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Digital
iPad UK launch delayed
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 15 April 2010
Apple yesterday announced that the rest of the world will just have to wait another month to get their hands on an iPad, because so many of those damn Americans want one they’ve run out. This is the last straw as far as I’m concerned, and I think war should now be declared on the United States, though given that they’re nearer, we’ll let the Canadians handle the first assault. After all, it could get a bit messy.
Anyway, the Apple men said this yesterday: “Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads during its first week, demand is far higher than we predicted and will likely continue to exceed our supply over the next several weeks as more people see and touch an iPad. We have also taken a large number of pre-orders for iPad 3G models for delivery by the end of April”.
They continued: “Faced with this surprisingly strong US demand, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the international launch of iPad by one month, until the end of May. We will announce international pricing and begin taking online pre-orders on Monday, 10 May. We know that many international customers waiting to buy an iPad will be disappointed by this news, but we hope they will be pleased to learn the reason – the iPad is a runaway success in the US thus far”.
Although you’re going have to wait a bit longer to get your hands on the iPad, Vodafone, O2 and Orange have all confirmed they will be selling the tablet computer once it finally arrives in the UK next month.
