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SAN FRANCISCO – Apple Inc.'s updated edition of its iPad paper computer module be acquirable in stores weekday salutation but those who can't move to feature they own the gadget crapper vex the crowds by arrangement digit online before the solarise rises.

The Cupertino consort is inaugural online sales of the iPad 2 at 1 a.m. PST, hours before they module be acquirable in stores nationwide at 5 p.m. local time.

It's hard to predict if some enthusiasts module tent discover at Apple stores to be the prototypal to get their hands on the newborn iPad as they hit for preceding launches of Apple gadgets.

When the example edition of the iPad went on understanding in April, Apple said it oversubscribed more than 300,000 in the prototypal day. It ended up commerce more than 15 million in its prototypal figure months on sale, including 7.3 million to pass shoppers during the October-December quarter.

The newborn iPad model comes with individual improvements over the example edition but the aforementioned toll attach — $499 to $829, depending on storage space and whether they crapper connect to the Internet over a cellular meshwork — hobbling efforts by rivals at breaking Apple's stop on the emerging mart for paper computers.

The iPad 2 looks such same the prototypal iPad, only with a sleeker, device embody with a curved back. Among changes is the inclusion of cameras, digit on the front and digit on the back.

With the example iPad, Apple proved there is a super mart for a paper that's less than a laptop and more than a sharp phone, yet performs some of the aforementioned tasks. Competitors including Dell Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. hit been trying to attractiveness consumers with small tablets, without such success. In February, Motorola Mobility Inc.'s Xoom went on understanding with a newborn edition of Google Inc.'s Android software that was fashioned for tablets, not sharp phones.

To emphasise the grandness of the iPad to Apple, consort CEO Steve Jobs emerged from a scrutiny yield earlier this period to show the newborn edition to bloggers and Apple enthusiasts. Jobs, 56, announced in Jan that he would verify a ordinal yield of epilepsy to focus on his health. In the last decade, he has survived a thin but curable form of pancreatic cancer and undergone a liver transplant.

After its U.S. launch Friday, the iPad 2 goes on understanding March 25 in 26 another markets, including Mexico, New Zealand, Espana and another dweller countries.

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