14 DAY TRIAL // At least not yet, it isn’t. Following an apparent delay of the iPad 2 in the Czech Republic, Apple has adjusted the listings on its apple.com/cz splash page promoting the tablet as available March 25 again.
Previously slated for "25 dubna," or 25 April, the second-generation Apple iPad is now scheduled to ship "25 brezna," or March 25, according to Apple's Czech website.
[admark=1]It was unlikely for Apple to have delayed the iPad 2 in just one of the dozens of territories on track to receive iPad shipments on the very same day.
According to the company’s original announcement earlier this month, iPad 2 will be available in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK on March 25.
Multiple other territories are to get their iPad 2 fix at a later date, Apple said. The company will take it upon itself to confirm that date in an official report.
It is unclear why Apple’s Czech site listed April 25 as the delivery date of the iPad 2, but now that it has been corrected, we’re guessing it was a simple mistake, rather than pushed launch date.
Still, iPad 2 stock is strained across the entire United States, and the earthquake in Japan is believed to have affected Apple’s plans for assembling more units.
Should demand not be met in the U.S., the tablet computer could be delayed internationally, meaning that April 25 may well return as a scheduled launch date not only on the Czech Republic Apple website, but in other countries as well.
iPad 2 starts at $499 in the U.S. A version with 3G wireless capabilities goes for $629. Various models are available based on how much storage the customer wants, with prices ranging accordingly.