The good news for Apple is that it has clearly accomplished its objective of getting the word out about its new iPad tablet computer. The media blitz that began weeks before CEO Steve Jobs’ Jan. 27 launch in San Francisco garnered front-page coverage in 47 states and 24 countries. So you’d practically have had to turn off your TV and computer and avoid newspapers to not know about it.

The poor news is that with about a month until

the product starts shipping, folks aren’t likely to line up to get their hands on an iPad, according to a follow-up survey from Retrevo Pulse.

No, Thanks

The company’s survey of 1,000 folks found that the number who had heard of the iPad nearly doubled from 48 percent in the days before the launch to 80 percent in the Jan. 27-Feb. 3 period immediately following. But the number of those who knew […]

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