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Apple Inc. announces iPad availability in nine more countries -

Apple Inc. has announced that its latest product, iPad, will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK, beginning May 28, 2010. Customers can pre-order all iPad models from Apple’s online store in all nine countries, beginning May 10.

Apple has already sold over one million iPads in the US and customers have downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store, as well as over 1.5 million ebooks from the new iBookstore. iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface.

The App Store on iPad lets you wirelessly browse, buy and download new apps from the world’s largest app store. iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for iPad and will run almost all of the more than 200,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for iPhone or iPod touch. Developers have created more than 5,000 new apps designed for iPad that take advantage of its Multi-Touch interface, large screen and high-quality graphics.

Apple plans to release iPad in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore in July 2010. The company will announce availability, local pricing and pre-order plans for these nine additional countries at a later date.

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