iPad to hit US stores on April 3‎

Apple has announced the launch date of the iPad. The Internet Tablet the Cupertino company will be marketed in the United States April 3, 2010, not late March as originally planned, but the Apple Store will take preorders from March 12. The shop eBooks iBookstore will open at the same time.

Only iPad Wi-Fi will be initially available at the rates provided 500, 600 and 700 dollars respectively for versions 16, 32 and 64 GB model with a 3G modem will meanwhile launched in late April , without further precision, respectively for 630, 730 and 830 dollars, a surcharge of $ 130.

In France and parts of Europe and Japan, however, both models will enter the market simultaneously in late April, at rates that will be yet another announcement.