iPad Pre-Ordering Begins at 5:30am PT Today

The Apple online store is closed right now–Apple’s busy stocking the store with the delicious promise of iPad. But today pre-ordering begins. An Apple PR rep told TUAW that pre-ordering would officially begin at 5:30am PT, so 8:30am ET, and whatever the equivalent is in the middle or on the sides. So get your credit cards ready…

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