An official announcement by Apple and two iPad rumors from last week shot down! We heard an analyst guessing that the iPad might be delayed by a month and another rumor suggesting that the iPad would go on sale on March 25th – well both are now officially wrong. Apple has released a press note announcing that the WiFi version of the iPad would launch on 3rd April in US. Pre orders for the same starts on March 12th.
iPad will be available in Wi-Fi models on April 3 in the US for a suggested retail price of $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB,$699 for 64GB. The Wi-Fi + 3G models will be available in late April for a suggested retail price of $629 for 16GB, $729 for 32GB and $829 for 64GB.
iPad will be available in both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models in late April in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,Spain, Switzerland and the UK. International pricing will be announced in April. iPad will ship in additional countries later this year.