A little ahead of the advertised official 1am PT launch time, Apple’siPad 2hasgone livetoday on the company’s US store.

There areno surpriseshere of course – if you’re after the wi-fi only model, it’s $499 for the 16GB model, $599 for the 32GB model, and $699 for the 64GB model. Models with 3G cost an additional $129 on top of each pricepoint. There’s a limit of two devices per order.

If you’d prefer to join the queues for that authentic “Apple product launch” experience, stores open at 5pm PT today for fanboys who want to spend their Friday evening standing around, hoping to grab the new, dual-camera-sporting, dual core model.

The iPad 2 will be available in 26 additional countries from 25 March.

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Martin SFP Bryant is the founder of UK startup newsletter PreSeed Now and technology and media consultancy Big Revolution. He was previously(show all)Martin SFP Bryant is the founder of UK startup newsletterPreSeed Nowand technology and media consultancyBig Revolution. He was previously Editor-in-Chief at TNW.

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