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iPad Worldwide Release Delayed!

Facing very high demand in the U.S. market, Apple is about to disappoint Canadian fans with a reported one-month delay of the tablet device's international launch.

In a news release from the company's Cupertino, California headquarters Apple claims to have sold more than 500,000 iPads, and taken "a large number of pre-orders for iPad 3G models for delivery by the end of April." It expects sales will “likely continue to exceed our supply over the next several weeks.”

Calling it a "difficult" decision, Apple will only begin taking online international pre-orders on May 10 (announcing at the same time the international price), with delivery delayed until the end of May.

This is the second delay for customers living outside the U.S. In January, Apple said the iPad would be sold worldwide in late March. It started selling them in the U.S. on April 3, but delayed the international launch until later this month.

"We know that many international customers waiting to buy an iPad will be disappointed by this news, but we hope they will be pleased to learn the reason—the iPad is a runaway success in the US thus far."