South Korea’s top two telecoms operators SK Telecom and KT Corp have both suspended the online sale of the iPad tablet due to tight supplies less than a week after they launched the sale, according to aReutersreport. Without revealing sales figures, SK Telecom said in a posting on its website: “Our iPad 2 inventory has been depleted and we apologize for failing to provide enough supplies due to the product’s global supply shortages....

Hong Kong is not among the first 26 countries that will be officially launching aniPad 2by March 25, but not so surprisingly, it’s already being sold in the gray market… at almost twice the price. Just a few days after the official iPad 2 launches in the US, Apple distributor Kurt Lo, dubbed as the ‘master’ of the gray market in Hong Kong, has already received 200 orders of the highly sought-after device....

The iPad 2 has been spotted in public being used at a press conference today. The press conference was to mark the release ofNews Corp’s Daily App. Apple is usually very stealthy about products it has not released yet. HoweverReuters eyewitnessconfirmed that it was a working model of the next iPad with a front-facing camera. There was no mention of whether the device did or did not have a home button, as it wasspeculated earlierthis year the iPad 2 may be buttonless....

The iPad 2 has been in incredibly high demand since its release. Many Apple Stores still host a line of customers waiting to get an iPad 2 from that day’s shipment. Now, shipment dates onApple’s iPad 2 ordering pagehave moved from 1-2 weeks up to 3-5 days, indicating that the supply shortages may be easing. According to reports from suppliers, Apple has set its sights on selling40 million iPad 2 units in 2011....

Apple hasconfirmedits worldwide launch for the iPad 2, stating that its new thinner faster tablet will be available to purchase in stores (Apple Authorized Resellers) at 5 pm local time as well as through Apple’s site at 1 am. “While competitors are still struggling to catch up with our first iPad, we’ve changed the game again with iPad 2,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’re experiencing amazing demand for iPad 2 in the US, and customers around the world have told us they can’t wait to get their hands on it....