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Over the course of last week we have been getting reports of the iPad being unavailable at an increasing number of locations. In some locations there were no 3G devices available while in others there were simply no iPads of any model. An acquaintance of mine that traveled through several US cities a week ago could not get an iPad in three different cities and only upon stopping for a couple days in Florida did he manage to track down a store in a near by town that had iPads for sale.

In the international arena the ship dates for iPads being pre-ordered has already been pushed back into June as demand out paces supply all around. It seems that Apple may have underestimated demand for the device all around and though it has been mentioned that a third group of countries to receive the iPad will be announced, Apple just want to slow down the increase in the number of countries it is shipping iPads too, if they can’t meet demand to be had in the domestic market and in the countries where they will be releasing the iPad next week.

On the other hand having the iPad present in other markets, even if in diminished quantity, might be enough to help undermine efforts by other computer manufacturers aiming to bring tablets to the market still within the year as some users might choose to wait a few weeks to receive their iPads if they know they have the option of ordering it.

Depending on how long it takes for a major manufacturer to release a competing product there might be chance for good penetration in markets that Apple did not choose, or is unable to supply with iPads in the near future. As more people manage to buy iPads and more information about their usage is made available, more people become aware of the benefits of the form factor.

In the end, if Apple is not able to ramp up production of the iPad quickly to move into more markets, repressed demand for the iPad might translate in demand for other tablet devices in the markets that are not being served.

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