Delays happen. I suspect Apple are having supply chain issues with the screens (9.7" non-widescreen IPS screens are hardly a commodity item).<p>Nonetheless, it seems crazy that Apple didn't institute a developers program as they did for the PPC-Intel transition. US iPad developers basically get a two month headstart on everyone else. Hardly a way to foster good feelings amongst a base of developers already sensitive to App Store and contract issues.
It's not surprising that there is high demand and a shortage right now. I'm seeing completed (sold) eBay listings for 16GB Wifi models anywhere from $595 up to $800.<p>The secondary market is a huge indicator of the unmet demand in the primary market.
So, any US HN user willing to send a european developer an iPad for a reasonable price? Exactly <i>how</i> are we supposed to debug our apps without access to hardware?
Am I the only one who see's the numbers as a bit odd?<p>So the first day (april 3rd) they sold 300,000 units. Four days later (april 8th) they were talking about having sold 450,000 units (~37.5k per day) now 6 days after that, they announce 500,000 units (~8.3k per day).<p>How exactly is this "a runaway success"?