Friday is D-day for consumers looking to get their hands on Apple's third generation iPad, and lines are expected to be long because the device is already sold out online.
Doors at Apple stores and most other retailers selling the new iPad open at 8 a.m. local time in nine countries, including the U.S., and two U.S. territories. The first iPad was already sold in Australia at a Telstra store that opened at midnight local time. Other countries getting the new iPad include: Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, Switzerland, France, the U.K., and the U.S., along with Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
AT&T and Verizon Wireless will be selling 4G versions of the iPad in their stores. And you can get iPads at other retailers, too. Wal-Mart will be selling the iPad starting at midnight in the U.S. Radio Shack, Best Buy, Sam's Club, and Target will also sell the iPad starting at 8 a.m.
The new iPad looks a lot like the iPad 2, but it's got a souped-up high-resolution Retina Display, an updated processor, Apple's A5X chip, and 4G connectivity (4G LTE in the U.S. and HSPA+ in international markets.)
The device is expected to be a hot seller. Apple sold out of presale iPads online just a couple of days after it announced the new tablet. Groups protesting working conditions for Apple contract factory workers in China have also said they plan to be at the Apple Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan Friday morning.
CNET's crew of reporters and photographers will be at the cube on Fifth Avenue documenting the expected long lines and protesters. We'll also have coverage from Apple's new Grand Central store in New York , as well from our reporters in San Francisco and Palo Alto, Calif., and Paris, too.
Doors at Apple stores and most other retailers selling the new iPad open at 8 a.m. local time in nine countries, including the U.S., and two U.S. territories. The first iPad was already sold in Australia at a Telstra store that opened at midnight local time. Other countries getting the new iPad include: Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, Switzerland, France, the U.K., and the U.S., along with Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
AT&T and Verizon Wireless will be selling 4G versions of the iPad in their stores. And you can get iPads at other retailers, too. Wal-Mart will be selling the iPad starting at midnight in the U.S. Radio Shack, Best Buy, Sam's Club, and Target will also sell the iPad starting at 8 a.m.
The new iPad looks a lot like the iPad 2, but it's got a souped-up high-resolution Retina Display, an updated processor, Apple's A5X chip, and 4G connectivity (4G LTE in the U.S. and HSPA+ in international markets.)
The device is expected to be a hot seller. Apple sold out of presale iPads online just a couple of days after it announced the new tablet. Groups protesting working conditions for Apple contract factory workers in China have also said they plan to be at the Apple Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan Friday morning.
CNET's crew of reporters and photographers will be at the cube on Fifth Avenue documenting the expected long lines and protesters. We'll also have coverage from Apple's new Grand Central store in New York , as well from our reporters in San Francisco and Palo Alto, Calif., and Paris, too.
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