iPad is in UPS

All the iPad are picked up from ShenZhen, China by UPS. Now, people see status in UPS tracking as "Exception". It means UPS is holding all iPad and not ship them to the front doors till April 3rd.

iPad shipped

Today, people saying they got email message "Shipped" from Apple. It was shipped through UPS. Since the arrival day is Saturday, April 3, which is right before Easter. People may go out to visit relatives for Easter and not at home to wait iPad package.

One person warried about the package containing iPad and saying

"Hope there are no thieves... with all these Apple packages going out and people away visiting relatives. They would just have to sit in your yard pretending to tend the bushes or something. "

Hopefully, it is a signature required delivery from UPS so iPad not gets lost. UPS website is going to be flooded with iPad customers hitting the refresh button all day long between now and Saturday to check shipping status.

People are receiving tracking update - "Origin Scan: Shenzhen, CN". It is shpped from a city in south of China - Shenzhen. It is a long way to go, from China to US.

iPad is coming in two weeks

We have used iPod Touch for a while and like it very much. The iPad is far more than a Touch in almost all ways. First of all, the only valid comparison of screen sizes has to be based on the number of square inches of screen surface of both -- not the diagonal measurement of the two screens, which does't tell the entire story at all. So, the screen size of iPad is much bigger than iPod Touch. We pre-order one 32GB iPad WiFi version in Apple Online Store and look forward to getting it on April 3rd. For many of people, the iPad is a new and very exciting device from which we can move into the future and not be stuck in the past.

A Great Product - Solar Charger for iPhone or iPod Touch

Today, there is a news telling us about this great new product for charging iPhone or iPod Touch with Solar energy.

With this product, we will never worry about running out of battery when we are away from home. This product comes with a build-in battery. It may be a good product when my iPod Touch battery die in two years so I don't have to replace iPod Touch battery. I wish they will have a product can be used to charge iPad too.

It is called Surge Solar charger. Here is the link to this product:
http://www.novothink.com/products/

iPad pre order started now

Starting 7:30am(central time), Apple stores started to take pre orders for iPad. These days, people are discussing this and trying to find out when they can get it. Here is the answer and the word from Apple store:"iPad pre-order limit: two per customer. If Saturday delivery is not available in your area, iPad will be delivered on April 5."

Pre order iPad

Good News! iPad can be pre-ordered on March 12. WiFi version of iPad will be available on April 3rd, while WiFi+3G version will be in store at the end of April.

Only Few People Want 3G Model of iPad?

Today, AT&T CEO got an investor meeting and expecting few people will get 3G model of iPad.

You may read this news:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6214NY20100302?type=technologyNews

As AT&T CEO is not expecting a lot of people to get 3G model, I have different view. I may get a 3G model since I can use it anywhere and get 250MB plan or unlimited plan without contract. Say, if we have a trip to Florida, we will get one month plan and use our iPad on the road during two weeks trip. Maybe we only check emails, weather, find places and have lite web browsing. I am going to avoid downloading videos and music in those days when I am using 3G network. One reason to get 3G model is other than 3G, we can get real GPS in this 3G model which is not in WiFi model.

Maybe, AT&T CEO does not like to see more people get into 3G network now since it is not good for more people using it at this point of time.