They're milking the free publicity (again) and letting us stew. All this anticipation might win a few more sales, eh?
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iPad EU News (Abandon all hope, ye who enter here..) ("Are you nuts?!" - Steve)
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They're milking the free publicity (again) and letting us stew. All this anticipation might win a few more sales, eh?
Mines showing as delivered but nothing the the arrived shipments yet. Not really expecting to until later today, I expect its going to take them time to work through them all.
They're milking the free publicity (again) and letting us stew. All this anticipation might win a few more sales, eh?
Not really, many people cannot be bothered to after the wait, the novelty has died.
"Unbelievable" goes both ways - lower than we hoped, and higher. If it cost a thousand quid for the base model and required you to hock yer granny for medical experiments to boot, it would still qualify as "unbelievable". Just not in a good way.
Argh, ffs, this is a bad scene - no price, no launch date, no-nuffin-no-way. How do grown adults (I am one, allegedly !) get so wound up in this stuff ? What is wrong with me ?
Mine's also the same, on their blog they said a lot had arrived and they were working on them.
just starting to bid on ebay now, hoping to pick 16gb up for £400 or so, they are still making a tidy profit at that and im paying the predicted normal UK price so win win for all apart from VAT and damn carriage but hay i can claim them back from my business
A bit of disappointing news for those importing; I just heard on the Engadget unboxing video that the AppleCare warranty only applies in the US. Listen from 2:05.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apples-ipad-its-here/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apples-ipad-its-here/
May I ask which blog you follow? I've noticed you've mentioned updates from them a few times that I haven't seen on the BB blog I have bookmarked.
Mines sitting at Bundlebox waiting for UK despatch. I'm sure that BB said they would honour any warranties.
Hey guys,
I ordered an iPad via ebay, but I'm worrying about activation now. I saw on the engadget unboxing that it requires activation via iTunes. Do you think we will be able to do this from the UK via our accounts?
Anyone able to put my mind at rest??
Thanks
I ordered an iPad via ebay, but I'm worrying about activation now. I saw on the engadget unboxing that it requires activation via iTunes. Do you think we will be able to do this from the UK via our accounts?
Anyone able to put my mind at rest??
Thanks
Open an US iTunes account - not sure why there will be a warranty issue though. Is Apple just being awkward?
Why have I failed?! lol I got quite a good deal on ebay a few weeks back. £410 for the 16GB wifi. I cant imagine it will be much less over here.
Of course its relevant - its the only way we can get iPads in the UK at the moment.
It's not relevant to the launch itself. It's only providing a temporary means for people who are impatient.
If the website was updated, I'd feel a bit more optimistic about getting preorder and launch soon... but it doesn't look good when the site doesn't even feature the Guided Tours and stuff. Hell, for some reason they've even taken away the iPad panel from the store while leaving it in the other European stores.
Come on web team!
Come on web team!
For what its worth I was in the Westfield Apple store and asked about the Ipad pricing and availability dates. The "Genius" said they it should be clear after Easter!
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