First Apple revolutionized music sales with the 99 cent download on iTunes – to the dismay of many in the record industry. Now CEO Steve Jobs gives new hope to newspaper, magazine and book publishers with the wireless iPad, which is again tied to the iTunes store controlled by Apple. It also provides an enhanced experience for TV shows and movies sold through iTunes, on a screen that’s far larger than the iPhone. Some of the tablet computer’s features: cheap pricing, with a starter model at $499. It can show video, stream music and online radio stations, display a book or other “printed” material, play games – and run almost all the current apps created for the iPhone. The screen is 9.7 inches big, the unit is just a half-inch thick and weighs a pound and a half. It will have connectivity to the Internet in several ways, depending on the model. The initial model, available in about 60 days will offer Wi-Fi connectivity. Jobs says the iPad is “so much more intimate than a laptop, and so much more capable of a smartphone, with this gorgeous, large display.” Like the iPhone, the initial phone company partner for the iPad is AT&T. The L.A. Times has coverage of the iPad unveiling.