[hugh]

By Saturday morning, the ship date for iPad pre-orders, originally set to guarantee delivery by April 3, had been pushed back to Tuesday April 12.

Customers who had already pre-ordered are still scheduled to get their iPads next Saturday.

Meanwhile, the option to reserve an iPad for pick-up at an Apple Store has disappeared from Apple.com entirely.

 

[Tikker]

I'm kind of surprised

overwhelming response was kinda meh

I have to admit the idea of it was interesting, but just didn't have enough horsepower for me

 

[redzone]

for all we know they did this on purpose to create a stir. previews have shown a lack luster product and maybe there trying to make it look more valubale then it is.

 

[Nuje]

Whatever, guys
Count me as one who's very glad he put in his pre-order last Thursday.

 

[Bdub]

Mine's in transit too! I can hardly wait to get my "lackluster product."

 

[Francois Caron]

I'm not ready to rely on inventory numbers to determine a product's success or failure. What really counts is the number of delivered units.

As for the usefulness of the product itself, we're not there yet. We'll only start finding that out on Monday, and those will be rushed reviews.

I believe twit.tv will be broadcasting the great unveiling live from their Web site next Saturday as soon as they receive it. Should be interesting.