iPad Available in Nine More Countries This Friday
The official release of iPad in Hong Kong is near!
On Friday, July 23 2010, the iPad will officially launch in HK. Pricing details are not yet known, but expect networks such as SmarTone and Three to offer 3G plans. In fact, SmarTone has released a press release on iPad pricing plans (pdf).
CUPERTINO, California—July 19, 2010—Apple® today announced that iPad™ will be available in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore this Friday, July 23. iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ user interface. iPad is 0.5 inches thin and weighs just 1.5 pounds—thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook—and delivers up to 10 hours of battery life.
iPad Available in Nine More Countries This Friday.
Apple sells 1 million iPads
Apple has sold 1 million iPads, less than a month after its initial release. In comparison, the iPhone took nearly 3 months to reach 1 million units sold.
More information available at CNBC.
iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G now available
In the US, that is.
In Hong Kong we don’t even have the retail iPad yet, with Apple recently announcing that the international launch of the iPad would be delayed until the end of May 2010. To get your hands on one, you would need to buy “water goods” at places such as Sin Tat or Simcity (both located in Mongkok). Pricing and pre-orders for the international iPad will supposedly take place on May 10, 2010.