iPad will arrive in 9 countries on May 28th

Apple anounced shipping dates for the iPad in a press release today. The tablet will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK on Friday, May 28. Both the WiFi-only and the WiFi+3G models will be on sale the same day. Preorders start monday May, 10th.

According to the spanish outlet of techblog Engadget the pricing in Spain will start at 479 € for the 16GB WiFi model and will add 100 € for each increment of memory and an aditional 100€ premium for 3G, thus pricing the 64GB WiFi+3G top model at 779€. Italian prices will start at 499 € with the same 100€ increments iLounge reports.

The Engdget article also reveals UK pricing at £429, £499 and £599 for the WiFi-only models and £529, £599 and £699 for the 3G enabled devices.

An additional nine countries will get the iPad in the July timeframe, including Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore.