Apple Media Advisory

Apple today released the following statement:

Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads in the US during 
its 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™. We have also taken a large number of 
pre-orders for iPad 3G models for delivery by the end of April.

Faced with this surprisingly strong US demand, we have made the 
difficult decision to postpone the international launch of iPad by one 
month, until the end of May. We will announce international pricing 
and begin taking online pre-orders on Monday, 10 May. We know that 
many international customers waiting to buy an iPad will be 
disappointed by this news, but we hope they will be pleased to learn 
the reason—the iPad is a runaway success in the US thus far.