iPad News

Thursday 11 March 2010

Pre-order your iPad

Tomorrow (Mar 12) is the first day you will be able to pre-order an Apple iPad. You will have to wait a further three weeks to get your hands on it though, as it won't be released until April 3.

Starting tomorrow at 8:30 am ET, 5:30 am PT, you can either pre-order an iPad at Apple's online store, or reserve an iPad at an Apple retail store.

Apple has allocated a certain number of reservations per store, and each store will likely y stop taking iPad pre-orders when it reaches that number.

Six models are available for pre-order - three with WiFi only and three with both WiFi+3G. However, the April 3 shipping date applies to the WiFi-only models, not the WiFi+3G models. The WiFi+3G models are expected to ship around a month later.

The iPad is priced from $499 to $829. The WiFi-only iPads are priced at $499, $599 and $699 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB flash drive configurations, respectively.

Monday 8 March 2010

First iPad commercial

Apple has aired its first TV commercial for the iPad, during broadcast of the Oscars in the US.

The 30-second commercial showed the iPad in use and highlighted many of the device’s built-in applications, including Photos, Maps, iTunes, Safari, Calendar and Mail, along with iBooks, the iBookstore and Pages.

Apple will launch the iPad in the UK at the end of April, a month after its US launch, where it will be available in stores from 3 April.

“We’re excited for customers to get their hands on this magical and revolutionary product and connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before,” said Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

iPad to go on sale in April

Apple’s iPad tablet will go on sale in the UK in “late April”, the company has revealed.

The late April launch date applies to both models of iPad - the Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi plus 3G - in the UK. Apple’s UK website still gives a March launch date for the Wi-Fi only iPad, with the 3G iPad slated to arrive in the UK in April. However, according to a press release from the company on Friday, both devices will now arrive at the same, albeit slightly later, time.