The iPad announced for May 28 in France.

The Apple tablet, whose output has been postponed twice, will be sold from 499 euros. The one-million sales this week was exceeded in the United States.

After two postponements, Apple has fixed May 28 release date of the iPad in France and eight other countries. Unveiled in January, the touch pad would be initially marketed at the end of March. But worries of supply and demand stronger than expected led by Apple delayed by twice the output. This time, the schedule has been finalized, and the most eager buyers can preorder their model from May 10
For prices, Apple has decided to apply the parity between the euro and the dollar on the price of the iPad Fi Tablet 16GB $ 499 sold in the United States will be available at 499 euros in France, instead of 480 euros taking into account the real exchange rate and tax changes. Models equipped with a 3G connection will benefit from a conversion slightly cheaper. The iPad wireless 3 G 64 GB will be sold and 799 euros instead of 829 dollars. These prices have been arrested while the euro has lost more than 10% of its value against the dollar since the beginning of the year.
As the United States, the iPad will be equipped with the international digital library iBooks, which will download books directly on the tablet. The number of books available at launch in France, as well as news and prices of back catalog, are not yet known. The iPad will have its 3G packages tailored specifically to connect to the Internet in mobility. Orange 3G + offer a package limited to 200 MB download for 10 euros per month, with no obligation. A package of 39 euros will be entitled to 2 GB download. SFR has announced its fares shortly.
In one month, Apple sold one million iPad United States, including the French, who did not wait for the opening of official channels. On the websites of Yahoo, about 10% of visits from a iPad would come from foreign countries, and France would be among the main sources of traffic, according Data released Thursday evening. The first buyers are in a large majority of men (66%) and the age group of 35-44 years was overrepresented. And nearly half would possess an iPhone already.