bottom line is there is more competition in the marketplace. you hit it. we are seeing from consumer research that the sweet spot, yes, is in the hundred to $150 range. so you remember over the holidays e-readers were really booming and actually it was amaz...

Pretty upset about ed meese as a guest on our hour feeling im serving up the gop kool-aid. thats what the tweet said. there is a lot going on today. the arizona governor has released a web video attacking the president for a joke he made during the white house correspondents dinner. >> we all know what happens in arizona when you dont have i.d. adios, amigos! >> the governor says the immigration issue is, quote, not funny. and her video ends with a message for the president. it says, quote. do y...

Cnbc market wrap. heres a look at how stocks are trading today. the dow is up about 43 points. it is hovering underneath that crucial 11,000 mark at 10,940. electronics retailer best buy says it has sold out of apples i-pad in all 673 u.s. stores with apple shops. best buy was the only nonapple retailer in the u.s. to have the i-pad when it launched on saturday. meantime steve jobs says apple has sold a total of 450,000 i-pads since yesterday. the undisputed queen of day time talk oprah winfre...

Answering them. siemens. answers. youtube didnt exist. and facebook was still run out of a dorm room. when we built our first hybrid, more people had landlines than cell phones, and gas was $1.75 a gallon. and now, while other luxury carmakers are building their first hybrids, lexus hybrids have traveled 5.5 billion miles. and thats quite a head start. ♪ a potential new use for the i-pad. a spinal surgeon in california is using the new apple gadget in the operating room. he has hooked it up ...

Plan to use my i-pad for when i get it. its shaping up to be a record spring allergy season. record levels of pollen are popping up across the country this year due to the unusually cold, wet winter that just ended. the pollen is so thick its creating a haze over some cities. nbcs chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman joins us. good to see you. >> nice to see you too. >> i was talking with someone in texas and they said there is this green film over the cars. what is that? >> its everything...

>> i am. she has tweeted that she is going to be in a movie called "lol." we have to speak in text. it will be with miley cyrus who as you know wants to begin this film career. her movie "the last song" is doing quite well at the box office. she might actually have a shot at shedding this hannah montana disney identification. this would be a good move in that direction. when the i-pad became available apple said initially they might sell more than 700,000 units the first week. theyve actually ...

And of course, more fun finding it. easter costs less at walmart. save money. live better. walmart. "msnbc saturday." im lynn berry. half past the hour, tiger woods may have his wife by his side at masters. a source tells "us" magazine, e-len may tend the final round if tigers in contention. an attorney for reporter erin andrews says shes been receiving death threats. there have been a dozen threat. ing e-mails since september. andrews is asking abc to increase its security. and the infamo...

Yesterdays weather. the northwest is the problem. easter sunday forecast, looks great in so many locations. only problem spot will be san francisco, sacramento, up through the pacific northwest. cloudy, cool weather. overall a very, very nice start to our easter weekend. >> oh, yeah. a lot of areas needed the help. thank you so much. >> well, consumers are getting their hands on the apple ipad for the first time this morning. was it overhyped or will this be a must-buy? even though apple allowed...