Do I even need to write anything else? Looks like I’m going to miss the 8:31 AM train in the morning…
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iPad Pre-Orders Start Tomorrow at 8:30 AM EST
iPad Available April 3rd, Pre-Order on March 12th
Finally, we have an official date!
The WiFi model iPad will be available at Apple Retail Stores nationwide on Saturday, April 3rd. For the anti-social types among you, pre-orders will be begin on March 12th and can be shipped to you or made available for pickup at your local Apple Retail Store. The WiFi + 3G model is officially slated for “late April.”
International folks (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK ) can get your hands on both models in late April.
Full press release is below.
iPad Sales to Start March 26th?
The Examiner has reported that Apple Store employees will begin training for the sale of the iPad on March 10th and that an on-sale date of March 26th is “very likely.” iPad TV spots could start as early at March 15th.
Most interesting is that the report indicates that those who camp out will receive a “special gift.” Maybe a blanket for those of us in colder regions?
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Apple Could Have Limited Availability of iPad at Launch
Analyst predictions are nothing new and I tend to take them with a grain of salt – especially when they’re about Apple. The inner workings of the company and its operations are so secretive that it’s hard to take any of them seriously. Hopefully, this one won’t turn out to be true.
Peter Misek, an analyst with Canaccord Adams, is suggesting that iPad availability may be limited to just 300,000 units at launch due to an “unspecified production problem” with one of its manufacturers. That manufacturer would be Hon Hai Precision (also known as FoxConn), a company that’s been in the news lately regarding working conditions at its factories and its management of employees.
Apple to Sell iPad at Best Buy, others
At the recent Goldman Sachs tech conference this week, Apple COO Tim Cook told attendees that iPad will launch in retail, online education and other direct sales from Apple, but will also include select third party retailers.
Typically, these retailers offer “assisted sales” which means they have folks on the sales floor that specialize in Apple products and can provide purchasing advice to folks considering an iPad. I would think that Best Buy’s ability to activate AT&T data plans would also qualify them as an obvious early retail partner as the iPad rolls out.
Pre-Order Your iPad Next Week? [Update]
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Get out your credit cards, debit cards and any other electronic payments that Apple might accept.
AppAdvice.com has it on good account from “a reliable source of ours familiar with the matter” that the iPad could go on sale for pre-order as early as February 25th. You still won’t get it before the end of March, but at least you’ll be in the queue. One can only hope that Apple will ship them on a first-come, first-serve basis.
These will likely be for the WiFi model and only in the U.S. (sorry international peeps).
The big question is: Does anyone actually believe this will actually happen?
