Apple on Wednesday made an official announcement that the third-generation iPad will arrive at Apple's retail stores and its online store on Friday in the United States and nine additional countries and regions.
本周三（3月14日），苹果公司正式宣布：本周五，ipad3将会在美国和其他9个国家和地区的零售店和网上商店开始发售。

According to the company, the new iPad will hit the store on Friday at 8:00 a.m. local time in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, China's Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, Britain, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
根据苹果公司的官方公告，新一代ipad将会在美国、澳大利亚、加拿大、法国、德国、中国香港、新加坡、瑞士、英国、波多黎哥和美属维尔京群岛的当地时间周五早上8:00正式发售。

Customers who buy a new iPad at an Apple retail store will be offered free personal setup service, said Apple. Customers in the U.S. could shop and buy the device anywhere they are and pick up their purchase at any Apple retail store.
苹果公司称，苹果零售店会为购买ipad3的顾客提供个人设置服务。美国的顾客可以在当地的苹果零售店购买产品并在任意一家苹果零售店提取他们的产品。

In the U.S., the new iPad will also be available at Best Buy, Radio Shack, Sam's Club, Target and Walmart, Apple said.
同时，在美国的顾客也可以从Best Buy, Radio Shack, Sam's Club, Target 和Walmart等商家购买到Ipad。

Starting March 23, the new device will be available in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, China 's Macau, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
从3月23日起，Ipad3也将开始在以下国家地区发售：奥地利、比利时、保加利亚、捷克共和国、丹麦、芬兰、希腊、匈牙利、冰岛、爱尔兰、意大利、列支敦士顿、卢森堡、中国澳门、墨西哥、荷兰、新西兰、挪威、波兰、葡萄牙、罗马尼亚、斯洛伐克、斯洛文尼亚、西班牙和瑞典。

Last Wednesday, Apple introduced the new iPad featuring Retina display, A5X chip and improved camera which can shoot high-definition videos. The 4G model will support 4G LTE networks in the U.S. and Canada, making it Apple's first 4G device. Meanwhile, iPad 2 is still available at a reduced price.
上周三，苹果公司召开了新一代Ipad的发布会。Ipad3搭载了高清Retina显示屏和A5X芯片，也提升了摄像头的性能，可以拍摄高分辨率的视频。Ipad3是苹果产品中第一台支持4G网络的产品，它将会支持美国和加拿大的LTE 4G网络。同时，Ipad2将会降价并继续销售。

Market research firm Gartner estimated that 103.5 million tablet devices will be sold in 2012 with Apple accounting for two-thirds.
据美国市场调查公司高德纳公司的预计，在2012年，将会有1.035亿台的平板设备被售出，而苹果公司的Ipad会占三分之二。