{"id":496459,"date":"2010-03-31T21:55:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T01:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/?p=43310"},"modified":"2010-03-31T21:55:54","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T01:55:54","slug":"rumor-has-it-ipad-to-launch-worldwide-on-april-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/496459","title":{"rendered":"Rumor Has It: iPad to Launch Worldwide On April 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  title=\"iPad\" src=\"http:\/\/juicebox.theappleblog.com\/e\/30b26d302e9650e1.jpg\/l\" alt=\"iPad\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" class=\"alignright\" \/>Despite Apple&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/topic\/ipad\/\">iPad<\/a> being just a few short days away from release here in the U.S., the Cupertino-based company has not yet specified a definitive date for the tablet&#8217;s international launch. However, according to recent whispers from Apple store employees a date may now be in sight.<\/p>\n<p>When Apple <a href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/2010\/03\/05\/save-the-date-apples-ipad-launching-april-3\/\">announced the launch date<\/a> for its new device earlier this month, it only imparted solid details (on both price and dates) for the U.S., providing only a vague &#8216;late April&#8217; time schedule for the rest of the world. But if Apple store workers from Canada are to be believe,d the iPad could see its international debut on April 24.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipadincanada.ca\/ipad-news\/ipad-launch-date-in-canada-april-24th\/\">iPad in Canada<\/a>, Canadian Apple staff have been informed that April 24 and 25 are &#8220;blackout periods.&#8221; Apparently these &#8220;blackout periods&#8221; are an interval of time, typically over a day or two, specified by Apple that employees can not book off. The source claims that these required working periods are rarely called upon and signify that something big is going down.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inline-related-posts-43310\" class=\"widget inline-related-posts alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"widget-title-wrap clearfix\">\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">More on <span><a class=\"category-link\" href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/topic\/rumors\" title=\"Rumors\">Rumors<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"inline-related-posts\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/2010\/03\/30\/3-reasons-why-the-verizon-iphone-rumor-is-true\/\">3 Reasons Why the Verizon iPhone Rumor Is&nbsp;True<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon apple-blog\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\" title=\"Visit: The Apple Blog - This is a description.\">Mac Love<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/2010\/03\/23\/steve-jobs-the-magic-8-ball-replies-to-e-mail\/\">Steve Jobs, the Magic 8-Ball, Replies to&nbsp;Email<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon apple-blog\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\" title=\"Visit: The Apple Blog - This is a description.\">Mac Love<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/2010\/02\/25\/ipad-sdk-mining\/\">iPad SDK Mining a Big Tease, But Let&#8217;s Stay&nbsp;Level-headed<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon apple-blog\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\" title=\"Visit: The Apple Blog - This is a description.\">Mac Love<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/2010\/02\/01\/rumor-jobs-bashes-google-and-adobe-hints-at-new-products\/\">Rumor: Jobs Bashes Google and Adobe, Hints at New&nbsp;Products<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon apple-blog\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\" title=\"Visit: The Apple Blog - This is a description.\">Mac Love<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"widget-bottom clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The speculated date makes sense, as not only does the 24th and 25th fall over a weekend, similar to this weekends launch, it also lines up with Apple&#8217;s earlier hints of a late release date in April. Of course it is worth noting that the original report references Canadian Apple Store sources only and does not divulge any further details on international dates. But it would seem highly unlikely of Apple to play around with too many dates.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipadincanada.ca\/ipad-news\/ipad-launch-date-in-canada-april-24th\/\">iPad in Canada<\/a> went on to theorize as to when the iPad would be available for pre-order. It is hoping that the international launch will play out in a similar fashion to the U.S., with a pre-order campaign kicking off three weeks before the availability date. If its guess is correct, Apple could be revealing all in the coming days, with international pre-orders possibly opening as soon as this Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/2010\/03\/hot-topic-the-ipad\/?utm_medium=relatedlinks&amp;utm_campaign=ipad\" >Related iPad Content from GigaOM Pro<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=theappleblog.com&#038;blog=5550580&#038;post=43310&#038;subd=gigapple&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?a=tMIDB8ajk4o:fsUGCzsDOSQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?a=tMIDB8ajk4o:fsUGCzsDOSQ:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?i=tMIDB8ajk4o:fsUGCzsDOSQ:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?a=tMIDB8ajk4o:fsUGCzsDOSQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?i=tMIDB8ajk4o:fsUGCzsDOSQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?a=tMIDB8ajk4o:fsUGCzsDOSQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?i=tMIDB8ajk4o:fsUGCzsDOSQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?a=tMIDB8ajk4o:fsUGCzsDOSQ:guobEISWfyQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/TheAppleBlog?i=tMIDB8ajk4o:fsUGCzsDOSQ:guobEISWfyQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheAppleBlog\/~4\/tMIDB8ajk4o\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite Apple&#8217;s iPad being just a few short days away from release here in the U.S., the Cupertino-based company has not yet specified a definitive date for the tablet&#8217;s international launch. 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