Minneapolis – Best
Buy and Apple will extend iPad Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi +3G availability to all 1,093 Best
Buy stores beginning Sept. 26.
The popular tablet
computer has
in 673 Best Buy stores with Apple Shops since April, and is already
sold online, for in-store pick-up, at BestBuy.com.
“Technology is
becoming more and more personal, and our customers say they really value
visiting a Best Buy store to touch and try the iPad for themselves,” said Wendy
Fritz, Best Buy’s computing senior VP. “We’re delighted that we’ll soon make
that opportunity available to everyone who’d like to come see us, and
experience this device in any Best Buy store nationwide.”
The iPad will sell
at Best Buy starting at $499 for 16GB + Wi-Fi, and $629 for Wi-Fi + 3G. A
complete selection of iPad accessories also will be available nationwide
beginning Sept. 26, and can be viewed in-store and online at
www.bestbuy.com/ipadaccessories
.
