Wednesday, March 3, 2010

iPad on Shelves

You know an Apple product is about to be released when the rumors regarding said release start churning out like butter.

While yesterday’s rumor centered around a potential production-related delay for Felicity’s foreseen gadget, today’s rumor is much more concrete. According to The L.A. Examiner, Apple Retail employees are saying that a training session involving the new device is planned for March 10.



Additionally, the sources from The Examiner (which include a Southern California Apple Store Manager — or at least, someone that was a manager) state that the first TV commercials are scheduled for March 15 and that the device is expected to hit shelves on March 26.

The training session rumor sounds plausible — although we’re wary about the TV commercial rumor. In our experience, this isn’t the type of information given to the retail channels. Plus, if we were betting on when Apple would release the first iPad commercial, it wouldn’t be on a Monday. We think the company would wait until Tuesday — during American Idol — to make the iPad’s TV debut.

We’ve reached out to our own Apple Retail Store friends to try to get confirmation or denial of these claims but haven’t heard anything. If you have any info and want to spill the beans confidentially, hit us up through our contact form or ping me on Twitter.

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