iPad Apps – Apple released the first batch it’s iPad Apps ahead of the anticipated Saturday release of the tablet computer.

The iTunes store currently offers more than 2,500 iPad apps, such as Twitterific, AIM and Pandora, many of which will be familiar to iPhone and iPod Touch users.

Most of the iPad apps prices range from $0.99 to $9.99 but some Apps can cost as much as $49.99 (OmniGraffle).

A majority of the 150,000 apps already available in the App store will work with the iPad, Apple says on its site.

“If you already have apps for your iPhone or iPod Touch, just sync them to iPad from your Mac or PC. They run in their original size or you can expand them to fill the iPad screen,” the site says.