A few calls this morning confirmed that many stores received limited quantities of the device (if any) and they were sold out early in the day.

I called the three Best Buys closest to me in the Portland, Oregon area to see if I could waltz in and purchase Apple's new tablet.

I was out of luck.

None of the stores had any in stock when I called around 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time. Only one said it was taking reservations and expected shipments to come sometime this week. An employee from another store said the few units the store had to sell were gone within an hour of opening.

The local Toys R Us didn't receive any iPad 2s to sell and wasn't sure when they would be getting any in, according to an employee from the electronics section.