According to a tweet sent by its NY bureau chief, John Abell, WIRED magazine has reportedly sold 24,000 downloads of its $4.99 per copy iPad app on its first full day in the App store.  The app has received 420 ratings with an overall average of four stars.  Of course, if any magazine is going to perform well out-of-the-gate as an iPad app, its WIRED.  Let's see how sales hold up over the next fwew days, and, more importantly, for its its next issue.

Adobe is running a full page ad in today's Marketplace section of The Wall Street Journal that ups the ante in its battle with Apple over Flash.

While the attention-grabbing headline reads "We Love Apple," the final point the ad makes is "What we don't love is anybody taking away your freedom to choose what you create, how you create it, and what you experience on the web."

Take that Steve "My Way or the Highway" Jobs!

Harry McCracken at Technologizer offers up a wish list for the planned device.

The members of my family immediately gravitated to the new shiny thing -- no prompting, no encouragement, no migration, etc.  They are drawn to it like a moth to flame.

Even more revealing is this statement:

I don't think I'll be buying any more desktops going forward.  I don't think I'll even be buying any more laptops going forward.

They've all been largely obsoleted (at least at my home) by a sleek $499 device that doesn't really have any right to be called a "computer" in the traditional sense.

Read the full post here.

Portable gadgets (BlackBerries, Nintendo DS, iPods) have, for many parents, become baby-sitters-on-the-go.  Wilson Rothman's list of 16 great iPad apps for toddlers and young kids is a must-read if you are one of those parents.

Check out the full list at Gizmodo

Jason Calacanis has added an iPad edition to his growing list of ThisWeekIn-branded video and audio podcasts.  The iPad show airs live every Thursday at 7PM EST.  You can watch the fourth episode here at JustinTV.

You must also check out ThisWeekIn Startups, the program that served about a year ago as the launch podcast for ThisWeekIn.  Its a terrific podcast for anyone interested in getting an insider's look at starting up a buisness, particularly in the tech and online space.