The iPad 's Japanese release will be postponed, and reservations will be accepted from May 10, and release will be in late May

Apple's tablet device that was released in the USA on April 3 and was supposed to be released in Japan at the end of April "IPadHowever, it became clear that the release was postponed.

It is said that the release will be in late May, and the advance order will be accepted from May 10. Moreover, it is touched on the selling price in Japan which is worrisome.

Details are as below.
Apple today announced the following statements.

Regarding this postponement of release, there is a demand far beyond the expectation of shipping more than 500,000 units a week in the United States that we have released in the past, it is considered that there will be demand beyond supply capacity over the next few weeks, and 4 Many reservations are also included for models compatible with 3G communication scheduled to be released in the US at the end of the month, and because of such surprisingly strong demand, the release time of the iPad outside the United States was extended by one month and the end of May We made a difficult decision to make it.

Moreover, it is said that it will announce on May 10 (Monday) the selling price other than the United States which is not yet revealed, and at the same time it will start accepting booking online.

The Apple iPad official page has also been updated and the date is clearly stated.

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The release date is "late May", which means that the advance order will be accepted from May 10.