iPad Launch Draws Crowds

As expected, Friday’s launch of the Apple iPad drew crowds of eager punters to the various Apple Stores and Apple resellers around the nation offering the iPad for sale on its official ‘everywhere else’ release date.

By far the most popular across the country were the 3G enabled models, with many retailers selling out of this version by Monday morning. The non-3G WiFi only version was soon to follow. Read more

Queensland Education Department iPad Evaluation On Hold Til Late May Release

The Queensland Department of Education could be the first Australian state to take advantage of the Federal Government’s $2 billion Digital Education Revolution (DER) fund by purchasing the new Apple iPad for its students.

Kevin Rudd’s Labor government has indicated it wants to equip every public school student with a computer by the end of 2011. It is leaving hardware decisions in the hands of state education departments. Read more

iPad Already Shipped in the US

The iPad is released in the US tomorrow, but here in Australia we will have to wait a few more weeks…

Initially it was announced in January that the device would be available worldwide in late March. Only the WiFi model will be available in the US on first release. The WiFi + 3G models are scheduled for release later this month. Read more