The iPad has certainly had a spotlight on it the past week and is certainly battling 3D HDTVs for doorbuster deal hype come Black Friday later this year.

We’ve been watching the iPad news closely and wanted to share a round-up of the best coverage we’ve seen thus far.

iPad Reviews & Advice:

• At Home with the iPad
• Engadget Review of the iPad
• Apple’s iPad is a Touch of Genius
• WSJ Walt Mossberg’s iPad Review
• Why You Should Buy Your iPad Books from Amazon
• What’s Missing from the Apple iPad?

iPad News:

• World’s iPad Installed in Car
• First iPad Jailbreak
• Apple has Sold 450,000 iPads
• iPad Sales Could Hit 7.1 million Units This Year

iPad Controversy:

• Why I Won’t Buy an iPad
• iPad Danger: App vs Web
• iPad is iBad for Freedom
• Comic Book Publishers Plot Comeback via Apple iPad
• “iPad’s Actual Cost is $260
• DRM: a Huge Step Backwards in the History of Computing

iPad Humor:

• Stephen Colbert’s iPad Review (video)
• iPad is a Comedy Gold Mine (video)
• The iPad on Funny or Die (video)
• iPad vs Stone (image)
• What Comes After the iPad? (images)