The Apple's magical and revolutionary, iPad, with built-in Wi-Fi support, will hit stores next month, on April 3 in the U. S. Orders for the iPad from customers would be taken by the Apple on its Web site from March 12.

AT&T Inc., Apple's domestic-carrier partner for the iPhone, will supply the 3G wireless service for the iPad in the U. S., and the device would be available to the customers in Australia, France, Germany, Japan and other countries in late April.

The company's shares rose up $8.24, or 3.9%, to $218.95 on the Nasdaq after the announcement was made by Apple to launch the iPad in early April.

"Production issues, in my mind, are not days or a week in time. Production issues are when things slip by weeks. So I almost see this date as confirmation that there weren't production delays, and it doesn't impact any of our numbers", said Gene Munster, an Analyst at Piper Jaffray.

The tablet-shaped iPad, with a large touch-sensing screen for navigating the Internet, watching videos and reading electronic books, will be available for a price between $499 and $829.