May 20, 2010 by Andre
It looks like more bad news for customers in the UK awaiting the arrival of the much anticipated iPad as Apple have announced delays.
Apple has warned all customers in the UK who have not yet placed an order for an iPad that if their order has been placed after May 14th they will not receive their device until at least June 7th. The official Apple website, which is currently taking iPad pre-orders, is now listing the shipping date for the touch-screen, tablet-style device as June 7th rather than the end of May as was expected.
However, Apple has confirmed that those customers who have already pre-ordered the iPad would still receive it on May 28th, the promised day of launch. The shipping delay is rumoured to be as a result of huge demand for the iPad in the UK; industry experts believe that Apple has sold out of its initial iPad allocation, and the delay will give them more time to get new units shipped from overseas factories to customers.
Apple has already pushed back the UK launch of the iPad once, citing “overwhelming” demand for the device in the United States as the main reason for the delay.
The iPad will start from £429 when it goes on sale in the UK, £70 more than in the US, with models that combine Wi-Fi web browsing with 3G internet access costing significantly more. Several major network operators, including O2, Orange and Vodafone, have already released details of their data tariffs, which will allow people to surf the internet using the mobile phone network if they sign up to a data package from one of these providers.
Apple sold a million iPads in just 28 days in the United States, and the device is expected to be equally popular in the UK and other countries when it goes on sale later this month.
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