APPLE INC. is all set to enter in international market with it's iPad on May 28. After the successful launch last month, it touched its million mark in just 28 days.
The iPad will go on sale in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and Britain. Company will begin pre-ordering for these markets on May 10. Although the international launch was scheduled for last April, but due to higher than expected demand in home market they postponed it for few days. New dated for international launch is May 28.
Apple is planning big to introduce the product in all possible big markets of world. By July end they will launch the iPad in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxemburg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore.
9.7-inch touch-screen tablet of Apple hit the U.S. market on April 3, primarily intended for games, web browsing and digital media of all sorts.
Apple is planning to sale more than five million pieces by the end of this financial year. Keeping track of its fist million sale, there is no doubt that it will achieve his target much before than expected.
The company has already sold more than 1 million iPads. Analysts expect the company to sell roughly 5 million of the devices this year.
In latest development on iPad front, Nokia Oyi, the world top mobile hand set make, broadened its patent fight with Apple Inc. on Friday to include the iPad. This will deepen the dispute between these two rivals of smart-phone category.
Nokia filed a complaint in the Federal District Court in the state of Wisconsin, alleging Apple’s iPhone and iPad products infringe five of its patents.