yeah, lot of responses are coming from Europe especially from italy, paris..........etc.
I can see a buzz coming from japan as well.................
i too doubt about weather it will be same in Canada or not ..........
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iPad Launches Internationally to Long Lines
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yeah, lot of responses are coming from Europe especially from italy, paris..........etc.
I can see a buzz coming from japan as well.................
i too doubt about weather it will be same in Canada or not ..........
yeah, good to see them making noise about the product.........i think this global initiative of Apple will shine for a long time
Surf the web - won't be able to see at very least half of the sites I view on daily bases due to lack of Flash player...
check your email - can already do it on my phone, iPod Touch, laptop and desktop. I don't think I need 5th device to check my email.
tweet, chat, watch some movies - podcasts- YouTube clips, play some music, play some games, do a little word processing - same as per above...
iPad = one mega yawn...
The new Sydney Bondi Junction Apple store is just around the corner from an existing Apple reseller. I wonder how that is going to effect there business, Apple is really giving a kick in the pants to all the Apple resellers who supported them when the mac was not very popular.
I walked into Currys and walked out in less that half an hour with a 64gig 3G. The staff told me that they were only allowed to look at one after midnight. It's great to see a guy walk out of a shop with a carry bag and a big grin on their face. You wouldn't see that outside a Harvey Nichols!!!
Just checked their website and they have a list of stores with it in stock, our town has a Currys and a PC World in the same retail park and neither are on the list as having it
Oh well, I did promise myself I'd wait until after WWDC anyway
I too can't stop myself laughing..........i don't know what were they thinking about it some time back? Go Apple..........Go
P.s.
In Sydney the iPad is also retailing [limited supply] in JB HiFi, Harvey Norman, Myer and David Jones.
In Sydney the iPad is also retailing [limited supply] in JB HiFi, Harvey Norman, Myer and David Jones.
Frankfurt store
I got mine (Wi-Fi+3G 32G with O2 pre-paid SIM, dock and Apple case) at the Frankfurt Apple store this morning. It wasn't terribly well-organised. I was about 30th-40th in the queue, with the group of three at the front having been there for hours before me (I arrived at 06:15 for an early opening at 08:00). However, at about 07:00, with about 80 people total in the queue, a guy came round the side of the store and announced that tickets were to be given to those of us queueing up to let us in at 08:00 instead of 10:00. But instead of handing them out to the queue, he said to come round the side where the ticket guy was. Immediately, most of the back of the queue rushed to the side of the store to get their tickets. Those of us towards the front weren't sure what the deal was (my German isn't great so I wasn't sure if I wanted to risk getting out of the queue) and the three who camped out were really pissed off.
In the end I got a ticket and some people left to come back later, so I was actually about the 5th person to get in the store when they opened at 08:00. The guy who was first won a free iPad, as far as I could tell, so he changed his tune pretty quickly and was over the moon.
I got my stuff and was out of the store at 08:15. Pretty efficient, but they weren't using Apple devices to take payments, and they also didn't have staff taking the orders from waiting customers in order to triage the different iPad models.
I did feel embarrassed when all the staff were lining up cheering at us as we entered. That wonderful American brand of enthusiasm didn't seem to play quite the same here in Germany, and most of us were too shy to start high-fiving or cheering the employees. Also, when I left the store a German cameraman asked me something but I said I didn't speak German that well, so he repeated in English, "How does it feel to have an iPad?" and I didn't know what to say so I mugged to camera and said "Amazing!". Cringe. Good thing I don't watch German news channels...
I got mine (Wi-Fi+3G 32G with O2 pre-paid SIM, dock and Apple case) at the Frankfurt Apple store this morning. It wasn't terribly well-organised. I was about 30th-40th in the queue, with the group of three at the front having been there for hours before me (I arrived at 06:15 for an early opening at 08:00). However, at about 07:00, with about 80 people total in the queue, a guy came round the side of the store and announced that tickets were to be given to those of us queueing up to let us in at 08:00 instead of 10:00. But instead of handing them out to the queue, he said to come round the side where the ticket guy was. Immediately, most of the back of the queue rushed to the side of the store to get their tickets. Those of us towards the front weren't sure what the deal was (my German isn't great so I wasn't sure if I wanted to risk getting out of the queue) and the three who camped out were really pissed off.
In the end I got a ticket and some people left to come back later, so I was actually about the 5th person to get in the store when they opened at 08:00. The guy who was first won a free iPad, as far as I could tell, so he changed his tune pretty quickly and was over the moon.
I got my stuff and was out of the store at 08:15. Pretty efficient, but they weren't using Apple devices to take payments, and they also didn't have staff taking the orders from waiting customers in order to triage the different iPad models.
I did feel embarrassed when all the staff were lining up cheering at us as we entered. That wonderful American brand of enthusiasm didn't seem to play quite the same here in Germany, and most of us were too shy to start high-fiving or cheering the employees. Also, when I left the store a German cameraman asked me something but I said I didn't speak German that well, so he repeated in English, "How does it feel to have an iPad?" and I didn't know what to say so I mugged to camera and said "Amazing!". Cringe. Good thing I don't watch German news channels...
Which was absolute murder! I was stuck waiting for my pre order to come (with the possibility of it not coming until next week) whilst I could have walked into any number of local retailers at 8am on my way back from the pool to pick what I wantedIn Sydney the iPad is also retailing [limited supply] in JB HiFi, Harvey Norman, Myer and David Jones.
! Preordering really didn't pay off.oh really ..........it confirms that their global campaign get kicks off......It is exciting....
Some people are happily sinking in tar along with the Mastodon, Saber-Toothed Cat, and Flash.
Read an article last night (can't remember which newspaper it was, I think USA Today...on my iPad no less...or the Wall Street Journal) on the international release. Stats so far:
Over 1 million sold in the US in the first 30 days
200,000 selling per week in the US
International pre-orders alone: additional 900,000
Yep, that's a huge yawn for Apple. I hope they keep getting yawns like this on EVERY product release.
Sorry to hear that brother...Which was absolute murder! I was stuck waiting for my pre order to come (with the possibility of it not coming until next week) whilst I could have walked into any number of local retailers at 8am on my way back from the pool to pick what I wanted
I followed my order number and when I checked at 7 am it was shown to be on the truck so I knew it would arrive at some point during the day... Stoked!
iPad feels heavy at first but that soon fade away to wow!
Even iPhone games look pretty good at x2 scale.
They STILL believe it failed.
They live in their own minds...
They need a hobby (aside from internet porn and video games).
Haters still cling to the hopes that Zune is killing iPod and that the iPhone is failing due to some other product being on the market. They believe the Dell tablet will destroy the iPad. It's ridiculous: who cares? They must not enjoy their computers so much, since they hate other computers they don't use (so they say).
Preorder Delays
A lot of us in Canada who pre-ordered for the May 28th got a nasty shock late Thursday when FedEx changed the delivery date from the 28th to the 31st.
When I phoned FedEx they blamed Apple for delaying the shipment leaving China, but I read elsewhere it was a problem with a FedEx plane. As it is now mine is still sitting in Memphis Tennessee
yeah, lot of responses are coming from Europe especially from italy, paris..........etc.
I can see a buzz coming from japan as well.................
i too doubt about weather it will be same in Canada or not ..........
A lot of us in Canada who pre-ordered for the May 28th got a nasty shock late Thursday when FedEx changed the delivery date from the 28th to the 31st.
When I phoned FedEx they blamed Apple for delaying the shipment leaving China, but I read elsewhere it was a problem with a FedEx plane. As it is now mine is still sitting in Memphis Tennessee
Undercover Apple haters who have nothing better to do with their time other than troll on Apple sites and get infuriated over the company's success. I call it jealousy
...and so it arrives "Internationally". Well. Only in a handful of countries, but it is a start.
This of course is great news for stock owners, like me, but I do feel a bit ashamed after reading this:
"Entry-level line workers at Foxconn's factory in Longhua earn just over 900 yuan ($131.80) per month before overtime and bonuses, said Zhu Fuquan, a production supervisor for the company."
Note: They get a 20% increase, soon, in a bid to end the suicides at Foxconn.
This of course is great news for stock owners, like me, but I do feel a bit ashamed after reading this:
"Entry-level line workers at Foxconn's factory in Longhua earn just over 900 yuan ($131.80) per month before overtime and bonuses, said Zhu Fuquan, a production supervisor for the company."
Note: They get a 20% increase, soon, in a bid to end the suicides at Foxconn.
I got to the Bull Ring (Birmingham) at 7am and the queue was only about 60 people long. By the time I got to the doors at 8:50 (stupid 4 people at a time being let in...) the queue was about 150 long. They had lots of them though.
I got mine last month from the Apple Store in Delaware, but I wanted the case and camera accessories so I queued this morning.
Lots of 'whooping' 'yeah!!!'s' and a failed attempt at a Mexican wave. Typical Apple Store stuff really.
pac
I got mine last month from the Apple Store in Delaware, but I wanted the case and camera accessories so I queued this morning.
Lots of 'whooping' 'yeah!!!'s' and a failed attempt at a Mexican wave. Typical Apple Store stuff really.
pac
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Doesn't look that busy to me and half of them are staff if the blue t-shirts are anything to go by. Apple should have released a new Mac Pro at the same time. Given how long we've been waiting for that they may well have had to close 'Rege'a'nt' street - wherever that is ;-)
And I find it funny (well, funny) that fanboys leave no stone unturned to mention 'Apple haters' in random threads. That is soooooo 1999 dude
The only reason to hate Apple is because of those over-zealous fanboys. Not saying that you are one of course, perish the thought