I’ve been reading a post on Techcrunch that iPad will be available in nine more countries starting today. Some of those countries are Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands and New Zealand. That’s great news for people in those countries who were probably willing to buy an iPad but couldn’t get it yet. However, when it comes to iPad accessories, not all suppliers ship internationally, therefore it may be a problem buying a specific case or skin if you’re from outside the U.S. As this matter concerns me as well, I tried to see what suppliers deliver accessories for the iPad in some of the countries on the list. I’ve chosen one of my favorite sites, which publishes very good reviews of iPad accessories. At first glance, I can say that perhaps 40%-50% of the accessories I found there can be shipped internationally. I think this should be good enough, if you don’t want a specific case manufactured by a very small company which can’t ship too far away from their headquarters because of the high costs.

This will most probably be only a temporary issue, as I’m sure local manufacturers of gadget accessories don’t waste their time and that they are going to launch their own products soon enough to make iPad owners in those countries happy with their new toy.