The international launch of iPad postponed until the end of May.

日本サイトの報道発表はこちら。以下はAppleInsiderの記事を抜粋したもの。

Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads 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 U.S. 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, May 10. 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 U.S. thus far.

米国での需要に生産が追いつかないので、iPadの国外での発売日を一ヶ月遅らせるという内容です。理由を聞いても嬉しくは思いません。そんなことは百も承知。私を含め、買う気満々だった人、タイミングがずれると購買意欲が失せることもあります。そういう人は、昨夜発表した新しいMacBook Proをお買いになり、iPadの母艦を用意しておいてください?母艦はすでに二台、用意しております。

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