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April 3 may be the launch date for the iPad, but it also seems as if it will be the same day we begin seeing Flash-free versions of popular websites come available. According to some recent reports, both the Wall Street Journal as well as NPR are working on bringing iPad friendly content to the iPad.

In terms of NPR, it looks like they will be rolling out an updated app that will take advantage of the larger display size of the iPad. Additionally, NPR has also announced that they will begin offering a Flash-free version of NPR.org.

“Use the iPad’s browser to visit NPR.org, which will detect that it’s being viewed with Apple’s device and serve up a custom-built site. This means no trace of Adobe’s (ADBE) Flash, which is used to power graphics and media on the site.”

Moving on we have much the same for the Wall Street Journal who have also announced plans for a Flash-free iPad friendly site.

” Visitors to the newspaper’s front page will see an iPad-specific, Flash-free page.”

In the end I imagine that we will see many of these iPad-friendly sites come to life similar to how we saw lots and lots of iPhone friendly sites. But at the same time, its nice to know that at least some of the bigger news outlets are putting though into this before the release and not trying to play catch up after the release.

[All Things Digital via MacRumors]