Jeff Campbell
05-21-2010, 06:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://9to5mac.com/ipad_gold_rush?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+(9+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence)' target='_blank'>http://9to5mac.com/ipad_gold_rush?u...e+Intelligence)</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Apple is fresh out of 3G iPads across the US and has limited stocks of the WiFi-only models, Piper Jaffray reports this morning. Analyst Gene Munster called 50 Apple retail stores to get a "feel' for iPad supplies. He states that 74 percent of stores were sold out, 26 percent had some WiFi models, and none had the 3G."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1274457308.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>However you can still order online and get one in 7 to 10 days, or order at your Apple Store and get it in around 4 days. Just not the same if you can't walk out the door with your purchase but that appears to be the situation in some areas. Knowing that Munster has been <a href="http://www.streetinsider.com/Analyst+Comments/Piper+Jaffrays+Munster+Said+" target="_blank">wrong in the past</a>, I called one of the Portland area Apple Stores. The <a href="http://www.apple.com/retail/bridgeportvillage/" target="_blank">Bridgeport Village</a> store had a limited supply of both kinds, in varying storage configurations, so its not all gloom and doom. Unless you were hoping for a price drop. I doubt that will happen anytime soon based on the sales numbers. </p>