So heres my ipad update, it was shipped on the 17th, but was stuck (as usual it seems) in EPZ, China and the original delivery date disappeared, I spoke to UPS last night and they only told me it was in customs with no certain date when it would be released or delivered. I just spoke with Apple Technical Support, and they contacted UPS for me and found out it will be through customs today (i hope thats true), with a delivery date of this thursday, the 23rd, luckily if it delivers that day i will be able to be home to receive it. As I have seen on previous posts that had this same issue on the apple ipad 2 shipping forum thread, the apple technical support person offered me free accessories, and i asked if i could get even just a discount on a new battery for my early 2008 macbook pro 15", they checked and were able to get me the battery and a camera connection kit for FREE! which in total is worth $150 dollars in free accessories. I know it doesnt make up for the delay, but it sure helps. I will update as it progresses.