Apple has declared that it will SIMlock its iPad 3G for its local partner, Softbank Mobile which leaves us with surprise as to why this move has been taken. The SIMlocked version which initially was restricted to the premises of Japan, led the CEO of Apple affirm that the iPad 3G would be unrestricted and unlocked.

For the Japanese citizens, the version of iPad will be rolled out on 28th of May including six other territories. However this sudden move has taken all by shock, as Softbank Mobile has often been criticized in the past for a slow data network that seemingly is caused by the data-hungry iPhone handsets. This proclamation has left everyone puzzled what remains the fate for the Apple device. But the present question that lurks in minds of people is Apple's restrictions on certain countries without any explanation.