UPDATED: see below
Here’s an odd one… While Apple is yet to accept preorders on the iPad, Amazon’s German site is happily taking them.
Props to The Inquisitr for spotting that Amazon.de is offering all six varieties of the device at prices ranging from €499 to €829. From what we can see, no other Amazon site is currently listing the device.
Supposedly, the device will ship in 2-3 months, tying in with what we’ve been hearing elsewhere. While Amazon.de is perfectly reputable, we’ll be holding out for the official Apple preorder announcement.
You can catch our complete guide to everything Steve Jobs announced yesterday over here.
UPDATE: Looks like someone at Amazon flipped a switch a bit too soon. Thanks to the commenter below who spotted that the Amazon’s iPad preorders are now gone. Looks like you’ll have to hold out for official word from Cupertino on this one, folks!
it's €499 to €829. Still disappointing though, they replaced the dollar sign with a euro sign, which makes the iPad 1,4 times more expensive in europe…
Thanks for spotting that. We've changed the price in the post. Remember these are unofficial prices so it may be cheaper when it launches.
Thanks for spotting that. We've changed the price in the post. Remember these are unofficial prices so it may be cheaper when it launches.
And they're now gone. I imagine there was a terse call from Cupertino.
That was an extremely short lived offer! I saw in one article update that it was taken down within 15 minutes of the initial posting of the article.