Apple iPad international launch delayed

Apple has announced that international availability of the iPad has been postponed until the end of May.

Blaming a “surprisingly strong” demand for the delay, Apple said it had been a difficult decision, but made no apology – simply saying its customers would be pleased to hear of the iPad’s “runaway success” in the US.

A statement read: “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.”

It also noted it had taken a large number of US pre-orders for the iPad 3G for delivery by the end of April.

To soften the blow, Apple has confirmed it will unveil international pricing and begin taking online pre-orders from 10 May.

Will you be waiting until then to make your order, or importing it from the US? Let us know below.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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