The iPad is soon coming to the UK and the British crowd are going to love it. It will likely be released in america first but then it hits the UK and it is sure to make the top sellers list very quickly on places like Amazon and so on.

The iPad is a great piece of technology that looks and feels great and it has various amazing software that comes with it.

Third party applications are where the iPad comes into its own. Sure it has all the built-in software but what about the App Store?

The App Store has seen over 3 billion apps downloaded from the 140,000 apps available. The iPad will run the majority of these applications direct from those that were created for the iPhone, not to mention the new apps that will be created specifically for the iPad itself.

So yes, your Facebook app that you know and love still works just the same on your iPad as it does on your iPhone. You can view these iPhone apps at double speed on your iPad or have it as original size in the middle of the screen.

I've seen the games on the iPad and they look totally freaking awesome. You are able to race, right, battle, shoot and platform your way to gaming nirvana with this badboy.

You still get hold of to use all the cool tricks that your UK iPhone had - the tilting, the accelerometer, touch screen.

All those iPhone apps you have will work, just whack it onto your iTunes, download everything and you're all set.

This is great but developers are already taking full advantage of the super big touch screen display that comes with the iPad and they all look great. It really is like a brand new goldmine for developers.

There are a huge amount of games already out there causing a big stir and it's going to get hold of crazy as they all compete to create the best apps.

Your iPad comes with the App Store already on the iPad so you can find to them really easily and quickly.

If you ever saw the Apple opening seminar about the iPad you would have seen a few of the unbelievable games these tech guys created in just a few weeks.

These games use brand new game mechanics that aren't available on any other unit. You acquire lots more flexibility. You'll be interacting with the screen in cool new ways - using different fingers, different weapons and targeting. The games look incredible at this high resolution.

One of these example games was Nova - a first person shooter that almost had me wetting my pants with excitement when I saw it!