Apple Delays Global Launch of iPad – Must Wait Till May 10th
Apple’s iPad won’t be available outside the U.S. until the end of May, a delay of one month from its original global launch date. With customers grabbing more than 500,000 iPads during the tablet’s first week, demand has been higher than expected, Apple said Wednesday, and will likely exceed supply over the next several weeks. The company said that it’s also trying to handle a huge number of pre-orders for the 3G iPad models, which are also supposed to reach the hungry hands of U.S. customers by the end of this month.
“Faced with this surprisingly strong U.S. demand, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the international launch of iPad by one month, until the end of May,” said Apple. “We will announce international pricing and begin taking online pre-orders on Monday, May 10.”
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