iPad3今天上市啦！中國果粉還要耐心等待
Apple on Wednesday made an official announcement that the third-generation iPad will arrive at Apple's retail stores and its online store on Friday in the United States and nine additional countries and regions.
本週三（3月14日），蘋果公司正式宣佈：本週五，ipad3將會在美國和其他9個國家和地區的零售店和網上商店開始發售。
AccordTarget="_blank" >ing to the company, the new iPad will hit the store on Friday at 8:00 a.m. local time in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, China's Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, Britain, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
根據蘋果公司的官方公告，新一代ipad將會在美國、澳大利亞、加拿大、法國、德國、中國香港、新加坡、瑞士、英國、波多黎哥和美屬維爾京羣島的當地時間週五早上8:00正式發售。
Customers who buy a new iPad at an Apple retail store will be offered free personal setup service, said Apple. Customers in the U.S. could shop and buy the device anywhere they are and pick up their purchase at any Apple retail store.
蘋果公司稱，蘋果零售店會爲購買ipad3的顧客提供個人設置服務。美國的顧客可以在當地的蘋果零售店購買產品並在任意一家蘋果零售店提取他們的產品。
In the U.S., the new iPad will also be available at Best Buy, Radio Shack, Sam's Club, Target and Walmart, Apple said.
同時，在美國的顧客也可以從Best Buy, Radio Shack, Sam's Club, Target 和Walmart等商家購買到Ipad。
Starting March 23, the new device will be available in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, China 's Macau, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
從3月23日起，Ipad3也將開始在以下國家地區發售：奧地利、比利時、保加利亞、捷克共和國、丹麥、芬蘭、希臘、匈牙利、冰島、愛爾蘭、意大利、列支敦士頓、盧森堡、中國澳門、墨西哥、荷蘭、新西蘭、挪威、波蘭、葡萄牙、羅馬尼亞、斯洛伐克、斯洛文尼亞、西班牙和瑞典。
Last Wednesday, Apple introduced the new iPad featuring Retina display, A5X chip and improved camera which can shoot high-definition videos. The 4G model will support 4G LTE networks in the U.S. and Canada, making it Apple's first 4G device. Meanwhile, iPad 2 is still available at a reduced price.
上週三，蘋果公司召開了新一代Ipad的發佈會。Ipad3搭載了高清Retina顯示屏和A5X芯片，也提升了攝像頭的性能，可以拍攝高分辨率的視頻。Ipad3是蘋果產品中第一臺支持4G網絡的產品，它將會支持美國和加拿大的LTE 4G網絡。同時，Ipad2將會降價並繼續銷售。
Market research firm Gartner estimated that 103.5 million tablet devices will be sold in 2012 with Apple accounting for two-thirds.
據美國市場調查公司高德納公司的預計，在2012年，將會有1.035億臺的平板設備被售出，而蘋果公司的Ipad會佔三分之二。
