You
can go buy the iPad Air right now . You can either order
Apple's new, thinner 9.7-inch tablet from the
online Apple Store or buy it directly from a bricks-and-mortar retailer from at 8AM local time, wherever you are.
The sleek new slate
is available in in silver and space gray. It starts at$500 for a
Wi-Fi-only 16GB model, climbing to $930 for the LTE, 128GB version. If
you want the new iPad mini with Retina display—
which is perhaps the one you should buy—though,
you'll have to wait: there's no official release date for that device
other than "later in November." Decisions, decisions. [
Apple]