Apple confirms no retail units until April 12th

Apple's April iPad is Round One in the battle

Customers who pre-ordered Apple’s new iPad will receive them on Saturday April 3rd but there will be no more until April 12th.

Pre-orders are now booking for delivery on the 12th as Apple has sold the first allotment of what appears to be a hot seller.

Pre-ordering the iPad began on March 12th. Estimates of the first block are 240,000 iPads.

“The WiFi iPad starts at $499 with 16GB of flash storage, with prices up to $699 for a 64GB device. Models with both WiFi and 3G range from $629 to $829.” story from ComputerWorld

In other iPad news, Fujitsu has transferred it’s rights to the trademark IPAD to Apple. Fujitsu had marketed another product with that name in 2002.