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Saturday, 08 May 2010 01:16 |
APPLE unveiled the pricing for the iPad in Australia overnight, promising to launch the devise with the iBookstore on May 28.
Online buyers will be able to pre-order the tablet from Monday.
Australian pricing (including GST) for the Wi-Fi only iPad is $629 for 16GB, $759 (32GB) $879 (64GB). Apple will retail the Wi-Fi and 3G model $799 (16GB) $928 (32GB) and $1049 (64GB).
The pricing, which was delayed by two weeks thanks to demand exceeding supply in the US, where the device launched last month, was unveiled near midnight by Apple. The company said the 3G and Wi-Fi iPad models will launch in Australia in 20 days’ time.
And in an interesting and somewhat unexpected move, Apple announced that the iBookstore, which allows iPad owners to purchase electronic books to read on the iPad, and later this year on the iPhone as well, will be available from launch for Australians.
Those in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK will all be able to pre-order the device online from Apple’s store starting from Monday.
Apple also announced that people awaiting the iPad in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore can expect to see a release sometime in July - with pricing to be announced then.
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