Some Apple Specialist locations will have iPads

A few days ago, we listed three ways you can score an iPad on Saturday if you didn't reserve one. Namely, see if your local Best Buy will have any (just 15 per store, and not every store), hang around an Apple Store and count on a no-show, or buy one from a customer on launch day. Now we can add a fourth: check your local Apple Specialist location.
According to AppleInsider, several Apple Specialist locations will be selling iPads, though exactly which ones is a mystery. The resellers are supposedly under a non-disclosure agreement, preventing them from advertising the iPads before the official release.
So, what's a geek in need to do? Give your local shop a call and see what they say (though the NDA might prevent them from speaking the truth). If you're "in" with staff, you might get a confirmation in a "between you, me and the lamp post" kind of way.
In any case, good luck! Though we suspect you'll be waiting until April 12th at this point.
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A few days ago, we listed three ways you can score an iPad on Saturday if you didn't reserve one. Namely, see if your local Best Buy will...
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Noah
PeachMac in Georgia will! www.peachmac.com
Athens, Augusta, & Macon
Bruce Greiner
UPS updated shipping information - says iPad left CN at 4:10 AM
April 01 2010 at 5:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Rego
Or you can just wait and call an Apple retailer first thing Saturday morning.
April 01 2010 at 4:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Tom Castle
My local independent retailer says he will have them in stock Saturday morning. I won't name them because I don't want them to get into trouble. Sweet!
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