Weekend updates on Apple’s UK website suggest that negotiations between the company’s European executives and mobile carriers rampted up following launch of the iPad last week - and now the product seems set to ship even earlier than the company originally promised.Apple’s UK website - which didn’t carry news of the iPad at all for almost two days following the launch of the must-have gadget - now promises us the 3G model of the device will be available here in April, with the WiFi version set to ship in late March. (See text additions pictured below).
Previously it had been thought launch would be delayed. Of course, the release date for the 3G model still depends on deals being worked with phone network providers, which suggests Apple has struck or is close to striking a deal - recent specula
