More countries getting iPad from March 25
The new iPad went on sale on Friday as Apple fans lined up outside
stores around the United States to be the first to snap up the sleek
touchscreen tablet computer.
Apple began selling the iPad 2, which was unveiled by chief executive
Steve Jobs last week, online overnight and in its 236 US stores starting
at 5 pm (2200 GMT).
The iPad 2 will be available on March 25 in Australia, Austria,
Belgium, Britain, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg,
Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain,
Sweden and Switzerland.
The queues did not appear to be as long as those for the iPhone 4
released in June but thousands of people lined up outside Apple stores
in San Francisco, New York, Washington and other cities to get their
hands on the device, which is one-third thinner, 15 percent lighter and
faster than the previous model.
Hundreds of people formed a line around the block outside Apple's
flagship 5th Avenue store in New York, including some who camped out
overnight swathed in rain gear and equipped with chairs and big
umbrellas.
First in line was Hazem Sayed, an applications developer who bought
his coveted spot from Amanda Foote, an entrepreneurial 20-year-old from
Florida who staked her claim on Wednesday then auctioned the place on
Craigslist.
AFP
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