Verizon iPhone Unleashed

Feb. 10, 2011— -- The wait is over for the Verizon iPhone. The phone will be in Apple and Verizon stores beginning Thursday. Best Buy and Wal-Mart are also selling the iPhone. Anyone who ordered one online beginning yesterday can expect it to ship by Feb. 18, the carrier said.

Hewlett-Packard unveiled its answer to the iPad Wednesday. The TouchPad will run on software developed for Palm phones, and has similar dimensions to the iPad, but also includes a front-facing camera for video chats.

The New York Times Nick Bilton says it has one other advantage over Apple's Tablet.

"One of the major reasons that I think people will actually opt for this device over the iPad is the fact that it runs Flash," Bilton said. "For people that teach in schools, for example, there's a lot of applications that are Flash-based that they can't use on an iPad which they'll be able to use on the HP device."

HP says the TouchPad will be available this summer, but did not give a price.