Amazon has unleashed a terrific early Black Friday deal on the 9th generation iPad: it just slashed its price to a mere $199 from its original $329. This massive 40% discount matches the lowest price ever seen for this popular Apple tablet,

M2 iPad Air with 512GB and WiFi is down to just $899 at Amazon. That's 18% in savings and its lowest price to date. There's really no point in sitting around and waiting for Black Friday to score a good great deal on an iPad.

With each passing year, Black Friday seems to turn more and more into "Black November," with many retailers starting their holiday sales weeks before the day itself. But while the bombardment of promos can be annoying,