When Apple announced that the Apple iPad would be available on April 3rd in the U.S., it only provided a “late April” launch date for other countries. We may now have a better idea of the date thanks to iPadinCanada.com.
It reports that a “source with close ties to the Apple Store” has revealed that April 24th and April 25th have been marked as “black out periods” where employees cannot book time off. This suggests that Apple is looking to have the appropriate staff levels for its Canadian iPad launch day.
If Apple adopts the same gap between pre-orders and the actual availability date as in the U.S., Canadians should be able to pre-order their iPads on April 2nd.
It’s also possible that Apple could use the April 24th date to launch the iPad in other countries.