He's got one.Apple's iPad tablet is launching “late April” in Australia and April 3 (April 4, NZ time) in the US.But for little old New Zealand?“No details have been released,” was all Apple Australia-New Zealand spokesman Joh
He's got one.
Apple’s iPad tablet is launching “late April” in Australia and April 3 (April 4, NZ time) in the US.
But for little old New Zealand?
“No details have been released,” was all Apple Australia-New Zealand spokesman John Marx would tell NBR.
We do know that NZ will see the entry-level version first, with the 3G model, and accompanying iBookstore download service to follow at a later date, also un-named.
One publishing industry insider told NBR that would be “in August, with constrained supply”.
NBR hopes Apple will contradict that.
But so far, all evidence points to supply being more constrained than first thought.
In the US, heavier than expected pre-orders meant Apple sold-out of the iPad ahead of its Easter launch (or, cynical observers of the company’s marketing tactics could note, sold out on schedule to ensure maximum hype).
Apple quickly upped estimates for the iPads first four months on sale from 650,000 to 1.12 million.
Accordingly, the company's shares (NAS: APPL) are hitting yet another all-time high.
Around 3 million Amazon Kindles are in the market two years after that tablet's launch (and only stretching as far as Australia).
The Wall Street Journal has become one of the first business publications to support iPad, with a new $US17.99 tablet edition set to launch (a notable premium on the Kindle edition of the Journal, which goes for $US14.99 a month).
A Dow Jones spokeswoman told NBR that the Journal's iPad edition would be "a standalone product".
The paper's iPhone app, by contrast, is free for those who already have print and online subscriptions.
