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iPad 2 Coming to Target on March 11

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The Apple iPad 2 will be sold in Target stores starting March 11 at 5pm ET, according to a spokeswoman.

"We will be offering all 18 versions and price it as all other retailers have, starting at $499," the spokeswoman told PCMag.

The "18 versions" refer to the three Wi-Fi only models (16, 32, and 64 GB), three AT&T GSM models, and three Verizon CDMA models, totalling nine versions, all of which are offered in white or black.

Target will only sell the tablets in-store, the spokeswoman added.

Furthermore Target will launch an original iPad trade-in program for store credit starting March 13, at Target Mobile locations only.

Last Thursday Best Buy also announced that it will start selling the iPad 2 on March 11; there are also rumors that the reseller is giving free iPad 2s to all its sales associates.

Additional reports claim Walmart and subsidiary Sam's Club will carry Apple's highly anticipated new tablet, although spokespersons have not commented.

The Apple iPad 2 officially goes on sale this Friday, March 11 in Apple stores. No news has come out about pre-sales, however. Last year Apple began taking pre-sales nearly three weeks before the tablet was available in stores.

For more details, see PCMag's hands-on with the iPad 2 and the video below.

Editor's note: This story was updated at 12:21pm ET with comments from Target.

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Sara Yin

Sara Yin

Junior software analyst

Sara Yin is a junior analyst in the Software, Internet, and Networking group at PCmag.com, pouring most of her energy into app testing and security matters at Security Watch with Neil Rubenking. She lies awake at night pondering the state of mobile security (half-true). Prior to joining PCMag.com, Sara spent five years reporting for publications in New York City (Huffington Post), Hong Kong (South China Morning Post), and Singapore (Campaign Asia, Men's Health). Follow her on Twitter at @SecurityWatch and @sarapyin, or contact her the old school way: email. That's sara_yin AT pcmag.com.

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