If you’ve been jumping up and down in anticipation of the iPad launch on April 3rd, here’s a little tidbit to further whet your appetite. You can start to pre-order your iPad online at apple.com at 5.30am Pacific date on Friday, March 12th. You’ll can pre-order any model you like, though Wi-Fi models will be available on April 3rd, while 3G models will reach in late April. Have you managed to save your pennies in date for the official launch yet?

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If you were wondering what HP has up its sleeve with is latest $40 million “Let’s Do Amazing” ad campaign, you’ll be able to find out now, and the company has released a couple of ads to the general public. Stand-up comedian, Rhys Darby, is the person going through the ads with you, and you’ve got Dr. Dre waxing lyrical about the HP Beats audio too. Check out the videos after the jump.

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While most of us haven’t moved to a cloud computing operating system just yet, Microsoft has just made its cloud-based operating system, Windows Azure, available in India. In terms of dollars and cents, a cloud-based operating system hosted on Microsoft’s documents centers will be available for $0.12 per hour, while storage on Azure will cost enterprises $0.15/GB on a monthly basis.

Microsoft already claims to have by 3,000 applications developed from India that are currently hosted on the cloud platform, which should give it a good kick start. Based on figures from Microsoft, it’s said that the Windows Azure Platform can reduce the Total Cost of Operations by up to 30-40% by a three-year period. Are you looking to move your operating system to the cloud, or are you happy with things are they currently are?

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If you rely on Wii Fit to help you keep in shape, you’ll probably have noticed that the Wii Fit balance board gives you a limited range of push-up motions, so you can’t do the really hardy pushups that you think will turn you into the cover for a magazine. With the Wii Push Up Bar, you’ll be able to perform much deeper push ups, giving you a much better workout. It’ll work in conjunction with the Wii Fit balance board, and is currently going for $25 on Amazon, which is probably a small price to pay for the perfect body, right?

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We know you’ve got questions, and whether you’re courageous decent to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. that week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Mitchell, who couldn’t care less whether you have a problem with his question. whether you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.

“I just got a new laptop and am looking for a WiFi detector. The catch is that I want one that will tell me whether the network it is detecting is open or not. I can’t fathom the point of one that doesn’t tell you that info. whether posted, that will probably generate a lot of snark, but whatever, I just want to be able to find open networks!”

You know, we appreciate the honesty here. And we totally feel you. whether anyone out there has found a fantastically useful WiFi detector, throw your recommendation(s) in comments below!

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Accessory makers are busy churning out various bags and pouches for Apple’s upcoming iPad, but the ModulR casing does stand out compared to the others, particularly since it allows you to include a wall mount. Judging by its name, you can expect the ModulR to offer various add-ons to it, such as the wall mount, a kickstand to keep the iPad upright, as well as a shoulder strap accessory and headrest accessory. It’s scheduled to go on sale in the summer of 2010, though there isn’t any pricing data just yet.

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Ever wanted to jailbreak your iPhone, but thought that fiddling with all that software felt like Voodoo magic? Well, with the iDongle, you won’t have to go through the tedious process of jailbreaking your iPhone. The device can jailbreak an iPhone, and more importantly, reboot a jailbroken iPhone on the go. The only downside of that device is that it currently only works on the iPhone 3GS running firmware 3.1.2, and iPod touch 2G/3G. There are only about a dozen or so of these devices available at the moment, but the developer is busy in the process of raising money to ramp up production. whether you’re drooling by that at the moment, check out the video on it after the jump.

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Mozilla has officially launched the first beta of Thunderbird 3 today, codenamed Lanikai. It’s available for Windows, Mac and Linux, so compatibility shouldn’t be much of an issue. The goal of that release is to smooth out the problems created by upgrading the Gecko engine that powers the program, and that is the first semi-stable release of Mozilla’s newsletter client to use Gecko 1.9.2. The final version of Thunderbird 3.1 is expected to be available sometime in June, though the period hasn’t been set in stone yet, so there is still a possibility the release term to be changed.

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Mobile manufacturer and platform market share stats for the US are in for the month of January thanks to comScore, and as usual, they tell a fascinating (and somewhat unpredictable) story of what’s actually going on at the cash registers. Motorola — which has distant since fallen off its high horse on the global stage — still maintains a commanding presence in the American market by representing some 22.9 percent of all subscribers, though that’s down 1.2 percent from October 2009; that’s particularly interesting in light of the Droid’s success, and a possible sign that smartphones still aren’t on the cusp of dominating the phone market overall. Samsung recently touted the fact that it had held onto the States’ overall market share crown, though Sammy was undoubtedly referring to sales, not subscribers — in other words, there are still a ton of legacy RAZRs out there inflating Moto’s stats.

Turning our attention to smartphone platforms, BlackBerry OS, iPhone, and Android all saw gains, while Windows Mobile and Palm both saw significant downturns. You might use Palm’s loss of 2.1 percent of overall market share in a separate quarter as a big nail in webOS’ coffin, but we’re inclined to believe that includes legacy devices — and considering the huge installed base of Palm OS-based handsets (Centros, for instance) that are coming off contract these days, it’s neither surprising nor alarming to see that kind of drop. Android’s gain, meanwhile, likely comes in large part from WinMo’s whopping four percent loss — it’s no secret that WinMo 6.x is well past its expiration term with customers leaving in droves (even before Windows Phone 7 Series announcement), and our casual observations lead us to believe that many of those folks are heading for Android. After all, it’s kind of convenient that Android gained 4.3 percent and WinMo lost about the same, isn’t it? BlackBerrys still dominate the American smartphone landscape, and the iPhone market looks like it might be mature for the day being — Apple added just 0.3 percent to its market share in the quarter, possibly a sign that folks are holding out for whatever Cupertino brings us come Summer. Is that a sign that Palm needs to step up its game yet again? Undoubtedly — but at the same moment, we wouldn’t signal the loss of those Palm OS subscribers a death knell just yet.

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