The guys over at AppAdvice say that a 'reliable source' has informed that the Wi-Fi version will be available for pre-order towards the end of this week.

So get your wallets at the ready and keep an eye on apple.com for an update, actually you can keep one eye here also because we will let ya'll know as soon as it's a go!

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The folks over at Bnet sat down with big Bill and asked what he thought of Apple's latest creation. He didn't down right diss' the iPad but similarly didn't sing it's praises.

“You know, I’m a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard - in other words a netbook - will be the mainstream on that,” he said. “So, it’s not like I sit there and feel the same way I did with iPhone where I say, ‘Oh my God, Microsoft didn’t aim high enough.’  It’s a nice reader, but there’s nothing on the iPad I look at and say, ‘Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.’”

So the mention of a 'pen', looks like he's still a fan of those stylus' (styli?). To be fair to Bill he does know a thing or two about tablet PCs - he's been trying to sell them for years!

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Speculation is rising that Hutchison Austria (Commonly referred to as the 3 Network) will sell the iPad subsidized at a cost of 333euro when a customer signs up to a 2 year data plan at 29.90euro per month, data is capped at 5GB.

If that is indeed true then we should expect to see other European carries follow suit. Similar deals are already available in the region for customers purchasing netbooks.

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Rumors are circulating that Apple CEO Steve Jobs apparently is in New York City to meet with executives at The New York Times,  Time Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. It seems the purpose of these visits is to discuss iPad as publishing platform for newspapers and magazines (which would make sense).

Silicon Alley Insider reports:

We're reliably informed that Jobs showed up for an iPad show and tell in the Times newsroom. The meeting was strictly off the record, though a person present indicated Jobs is preparing to gear up the iPad for magazines and newspapers, having put books first on his list of priorities.

Bring on the iNewspapers and iMagazines stores we say!!

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that textbook publishers have signed a deal with with Apple to bring their content to the iPad. The books will use Scrollmotion technology which has already developed similar content for the iPhone. The iPad faces tough competition from other devices such as the Amazon Kindle and the various forms of Netbook available on the market today. It's interesting that Apple did not announce any of these plans during the iPad launch although the use of textbook on the device was widely rumored prior to the event.

On a personal note I want to see magazine and newspaper publishers sign a similar deal.

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