Several Macs won't recognize iPad anymore

I bought a 32GB iPad about 3 weeks ago. For the first 2 weeks - the iPad was great. I was able to sync it to my iMac/iTunes daily, and never had any issues with the iPad. Then for some reason this week, my iPad was no longer recognized by my iMac/iTunes.
Over the past few days - I've followed everything I've read about how to try to get these two to see one another. Some of the things I've tried multiple times:
1. Did a hard shut down/reboot of the iPad
2. Shut down/rebooted the iMac
3. Used a different Mac computer to try and recognize the iPad - but it didn't
4. Re-installed iTunes 9.1 on my iMac
5. Tried hooking in the iPad into the 3 different USB 2.0 ports I have on iMac.
6. My battery is fully charged - and I stuck it in to charge for 20min just in case.
7. Reset to factory settings and dumped all of my previous files and settings
And by doing this - now the iPad can't get past the screen asking me to hook it into iTunes. Anyone have any other suggestions? I'd appreciate it - as I believe I've tried to troubleshoot everything I've read about.
Thanx,
Eric

So the end result was this (in case anyone else has the same issue)... is that Apple didn't know why my iPad stopped being seen by other computers.
I took my iPad to the Genius Bar. They pretty much did everything I had already done. Even tried hooking my iPad into their Macs... and "nothing". So they ended up exchanging out my 3 week old iPad for a new one. I have to admit - the guys at the Apple Store were really cool about it. They didn't give me any hassles what so ever about the iPad - and were just as perplexed as I was about it.
Hope this helps anyone who is pulling out their hair, trying to figure out why their iPad doesn't sync anymore.
Cheers,
Eric

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