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Shoppers in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK can now get their hands on the device. In the UK a basic 16GB Wi-Fi model can be picked up for \u00a3429.99, the same model is priced at $549 for Canadian customers, whereas German consumers can grab a new iPad from \u20ac499. More international pricing details for the iPad can be found on your country’s Apple store website<\/a>.<\/p>\n For those not in the countries outlined above, Apple has detailed that more countries will receive the 9.7-inch device at some unknown point in July. Today’s more widespread global availability comes after Apple had to delay the international launch<\/a> due to the overwhelming debut the tablet enjoyed in the U.S..<\/p>\n Reports regarding the tablet’s global launch have started to roll-in, detailing the reception Apple’s device has garnered. Several hundred people were queuing outside<\/a> Apple’s flagship UK store according to UK tech publication The Register<\/em>. Similar scenes were reported at Spain’s Munich store<\/a>, where 9to5Mac described the launch event as manic. Apple fans in Japan apparently started queuing days in advance<\/a> according to a TUAW report.<\/p>\n Following today’s global launch Steve Jobs will no doubt detail how the international launch fared at the upcoming WWDC<\/a> next month with some early sales figures.<\/p>\n Related GigaOM Pro Research:<\/strong> Hot Topic: Apple’s iPad<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t Apple’s iPad is now available internationally, a full 53 days after its original U.S. debut. This Friday morning early adopters around the world queued up in a bid to get their hands on the long-awaited tablet device. Many of Apple’s retail stores decided to open an hour earlier than usual. The doors opened as planned, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6450,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-582657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6450"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=theappleblog.com&blog=5550580&post=46276&subd=gigapple&ref=&feed=1\")
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