Preorder your international iPad now, get it May 28th

As with many Apple launches, the iPad was first shipped to US, the biggest market for the American manufacturer. Now we know when the rest of the world (or part of it) will get their hands on the iPad and how much it will cost there. Preorders have started today for the first batch of countries that will get the iPad on May 28th, with the second batch following sometime in July. Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK are the lucky ones, followed by Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, and Singapore.

We also have the pricing details for the first batch of countries, so take a look below:

Preorders for international iPad have started

Of course taxes apply to those prices, where available. One interesting thing is that in the UK the data plans available for iPad 3G + WiFi don’t include an option for unlimited data, something that will annoy customers. Orange is the one that will provide 3G data access for the iPad in UK, with options for pay as you go, at £0.05 ($0.07) per MB, then the £2 ($2.93) iPad Daily, which is valid for 1 day until midnight and offers 200MB of data and £7.50 ($10.99) iPad Weekly package, offering 1GB of data valid over seven days. iPad Monthly 15 offers 3GB and unlimited WiFi hotspot browsing for £15 ($22) and iPad Monthly 25 which offers 10GB and unlimited WiFi for £25 ($37). Excess data is charged at £0.05 per MB. We have to admit that AT&T’s data plans for US are much more convenient, but if you don’t live in US there’s little you can do.