Apple’s Wi-Fi iPads go on sale here in the United States on April 3rd. Don’t want to wait in line? Don’t want to run the risk of not getting your iPad on launch day? Don’t feel like waiting around the house all day fro the delivery truck to come?

Apple has you covered! You can reserve your iPad online and then mosey on down to the nearest Apple store and pick it up! Problem solved. The reservation system will allow you to hold your iPad from 9am – 3pm, after which time, your reserved unit goes into the first come, first served pool, so don’t take too long to get down to the Apple store. Once you have made your reservation, you will receive an email confirmation that contains a link that you can use to change your reservation if you need too. (I’m only ordering one iPad, so I don’t know if the 2-unit limit is being enforced, but I’m willing to wager a bet that it is.)

You can reserve your iPad on the Apple website.

Thanks for the fun iPod touch, I’ll take my iPad now

I want to get an iPad to replace my first generation 16GB iPod touch which has been having some trouble with the headphone jack for a long time now. I primarily use my iPod touch to surf the web, watch TV shows and movies, listen to music, and play games. Since I do surf and watch a lot of video, I think the jump up to a 10-inch screen will be nice. I’m also going make the jump from 16GB to 32GB, but don’t tell me wife that will cost me an extra $100.

I’m also interested in seeing what newspaper and magazine subscriptions will be coming to the iPad: specifically what will happen with The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and magazines like Time and Newsweek. (Ok, I occasionally read Entertainment Weekly too.)

Will the launch of Apple’s iPad be delayed by a month? That may be the situation if a recent report from Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek is accurate.

In an report to investors released yesterday, Mr. Misek writes:

“The upcoming iPad launch may be somewhat limited as a manufacturing bottleneck has impacted production of Apple’s newest device,” Misek wrote. “An unspecified production problem at the iPad’s manufacturer, Hon Hai Precision, will likely limit the launch region to the US and the number of units available to roughly 300K in the month of march, far lower than the company’s initial estimate of 1,000K units.”

If true, I don’t expect any long term impact to Apple or the iPad. Apple is likely motivated by having a good experience during the initial roll out of the iPad, and having long lines at regional Apple stores and limited supply would not be a good experience. If Apple isn’t able to significantly ramp up production of iPads, I fully expect the the company to push back the release date of the iPad from the end of March to the end of April.

There is no word on what will happen to the launch date of the 3G enabled iPad models that are suppose to ship about a month after the Wi-Fi only units ship.

[Via AppleInsider.com…]

Just saw that Jimmie over at GadgetsOnTheGo.net has a cool graphic of the iPad posted with a compact specs block.

The iPad looks really cool, but I’m not sure I’ll buy one before I get to play with one at Best Buy or an Apple Store. Ya, let’s make that until I play with one at an Apple Store. Sure it’s an hour to the nearest Apple Store, but you kinda have to visit “the holy land” if you’re going to play with the newest Apple hardware and software and talk to someone who really knows the product inside and out.

Regardless of what I do, I don’t see myself buying one of the cellular service editions of iPad. I really don’t want to have to put more money in the pockets of the phone company. I’ve been doing fine with my Wi-Fi enabled iPod touch. Now that I’m thinking about it, I’m willing to bet that hi-def TV shows and movies, which I do watch often on my iPod touch, are going to look great on this thing.

And while we’re talking about the “phone company,” it looks like Verizon is out in the cold again as Apple selects AT&T as their 3G cellular edition iPad partner. I mean why not? It isn’t like AT&T’s wireless network is getting over run by iPhone users as it is.

Now for the part that is going to put me in the dog house for a few weeks: the price! How am I going to walk around the house toting this tech without my wife getting suspicious, checking the bank account, and finding out that I’ve dropped $600-700 on a new “toy” that I don’t need?!

[Images courtesy of GadgetsOnTheGo.net, and Engadget.com]

At long last, the new Apple tablet computer has been unveiled and Apple fans go nuts!

I have purposely been avoiding any leaked news about the iPad for the last few days because I like surprises. If you haven’t seen Jobs’ keynote address yet, you can watching a streaming video from the Apple website. I’m going to hold out for another day or so to see if it shows up in Apple’s keynote podcast feed so I can download it to my MacBook and then sync it up to my Apple TV connected to my 42″ TV.

In the mean time, you can check out all the specs and gallery pictures over on the Apple iPad website.