The retail footprint for the iPad has expanded dramatically over the past few weeks, with Target now carrying them and Best Buy expanding sales to all stores vs. the original footprint that only included stores with Apple specialists. Rumors of the Big Kahuna, however, have occupied the minds of would-be buyers; as noted last week, Walmart and iPad would be a match made in mass-market heaven.
Over the weekend, rumors have gradually converted into reality. MacRumors cleared the decks late Friday night with internal Walmart correspondence that indicated a 1,000-store launch i