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），蘋果公司正式宣布：本周五，ipad3將會(huì)在美國和其他9個(gè)國家和地區(qū)的零售店和網(wǎng)上商店開始發(fā)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.
根據(jù)蘋果公司的官方公告，新一代ipad將會(huì)在美國、澳大利亞、加拿大、法國、德國、中國香港、新加坡、瑞士、英國、波多黎哥和美屬維爾京群島的當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間周五早上8:00正式發(fā)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.
蘋果公司稱，蘋果零售店會(huì)為購買ipad3的顧客提供個(gè)人設(shè)置服務(wù)。美國的顧客可以在當(dāng)?shù)氐奶O果零售店購買產(chǎn)品并在任意一家蘋果零售店提取他們的產(chǎn)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.
同時(shí)，在美國的顧客也可以從Best Buy, Radio Shack, Sam's Club, Target 和Walmart等商家購買到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.
從3月23日起，Ipad3也將開始在以下國家地區(qū)發(fā)售：奧地利、比利時(shí)、保加利亞、捷克共和國、丹麥、芬蘭、希臘、匈牙利、冰島、愛爾蘭、意大利、列支敦士頓、盧森堡、中國澳門、墨西哥、荷蘭、新西蘭、挪威、波蘭、葡萄牙、羅馬尼亞、斯洛伐克、斯洛文尼亞、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，蘋果公司召開了新一代Ipad的發(fā)布會(huì)。Ipad3搭載了高清Retina顯示屏和A5X芯片，也提升了攝像頭的性能，可以拍攝高分辨率的視頻。Ipad3是蘋果產(chǎn)品中第一臺(tái)支持4G網(wǎng)絡(luò)的產(chǎn)品，它將會(huì)支持美國和加拿大的LTE 4G網(wǎng)絡(luò)。同時(shí)，Ipad2將會(huì)降價(jià)并繼續(xù)銷售。

Market research firm Gartner estimated that 103.5 million tablet devices will be sold in 2012 with Apple accounting for two-thirds.
據(jù)美國市場調(diào)查公司高德納公司的預(yù)計(jì)，在2012年，將會(huì)有1.035億臺(tái)的平板設(shè)備被售出，而蘋果公司的Ipad會(huì)占三分之二。