iPad launches on April 3rd, pre-orders begin March 12th
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted March 5th 2010 9:02AM
posted March 5th 2010 9:02AM
- 16GB WiFi only -- $499
- 32GB WiFi only -- $599
- 64GB WiFi only -- $699
- 16GB WiFi + 3G -- $629
- 32GB WiFi + 3G -- $729
- 64GB WiFi + 3G -- $829
iPad Available in US on April 3
Pre-Order on March 12
CUPERTINO, California-March 5, 2010-Apple® today announced that its magical and revolutionary iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April.
Beginning a week from today, on March 12, US customers can pre-order both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models from Apple's online store (www.apple.com) or reserve a Wi-Fi model to pick up on Saturday, April 3, at an Apple retail store.
"iPad is something completely new," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We're excited for customers to get their hands on this magical and revolutionary product and connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before."
Starting at just $499, iPad lets users browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more. iPad is just 0.5 inches thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds-thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook-and delivers battery life of up to 10 hours.*
iPad's revolutionary Multi-Touch™ interface makes surfing the web an entirely new experience, dramatically more interactive and intimate than on a computer. You can read and send email on iPad's large screen and almost full-size "soft" keyboard or import photos from a Mac®, PC or digital camera, see them organized as albums, and enjoy and share them using iPad's elegant slideshows. iPad makes it easy to watch movies, TV shows and YouTube, all in HD, or flip through the pages of an ebook you downloaded from Apple's new iBookstore while listening to your music collection.
The App Store on iPad lets you wirelessly browse, buy and download new apps from the world's largest app store. iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for iPad and will run almost all of the more than 150,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone® or iPod touch®. Developers are already creating exciting new apps designed for iPad that take advantage of its Multi-Touch interface, large screen and high-quality graphics.
The new iBooks app for iPad includes Apple's new iBookstore, the best way to browse, buy and read books on a mobile product. 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.
The iTunes® Store gives iPad users access to the world's most popular online music, TV and movie store with a catalog of over 12 million songs, over 55,000 TV episodes and over 8,500 films including over 2,500 in stunning high definition. All the apps and content you download on iPad from the App Store, iTunes Store and iBookstore will be automatically synced to your iTunes library the next time you connect with your computer.
Pricing & Availability
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 sold in the US through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers.
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.
The iBooks app for iPad including Apple's iBookstore will be available as a free download from the App Store in the US on April 3, with additional countries added later this year.
*Battery life depends on device settings, usage and other factors. Actual results vary.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.
Pre-Order on March 12
CUPERTINO, California-March 5, 2010-Apple® today announced that its magical and revolutionary iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April.
Beginning a week from today, on March 12, US customers can pre-order both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models from Apple's online store (www.apple.com) or reserve a Wi-Fi model to pick up on Saturday, April 3, at an Apple retail store.
"iPad is something completely new," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We're excited for customers to get their hands on this magical and revolutionary product and connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before."
Starting at just $499, iPad lets users browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more. iPad is just 0.5 inches thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds-thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook-and delivers battery life of up to 10 hours.*
iPad's revolutionary Multi-Touch™ interface makes surfing the web an entirely new experience, dramatically more interactive and intimate than on a computer. You can read and send email on iPad's large screen and almost full-size "soft" keyboard or import photos from a Mac®, PC or digital camera, see them organized as albums, and enjoy and share them using iPad's elegant slideshows. iPad makes it easy to watch movies, TV shows and YouTube, all in HD, or flip through the pages of an ebook you downloaded from Apple's new iBookstore while listening to your music collection.
The App Store on iPad lets you wirelessly browse, buy and download new apps from the world's largest app store. iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for iPad and will run almost all of the more than 150,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone® or iPod touch®. Developers are already creating exciting new apps designed for iPad that take advantage of its Multi-Touch interface, large screen and high-quality graphics.
The new iBooks app for iPad includes Apple's new iBookstore, the best way to browse, buy and read books on a mobile product. 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.
The iTunes® Store gives iPad users access to the world's most popular online music, TV and movie store with a catalog of over 12 million songs, over 55,000 TV episodes and over 8,500 films including over 2,500 in stunning high definition. All the apps and content you download on iPad from the App Store, iTunes Store and iBookstore will be automatically synced to your iTunes library the next time you connect with your computer.
Pricing & Availability
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 sold in the US through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers.
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.
The iBooks app for iPad including Apple's iBookstore will be available as a free download from the App Store in the US on April 3, with additional countries added later this year.
*Battery life depends on device settings, usage and other factors. Actual results vary.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.
Time to buy stock in Tide again, pants will be shat in.
@reader1
So, just make sure I'm understanding, the iPod Touch, which is a pre-existing product, is a smaller version of a yet-to-be-released product? That's like saying a horse is just a smaller version of a giant animal that will be discovered one day in the future. What ridiculous Apple-Koolaid logic...
@reader1 Please keep comments on my post relevant to my shit in pants comment. Thanks.
@reader1
I swear, this comment could've been made about 20 years ago...right before Apple almost went bankrupt with their oh so closed-system.
@Nitesh
It can't serve as a replacement for an open PC. It still has to sync with a PC for music/video/etc. unless you want to buy everything you own again from iTunes.
@xbit I know. Whats worrying is that I`ve already heard people saying they want to replace their laptops with one of these. Morons.
@reader1
It can't replace a PC. A lot of the pages I need to load on my PC require Flash. I'm a gamer, and my laptop needs to have a disc-drive and at least a mediocre processor. It can't replace a PC. It might be a bit of an in-between for a PC and an E-reader. but it can't replace a PC.
@HardToBelieve
Also, I'm using a MacBook right now, which is small, portable, and powerful enough for what I need. Who in their right mind would ever type on this thing while on-the-go? Sure, it might work on the couch, but I can't imagine typing on that screen for long.
@jamo
Exactly. Typing and reading are what happens the most on an average computer, whether it be a PC, Mac, desktop, laptop, or netbook, it gets done a lot. So, you need to be able type for long amounts of time, and have a screen that doesn't make you want to hang yourself with your own entrails.
@Nitesh i agree with you!
@HardToBelieve It can't replace your pc. Lots of people are happy with just surfing and email, if they weren't then the netbook craze would have died about a month after the eeePc 701 was released.
@Nitesh
i don't care if anyone crown me apple hater, because this simply sucks, not just this but 1st gen of anything is not worth paying money .. 2nd gen will be the best, after they listen what the first gen buyer say ..
@Nitesh
I'll be selling my MacBook Pro to pick up an iPad. I can't wait.
@barry99705
This is ground that's already been covered, though. No flash = no surfing. Awkward keyboard = hard to send emails.
@DarkElfa
* 16GB WiFi only -- $499
* 32GB WiFi only -- $599
* 64GB WiFi only -- $699
* 16GB WiFi + 3G -- $629
* 32GB WiFi + 3G -- $729
* 64GB WiFi + 3G -- $829
* 256GB WiFi + 3G + OSX (Snow Leopard) -- $1199
Fixed
@reader1
Oh I get it. You're stupid. If the web is so useless, then why was the iPad designed for the web? If you're so smart give me an answer. Although, I predict your answer will be just another one of your soul-less lies.
@DarkElfa how did you come up with that "magical" number ?
@saayedalam For the love of humanity, stop flooding my inbox!
@reader1
"Flash and the Web have no future."
How much of a punch-drunk fanboy can you be to think that any device is going to make the web "obsolete"?
You had better hope it doesn't or the internet will just become another form of cable TV.
@Kid Red how will you sync stuff to the iPad then? you need to hook it up to a computer to do that.....hence why it wont replace the computer...
@saayedalam
$829 is how much the most expensive one costs. Add 2000 dollars.
@reader1 what drugs exactly are you on?
@DarkElfa
* 16GB WiFi only -- $499
* 32GB WiFi only -- $599
* 64GB WiFi only -- $699
* 16GB WiFi + 3G -- $629
* 32GB WiFi + 3G -- $729
* 64GB WiFi + 3G -- $829
Realizing that you just bought a bigger version of your ipod.....priceless.
For all of your stupid buys MasterCard is there.
@reader1 i'm sorry but are you on crack?
@reader1
I don't think it's a good idea to use Comedy Central as your posterchild for why Flash is dying.
The Daily Show and the Colbert Report web sites are packed to the brim with Flash.
I'm not a huge fan of Flash, but I recognize that commercially, it is still very important going into the future. Right now, Flash provides a company like Viacom (owner of Comedy Central) the infrastructure to run ads before any clip you want to watch, or to display a popup on top of any clip.
Flash is the basis for quite a lot of ad revenue dollars that go into running a web site like dailyshow.com or colbertnation.com. Perhaps HTML5 will have the capability in the future, but keep in mind that Flash is entrenched in the ad-supported web video market.
@HardToBelieve So you have typed on it? Didn't think so.
@saayedalam i think he just added the usual apple tax for the sticker on the back and minor overheating components
@HardToBelieve You're just realizing this? Wow!
@reader1
And that's a GOOD thing?
You do realize that the digital world we live in would not exist if that was the model we started out with.
Think about how many people lives have been improved because of this universally accepted network called the web. Many of whom would have had no access to this type of content otherwise.
And somehow we need to transfer into this locked-down hellhole the iPad is supposed to bring?
@reader1
9/10. Well trolled.
@realeyez He also trolls on Anandtech/Dailytech, if you like his work.
@gurkha Some people can afford to buy the 1st generation and get 6-9 months of use out of it, sell it, then get the second generation. Not like you're plunking down $2000.
@reader1
How about this one?
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation
I'm pretty sure the Escapist and Zero Punctuation are not junk, and are wholly ad supported.
@Nitesh hahahaha
@reader1
Your stupidity has no bounds; i can’t believe that i am feeding a troll. If you spend some microseconds to think, you believe that the whole idea of the Internet and sharing information will collapse because of some big corporate companies that make billions? Also they milk the hell out of your money to provide some products and services. You believe that this will ever happen?? Are you THAT ignorant?? You are so much of a sheep??
I mean is ok to troll but to make such stupid comments is beyond me..
@reader1
Closed mini-webs just like AOL! Wave of the future!
@blackactor Nothing will as 70% of Windows sales are in businesses. They makes toys like the XBox to drum up fanbois for the other 30% of sales.
@Nitesh
tide? i think i'll buy some shares of chitpotleaway instead
What's an iPad?
@LAY
I have a new name for these people -- I call them "Flash Deniers" -- they are in complete 100% denial that flash content makes up over 70% of the entire WWW. There's nothing you can say to them to make them think otherwise -- they're quite delusional.
@reader1
Your subtle trolling always gives me a good laugh! Keep it up sir.
@reader1 Reading your comments throughout this post I keep picturing you from the neck down stroking a fluffy white Persian, stopping every so often to steeple your fingers together as you make another pronouncement that one of your henchman dutifully posts here.
Are you bald too?
@Kid Red getting rid of my macbook to get one :)
@reader1
Sounds very religious. Let me fix it for you.
From the Book of Jobs:
Steve 3:15
The Web is a chaotic, disorganized, unprofitable, crime-riddled cesspool. Web sites are joke compared to what Apps can do. Digital stores are light-years ahead of Web browsers and search engines, in terms of product visibility and ease of use.
The Web is an open platform and open platforms invariably become victims of their own freedom. Closed platforms are civilized and organized. Closed platform networks are going to crush the Web into oblivion.
@reader1 cesspool? Where am I gonna get my porn if Apple has to approve all the content I see?
Seriously though, every new idea or innovation that can easily be spread on the web for support and adoption will have to filter through someone else's approval process. I'm not talking about porn, violence, or bad language, just new ideas with little to no startup money, and the need for some exposure to the public to take off. In your world we can say good bye to creativity and freedom so that Steve Jobs can control every single bit of information we get.
@DarkElfa
Wow, drinking a lot of HATER-AID today ain'tcha?
@Nitesh Ah yes finally, after all the debate if this will come on march, april... forever. At least we have some answers... err, do we?
After reading many of the 'day after the launch' articles – I have had time to reflect on why I would want this device. I am a heavy iPhone user – mostly the apps. – so to now have the opportunity to go for a major screen size increase – with all the familiarity of the iPhone – well that becomes the ticket I will buy for sure. However,I wish they would have included a web camera for Skype.
More: http://bit.ly/ipad-should-or-shouldnt-get-it
@HardToBelieve
"Oh I get it. You're stupid. If the web is so useless, then why was the iPad designed for the web? If you're so smart give me an answer. Although, I predict your answer will be just another one of your soul-less lies."
HardToBelieve,
reader1 never said the web was useless, and he is quite correct that Flash's day are numbered. HTML 5 was designed to accomplish everything that flash does, plus it's an open standard unlike Flash's proprietary blend. Take my word for it; I've been a professional software engineer for over 20 years.
However, I agree with you that until such time that HTML 5 completely supplants Flash on the web, the Flash plugin is still very useful. And since some sites are still using technology from 1997, it might be a while before everyone switches over. I can definitely see why not having Flash is a deal-breaker for some people.
And just so I can sit on all three sides of the fence, I can understand Apple's reasoning for not including flash support. Poorly written Flash objects are the primary reason browsers crash and your computer slows to a crawl when you open some web pages. And those annoying ads! Except for where you really need it (like when playing video), Flash tends to do more to detract from the web browsing experience more than it adds to it.
Just my 2 cents.
@Nitesh I hate when people "reply" to the first post just so they can be seen. Any post not related to the reply, should be removed. Whatever happened to the etiquette of not jacking someones thread?!
That said, here is my ON TOPIC reply:
I see a possible correlation between the sugary Apple kool-aide and pants crapping: sugar is a diuretic.
@Nitesh Some people just can`t see the forest for the trees!