April 16, 2010 by Andre
There is good news and bad news for anyone outside the US that has been waiting for the release of the iPad at the end of this month. The bad news is that you are going to be waiting a bit longer, the good news is that it is because the iPad is so popular in the US meaning that is must be good, right?
Apple have announced that they have delayed the international launch of the iPad by a month due to overwhelming demand in the US. The tablet computer was originally supposed to go on sale at the end of April in the UK but this has been pushed back until the end of May.
It is not only us in the UK that have to stomach the bad news, we can seek comfort in the fact that we are not alone as Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Australia, Switzerland and Spain will all have to wait with us.
The company released a press release this week: “Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads during the first week, demand is far higher than we predicted and will likely continue to exceed our supply over the next several weeks as more people see and touch an iPad.”
The pre-order date has been pushed back to May 10th which is the same date that Apple are planning to release pricing information for the product.
Whilst the rest of the world will be quite disappointed by this news it is evidently positive for Apple as the delay represents the products popularity and will increase hysteria amongst the other nations waiting for it which could possibly boost sales when it does eventually come out.
This delayed release has been predicted by analysts in recent weeks after demand in the US was so high on the iPad’s release, any further delays are also a possibility, be warned.
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