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Apple sets iPad release date

More than a month after Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the iPad, his company has finally set a release date for its highly anticipated tablet.

The Wi-Fi-only iPad version will be available to customers in the U.S. on April 3. The company didn’t announce a launch date for the iPad model boasting both 3G and Wi-Fi, but it did say that it should hit store shelves in late April.

Pre-orders for both versions of the iPad will start on March 12.

Apple’s iPad announcement comes just days after AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said that he believes the Wi-Fi-only version of Apple’s iPad will outsell the 3G-capable model. Stephenson contends that “a lot of people” likely won’t want to pay for another 3G subscription.

AT&T’s 3G data plans for the iPad will cost $14.99 for 250 megabytes of monthly data or $29.99 for unlimited data.

iPad pricing starts at $499 for the 16GB, Wi-Fi only model.

– Don Reisinger

[Thanks: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com]

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Apple’s iPad: Bigger Than iPhone And Kindle?

The public doesn’t care what the technorati think. They still want to buy Apple’s (AAPL) new iPad tablet computer, despite perceived shortcomings noted by the gadget press and tech bloggers.

After Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs demonstrated the iPad at a media event on Jan. 27, the tech elite nitpicked about the device: It doesn’t support Flash animation software. It lacks a Webcam for video conferencing. It uses AT&T’s maligned wireless network. It has a funny name. And on and on.

But that didn’t douse consumer enthusiasm for the touch-screen slate computer, set to go on sale in late March. Update: Apple said Friday the iPad will go on sale in the U.S. on April 3, with pre-orders starting March 12.

Consumer demand for Apple’s iPad is higher than the demand for Apple’s iPhone ahead of its launch three years ago, according to a survey of nearly 3,200 consumers by ChangeWave Research. ChangeWave also says the iPad is poised to topple Amazon’s (AMZN) Kindle.

The research firm says 13% of respondents indicated they are likely to buy the iPad when it becomes available, vs. 9% for the iPhone smart phone before its launch.

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