Apple has announced today that their third generation iPad will arrive in 21 additional countries starting on Friday, April 20th 2012. First to receive the new iPad will be South Korea, Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, St Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela on Friday 20th.

Followed shortly afterwards on April 27th by Colombia, Estonia, India, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, South Africa and Thailand.

When the Apple’s new iPad originally launched in Europe and the U.S. in the middle of March, the latest tablet from Apple clocked up a massive three millions sales in just under four days.

"CUPERTINO, California―April 16, 2012―Apple® today announced the new iPad®, the third generation of its category defining mobile device, will arrive in South Korea and 11 additional countries on Friday, April 20. The new iPad features a stunning new Retina™ display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5 megapixel iSight® camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video. The new iPad still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life* while remaining amazingly thin and light.

In addition to South Korea, the new iPad also will be available beginning on Friday, April 20 in Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, St Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela. Beginning on Friday, April 27, the new iPad will be available in Colombia, Estonia, India, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, South Africa and Thailand.”

Source: Apple