iPad 2 will ship in late February next year

Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, China has announced it will begin shipping the second generation iPad for Apple in the next 100 days.

According to sources from the component manufacturers in Taiwan, product shipment transported from iPad first two factories to Apple Foxconn has approximately 400,000 to 600,000 units. However, Foxconn has denied making any comment about the product as well as their customers.
The second source told the iPad will be shipped as early as late February, 2011. Apple originally scheduled to finish production in January but the firmwave of this device is still in the testing phase, so Apple has decided to delay progress. Because the new factory of Foxconn in The East is still in pilot production process should be iPad two mass production by the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen. Component manufacturers, Apple's partners were informed about the shipping schedule the first batch.
In the third quarter, Apple said it had sold 4.19 million units iPad tablet. Accordingly, since the device is "on shelf", Apple has sold a total of 7.5 million. Also, Apple just started selling iPad in Korea, Latin America in the fourth quarter, combined with strong demand from the holiday season last year, fourth quarter sales of iPad is expected to exceed 7 million.