Apple iPad Launching in China on Friday
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Apple this week announced that the Wi-Fi version of its popular iPad is set to hit Chinese store shelves this Friday, September 17th. The tablet will go on sale an 10 AM, so form an orderly queue at your local Apple Store.
The company will also be offering a free personal setup to everyone who buys an iPad in one of its stores. The service includes things like e-mail setup and App loading.
The tablet is currently available in around 20 countries. Chinese consumers may be surprised to find that the tablet has yet to hit their country. After all, bootlegs have been available in that country since at least early April.
And there’s the P88. Back in Janurary, that tablet’s manufacturer, Shenzhen Great Long Brother Industrial Co., claimed that Apple stole its design for the iPad. At the time, the company’s president, Wu Xiaolong, told the press, “We are considering legal action, but we can not do much in the United States. But if Apple brings the iPad to China, we will be forced to denounce them, because it will certainly affect our sales.”
Look out Jobs–you may have a big denouncement headed your way. Good thing you’ve apparently been stocking up on weaponry as of late.
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