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European Apple News: Amsterdam Retail Store, iPad to Scandinavia Tomorrow

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Several items of interest to certain European Apple fans have surfaced over the past few days, including news of a forthcoming retail store in Amsterdam that would be the company's first in the Netherlands, as well as reports of the iPad launching throughout Scandinavia tomorrow.


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Dutch site One More Thing reports [Google translation] that Apple is preparing to open its first retail store in that country. The store, reportedly set for a debut in the spring of 2011, is said to occupy a portion of the ground floor of the Hirsch building on Leidseplein in Amsterdam. Apple's corporate headquarters for the Benelux region already occupy the third floor of the building.

Meanwhile, numerous news sources out of Scandinavia are reporting that the iPad will officially launch in their countries tomorrow, with third-party retail partners gearing up with early store openings to support the launch. Reports have been coming in today from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland regarding the iPad debut, with Apple spokesmen in several of those countries confirming the launch.

Article Link: European Apple News: Amsterdam Retail Store, iPad to Scandinavia Tomorrow
 
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Even though the iPad haven't launched in Sweden yet, surveys ays that there are already about 60 000 iPads here. That is of course a pretty small number compared to sales in other countries..but it's pretty huge here.
 
Dusse said:
Even though the iPad haven't launched in Sweden yet, surveys ays that there are already about 60 000 iPads here. That is of course a pretty small number compared to sales in other countries..but it's pretty huge here.
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That's pretty decent numbers already and nice to hear about. As well as all of the ones by individuals there's probably quite a few that have made it into offices too.

It's really good to hear it's making it officially into the region... but hopefully production delays like this don't happen so much in future.
 
Its incredible that it has taken so long to sell to these countries, the demand is so huge that it has taken them this long to catch up (most hard core Apple users have already gotten their hands on an iPad already anyway I'm sure).
 
Great for the Netherlands and great for Scandinavia!
Please continue expanding in Europe.

ps: In Belgium people are still waiting for the first Apple Store and for iTunes movie rentals! (hint!) :)
 
of course there have been apple retailers for quite a while in the netherlands.
apple products available for everyone
 
It's nice that the iPad is finally coming to Scandinavia (even though Scandinavian Apple fans got theirs abroad months ago, and iPad accessories are already commonplace), but do they seriously think I'm going to buy the stinky old iPad 1.0 that's like 9 months old when the release of iPad 2.0 is more or less imminent? Because I know it's gonna be just like the iPhone, it takes ages to get the device category introduced but once that's over with, the following versions will come out with a much shorter lag.

Looks like the greedy pukes are simply hell bent on getting it out in time for christmas, so people will get them as presents on December 24 (that's right, Christmas eve, that's how we roll), and then <3 months later those iPads will be space junk because iPad 2.0 will be launched.

Thanks but no thanks for now.
 
Anuba said:
It's nice that the iPad is finally coming to Scandinavia (even though Scandinavian Apple fans got theirs abroad months ago, and iPad accessories are already commonplace), but do they seriously think I'm going to buy the stinky old iPad 1.0 that's like 9 months old when the release of iPad 2.0 is more or less imminent? Because I know it's gonna be just like the iPhone, it takes ages to get the device category introduced but once that's over with, the following versions will come out with a much shorter lag.

Looks like the greedy pukes are simply hell bent on getting it out in time for christmas, so people will get them as presents on December 24 (that's right, Christmas eve, that's how we roll), and then <3 months later those iPads will be space junk because iPad 2.0 will be launched.

Thanks but no thanks for now.
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I didn't realize my iPad 1.0 will stop working when the new one came out...
 
spazzcat said:
I didn't realize my iPad 1.0 will stop working when the new one came out...
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Everything you buy will be replaced by something better within a year or so. I'm cool with that. But I'm not cool with 3 months.
 
Jimstah said:
Because the typical American has no clue where the Netherlands and Scandinavia are :eek:
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Or because this is a US hosted site with a majority American user base? Honestly, you Europeans can be quite sensitive sometimes. The BBC (my main news source) has an American section and I don't freak out. ;)

Also, for what it's worth, I'm an American and can name every country on earth from a blank map.
 
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