New iPad to go on sale March 16th at 0800

Apple New iPadApple today announced that its third generation iPad, the new iPad, will go on sale at 0800 local time on Friday, March 16th. It will be available in both Canada and the U.S. as well as eight other countries.

Every customer who buys a new iPad at an Apple retail store will be offered free Personal Setup service, helping them customize their iPad by setting up email, loading new apps from the App Store™ and more, so they’ll be up and running with their new iPad before they leave the store.

Both the new iPad Wi-Fi and iPad Wi-Fi + 4G will be available in either black or white.

Model Canada U.S.
16GB Wi-Fi CA$519 US$499
32GB Wi-Fi CA$619 US$599
64GB Wi-Fi CA$719 US$699
16GB Wi-Fi + 4G CA$649 US$629
32GB Wi-Fi + 4G CA$749 US$729
64GB Wi-Fi + 4G CA$849 US$829

With Apple having sold out of its pre-order stock, you can expect lineups to start early. Will you be among those hoping to get one on Friday?

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