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“Apparently they are all sold out.  According to the blog Apple Insider, Apple has no more iPads in stock. I hope you got yours, that all thanks to pres-sale orders.  That could mean there may be few if any iPads for sale when they are supposed to arrive in stores next Saturday.” (MSNBC)

The latest development surrounding apple’s iPad is apparently there won’t be enough for eager customers come April 3.  The Economic Times describes the anticipation.
 
“Hundreds of Apple fans are expected to camp outside the company's shops waiting to get their own copy of the touch screen tablet computer.”

A blogger for PC World says the apparent sell-out happened because of…
 
“…poor planning or a lack of confidence by Apple. Perhaps, Apple underestimated the initial demand and failed to adequately ramp up production…”

Forbes says Apple is expecting big things from the iPad, hoping it will outsell the iPhone when it first launched.
 
“Investors are betting initial iPad sales will exceed the frenzy seen two years ago  Apple sold more than 1 million iPhones during the smart phones first quarter of availability.  So how will the iPad do?  The estimates vary, but they are all impressive.  In a note to investors Tuesday, Barclays capital estimated apple will sell 5 million iPads during the 2010 calendar year."

But not everyone thinks the iPad will dominate the competitive tablet market.
 
Lyons: “For the first time ever at an Apple event the press weren’t cheering and whooping.  I didn’t see anybody pee their pants.  Not one, not one person had an accident." 

Interviewer: "You and I were in the same room weren’t we?"

Lyons: “Yeah you thought it was very exciting?  Because the only people I saw cheering were the people who work at Apple down in the first two rows.” (CNN Money)

So what do you think? Will the iPad actually outsell the iPhone?