The new iPad
Apple's 3rd generation iPad will be available at Wal-Mart at 12:01 a.m. on Friday.Reuters

Gadget lovers can soon take home Apple's New iPad, as it will hit the stores in the U.S., the U.K. and several other countries.

Apple's retail stores and its online store will start selling the new iPad at 8 am on Friday. Americans can get the new iPad at Best Buy, Radio Shack, Sam's Club, Target and Walmart.

The third-generation iPad will initially be sold in countries like the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the United Kingdom, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Canada, France, Singapore, Switzerland and Puerto Rico.

By March 23, the new iPad will be available in countries like Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Sweden, Macau, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland and Ireland.