If you’re like me, breathlessly awaiting your Saturday iPad shipment but living in a more out-of-the-way locale that normally doesn’t get get Saturday UPS deliveries, well, take a breath.

I just got off the phone with UPS, trying to discover if my iPad will come Saturday (yay) or Monday (boo).  The gist is that it will come Saturday.  Some points of interest:

• If you want to check on your iPad delivery, make sure you have your tracking number handy and call UPS at 1-800-782-7892 (not their normal number, this one is focused on international deliveries).  When I called the normal number the rep on the phone didn’t know anything, and told me that UPS had no alternatives for ensuring Saturday delivery other than if it was a “critical express” package. Once he checked my tracking number and saw the package was coming from China he forwarded me to the number above.
• The folks at UPS have had a LOT of calls about iPad deliveries.  The person I spoke to (Howard) told me that they have a special arrangement with Apple that guaranteed that these would be delivered on Saturday (specifically, he said that my delivery was included in the guarantee).  In fact, when I told him the delivery was for this Saturday he knew right away it was an iPad - surprise, surprise LOL!

Again, the number to call if you want to check is 1-800-782-7892.

(I hate to be a fanboy about this, but I do think this is going to be an exciting and interesting product.)