TODAY app for iPad debuts

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Watch your favorite TODAY show videos and slideshows on your iPad with the TODAY show's new app specially made for Apple's popular tablet — and for your schedule.

The free app, available Friday, is just in time for the release of the iPad 2, also out Friday. (TODAY fans on Facebook have a chance to win an iPad2 by going to TODAY's Facebook page.)

You can use TODAY for iPad anytime you want to watch or catch up on full episodes of the show. You can browse to, your favorite TODAY show segments by the show's date or by topic. Topics include news, entertainment, food, health, fashion and beauty, parenting, relationships, pets and animals, and Hoda & Kathie Lee.

The app's interactive transcript mode lets you read through a video and jump right to the moment of the clip you're interested in. You can also watch videos and browse related stories or slideshows at the same time.

Videos can also be shown on full-screen mode if you just want to concentrate on watching, and not multitasking, with the app.

You can share the stories and videos you like with your friends on Facebook, Twitter or via e-mail by using the app, which also has one-touch access to Facebook and the TODAY show's Facebook page.

TODAY for iPad is available through Apple's App Store in iTunes.

Last June, TODAY released an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, which also works on the iPad. The new app is especially designed to take advantage of the iPad's screen real estate and video capabilities.

Omar Wasow, technology analyst, shows the interface and features of the new iPad 2 and the new TODAY iPad application.

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Check out Technolog and Digital Life on Facebook, and on Twitter, follow Suzanne Choney, who's looking forward to catching up with some Hoda & Kathie Lee segments she's missed by using the TODAY app on her iPad.

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How do I sign up to win the I pad. May I register for it ? I don't twitter at all.

    Reply#1 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:02 AM EST

    Hi, my name is Joyce, I am 28 years of age, a mother of three and have decide to go back to school. Winning this IPAD2 would definitely help me to achieve my goals even on the go. By this I mean, my kids doctor or dentist appointments I would be able to access my courses as we wait. That would be awesome! I live the simple life therefore, have yet to be owner of any such popular and helpful device.

      Reply#2 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:19 AM EST

      My old Sony Viao wont last forever. I SO want an iPad2 to replace it!

        Reply#3 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:38 AM EST

        Living a busy life, working full time and sales consultant for Doterra Essential Oils, this Ipad would help me keep track of all my appointments along with all the latest news and watching of course the best TODAY show.

          Reply#4 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:41 AM EST

          Hi my name is Kimberly, I am from Casper,Wyoming. I'm not on facebook I know I know the only person in the world ... smiling Can I enter the contest to win the IPAD2, I have two kids in college it would be so helpful!! Hey...maybe I could be on facebook Thanks!

            Reply#5 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:01 PM EST

            Retired and to have an ipad would help me keep in touch with my family and keep my skills up to date.

              Reply#6 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:05 PM EST

              WE live in New Orleans and lost everything in Katrina and am currently out of work but desperately seeking due to the Oil Spill. I have a 17 year old son who's a junior in high school and in desperate need of an iPad or computer.computer. Winning one of these would be a great HELP

                Reply#7 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:20 PM EST

                WE live in New Orleans and lost everything in Katrina and am currently out of work but desperately seeking due to the Oil Spill. I have a 17 year old son who's a junior in high school and in desperate need of an iPad or computer. Winning one of these would be a great HELP

                  Reply#8 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:22 PM EST

                  I'm the full-time caregiver for my father who lives with me and I hold down a full-time job. Wow...an i-pad would help me out tremendously...organizing, entertaining, easy to carry! Love it!

                    Reply#9 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:42 PM EST

                    I wish to have this ipad to manage my home, my family and the Ortiz Middle School Band in Santa FE, NM . I'll definitely be using these powers for the good of many.

                      Reply#10 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:48 PM EST

                      My name is Karie Maddox and I am 21 Years old!I live in NC and I am working at a christian school right now and am really wanting to go back to school to get my teaching degree and i would do anything to be able to get this ipad2 to use at school. I have already been to school and got a degree in phlebotomy and lab assisting but once i got my degree they started lettingmore people off because of the enconomy please choose me to win the ipad2 it would be sucha big help with my schooling and many other things maybe in my classroom once i finish my degree!! PLease please choose me!My boyfriend also wants to get married sometime soon but i cant until i finish my degree it would help out so much!

                        Reply#11 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:18 PM EST

                        I am full-time caregiver for my elderly father who lives with me, and I hold down a full-time job to boot. Whew! An i-pad would make my life so much easier...orgainizing, entertaining, informative, and easy to carry. The best thing of all would be watching the entire Today Show every single day...not just the hour I get now before I go to work! Bliss!

                          Reply#12 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:31 PM EST

                          I would love to be chosen for this! It'll help me keep up with the TODAY show! and my school work! My old, VERY old, Toshiba is broken. the laptop battery dies when I turn it on, even if it's plugged in to the wall. The screen is held on my one knob thing because it isn't durable at all. I dont have the money to buy a new one, and I need some kind of computer to keep me in touch with my friends and family many miles away! An iPad2 would be a dream come true. I have an 8 year old brother with muscular dystrophy and I can't keep up with his things anymore because my laptop is broke. please choose me to win the ipad 2! I desperately need it and it would be a miracle/gift from God.

                            Reply#13 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:06 PM EST

                            I am a full time mom of 2, i am also in college full time studying for my Medical Assisting AAS degree, i have a perfect attendance record, and an almost perfect GPA, I could really benefit from an Ipad2 to help me in my studies in school, and my future as a medical assistant.

                              Reply#14 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:30 PM EST

                              I am so far behind in today technology but none the less this 57 year old woma would love to win the new IPAD so I could see what it is all about and hopefull be able to use it in my daily routine.

                                Reply#15 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:54 PM EST

                                I am a 35 year old single parent of a teenage daughter. I am working full time. I am attending college. My GPA is presently at 3.17. On 12-11-11 I will be getting my Associates Degree in Psychology. Then I am going for my Master's Degree in Criminal Justice. I will be spending a lot of time in school. This iPad2 would be a blessing to me. What would this do for me if I was to win one of these iPad2's! I would be able to keep up with my school work a lot more easier. Just because this would make school work able to go where I go. I believe this will help my GPA to go up. Why? I will be able to take scool with me instead of be confided to my desk top. I just want to say Thank You and God Bless everyone that is invovled in this contest!!!!

                                  Reply#16 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:31 PM EST

                                  I took care of my dad till he past away and now I am taking care of my mom. The most I get away from home is one day a week. It would be wonderful to win the iPad2. This way I don't have to keep moving back and forth from one room to the other just to make sure my mom is ok. I never leave her alone for no more than a few minutes at a time. Thank you so much for this chance to win something so advanced.

                                    Reply#17 - Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:48 PM EST

                                    I have an itouch. I love it. I use it all the time. However I am finding it harder to read the text. On an Ipad, I could make the print much bigger and have fewer headaches.

                                      Reply#18 - Sat Mar 12, 2011 7:55 AM EST

                                      Being 89 years old and having lived this long, I am thrilled to experience all this wonderful technology. Would love to own an IPad to broaden my remaining years.

                                        Reply#19 - Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:33 AM EST

                                        Would love to win an IPAD and get in touch with the latest technology.

                                          Reply#20 - Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:39 PM EST
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