Subject: Know Why You Can’t Pre-Order an iPad? It Isn’t Legal Yet Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:53 pm
You know you can’t obtain an iPad for least three months, but you may not know the reason you can’t even buy one in advance: Apple has not yet obtained the necessary Federal Communications Commission approval to unleash it on the nation’s airwaves.
The specs on the iPad page mention the lack of FCC approval in tiny print that is easy to miss.