iPad Hits Apple Store on Apr 3. Start for Pre-Order from Mar 12

Apple has just announced the WiFi model of iPad will be available in Apple stores on April 3. The 3G model will be available in late April. In addition, you can pre-order it starting from March 12.

Initially, iPad is only available in U.S. For international customers in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK, both models of iPad will be available in late April. For other countries that are not on the list, iPad will ship later this year.

According to the press release, iPad will come with the new iBook app that includes Apple’s new iBookstore for browsing, buying and reading books. The iBookstore will feature books from the New York Times Best Seller list from both major and independent publishers, including Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Group and Simon & Schuster. But initially, the iBook app will be available in U.S. only.

The WiFi model of iPad will be sold starting from US$499, while the price of the 3G model starts from US$629. For international customer, the pricing is not announced yet.

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