From the Apple PR department:
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.
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, May 10. 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.
Yipes! That might be why I’m being asked by international consumers to sell my iPad. If only I could be guaranteed that no one will try to pull one over on me (it wouldn’t be the first time someone scammed me from an eBay auction), but now I only ship domestically, with verified accounts, and insurance, and delivery notice, and gps tracking… okay, maybe not GPS tracking.
Anyway, I’ve got my iPad up for auction so I can get the 3G version when it drops. I can’t imagine the number of people waiting for that one if they’ve sold more than 500,000 units since the launch. All the while, the iTunes App Store developers are basically reselling ovesized versions of the very same application they have on the iPhone/iPod Touch platforms. Pretty frustrating for a fan.
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