The Wall Street Journal is reporting what we already know- iPad is coming to Wal-Mart at the end of this week. Regardless of the company’s official launch schedule, some Wal-Mart stores are already carrying the device.
The Bentonville, Ark., retail giant said that what it lacked in timeliness it will make up for in sales heft. It vowed to slowly ramp up the number of U.S. stores carrying the iPad to more than 2,300 by the height of the holiday season in mid-November.
There will also be no Wal-Mart “rollback” price cut on the iPad: The tablets will sell for Apple’s suggested retail price, which starts at $499 for the cheapest version with 16 gigabytes of storage and wireless internet access but no 3G mobile connection.
Wal-Mart will also offer iPad via their online store, but not for deliver, only in-store pickup. This is a similar situation that
Apple has in place with it’s other retail partners.
Lastly, the iPad will have its own “interactive display” in stores to draw more attention to the device.
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