It appears that if you are willing to start waiting … probably about now if you are in the Eastern U.S. … you might be able to get a “new iPad” before anyone else in the U.S. Walmart has said that at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, March 16, it will begin selling the “new iPad” at those of its stores that are open 24 hours.

What’s not clear is what model of the new iPad and how many new iPads Walmart will have in stock (the mega-giant retailer will, of course, also have the holdover iPad 2 16GB wi-fi only model on sale).