Alright folks we already know that Apple Announced the Launch Date of the iPad to be April 3rd. Now it is Lights, Camera Action for the iPad. Apple aired the First iPad Ad during the Academy Awards ceremony. According to reportsSteve Jobs himself joined the roster of stars attending Sunday night’s event in person.

According to the commercial, Apple’s iPad device will launch on April 3. Pre-orders for the iPad will start on March 12 for the Wi-Fi only version in the U.S., and 3G enabled versions will come out later in April.

The iPad ad uses an upbeat song in the background (The Blue Van – There Goes My Love) and was aired immediately after the motion picture “Up” from Disney/Pixar won the Best Animated Film award. Jobs is on Disney’s board of directors and used to be Pixar’s Chairman before Disney bought it in 2006.

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