Apple to launch iPad in NZ on Friday

Apple's iPad
Apple's iPad
The Apple iPad will finally reach New Zealand on Friday, the company announced today.

The iPad tablet, billed as a "magical and revolutionary product", launched in the United States on April 3 but demand caused delivery delays to the international market.

It went on sale in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and Britain on May 28.

Along with New Zealand, the iPad would go on sale in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands and Singapore on July 23.

The Wi-Fi-only models would have a recommended retail price of $799 for 16GB, $979 for 32GB and $1149 for 64GB, and the Wi-Fi + 3G models at $999 for 16GB, $1179 for 32GB and $1349 for 64GB.

The tablet had been available on TradeMe since shortly after its US release, with current auctions priced at up to $NZ1940.

Users could browse the web, read and send email, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games and read ebooks.

The tablet was thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook, Apple said.

More than one million Wi-Fi iPads had been sold in the US, before the Wi-Fi + 3G version was launched, Apple said.

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