For those early adopters itching to take home an iPad, there's no need to set your alarms early: Best Buy stores will not be opening early for the launch. MacRumors.com says, "... the company believes that [opening early] would offer little benefit due to a lack of sales competition while incurring additional operational expense."

Apple's COO Tim Cook revealed last month that at first -- aside from official Apple Stores -- carrying OMG-can-I-touch-it-please models of the , leaving AT&T, which will provide the iPad's 3G service, in the dust (for now). Bestbuy.com will not sell the iPad. Best Buy and Apple have fostered a great partnership since the , and with the company's over last year, it's no wonder they're holding hands. I'd expect AT&T to sell the iPad 3G models upon its release in late April.

AT&T's exclusion from the big reveal makes me suspect Apple may be slowly distancing itself from the wireless carrier that has . Plus, with AT&T's exclusive iPhone contract with Apple -- perfectly timed with the anticipated release -- and rumors circulating about the , methinks Apple is pulling the old "let's just be friends" routine.