You are getting that message because as the iPad is not supposed to be sold outside of US, they disabled access to other region iTunes store on the device. However as Edoras mentioned, you can still use the iTunes store on your PC/Mac and purchase stuff then sync it over This should tide you over until they have the international launch which I hope even if it did not include MY will allow us to access the MY store.

For Apple released Apps like Pages, Numbers and Keynotes you have to use the US iTunes account. For most of the games you can use the MY iTunes account but of course there will be a game or two that will only be available in the US account, never figured out why this is the case. For US iTunes you have to get the iTunes Gift Card to add credit in unless you have a US credit card.
That's the price of being an early adopter. I think if you work out the TCO based on the 16GB version it would work out something like:

16GB iPad - RM 2400 (*average figure used based on what I see in the forums)
iPad dock? - RM 170? (*not everyone will want it)
iPad VGA Adapter? - RM 170? (*not everyone will want it)
Apps - Numbers, Keynote and Pages Total to USD 30 so roughly put it as RM 100

You can see how the initial cost of ownership will be. This is a rough estimate for early adopters until we get our own launch here

Should get 1 friend... best device i use at the moment, web, email, games..

D-Link DIR-457 might be a slightly cheaper option to novatel mifi

er... ipad wifi + mifi = better than ipad 3G?

Any1 tried the D-Link DIR 457 with iPad yet? Gonna try n find it in LYP afterwardss. If got then damn syiok, the iPad will b connected at all times.

UPDATES for iPad wanabies (myself included) : Had a nice chat with an old friend who works at machines malaysia, here are my findings.

1. As with other Apple products before, Malaysia will usually be one of the last to recieve the latest gadgets as it usually goes from japan and then works its way down to thailand and then skips us and goes to singapore and lastly Malaysia.

2. Official apple ipads for Malaysia will arrive end of MAY 2010

3. One of the reasons why Malaysia is a bit late is because that any devices with wireless radios need to go through not only customs but also SIRIM to get the approval wireless electronic sticker first. this apparently takes a long time.

always glad to share with fellow lowyatians

not for u..but i still wanna see his video or photo b4 i manage to get one..

no ipad yet for rx, but still make it an effort to read posts here daily

how bout u start it and count me in 
why la the ipad cant officially teether with iphone, buying mifi gonna burn another hole and wymi only works on jb phones.

No need la. Just use it naked. I hate screen protectors. My iPhones never had one. So do my ipad.

anyone jbed their ipad yet?    Spirit

it does work with itunes 9.1 even the recent 9.1.1
Just jbed my iphone and Mywi totally rocks my iPad 

Get from skalomania very reliable ,
Backup ur ssh / blob