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The UK launch of Apple’s iPad 2 will be delayed on Friday due to an error in shipping the device to its UK stores. Although Apple has denied rumours of a delay, insisting that the website says 25 March and that’s when it’ll be”, it would seem that any Apple …
Read More »iPad 2 on track for Mega Friday
iPad 2 platform holder Apple has insisted that the UK launch of the new tablet Mac will take places this Friday (March 25th) as planned. The confirmation rounds off what should be an incredible day for technology and games retailers that could well bring about a record-breaking week of sales. …
Read More »UK iPad 2 launch could be delayed
Rumours are building that next week’s planned UK launch of the Apple iPad 2 could be delayed. A report from iSuppli estimates that at least five key components of the device (including the battery and compass) are manufactured in Japan. And with the country still suffering severe disruption following last …
Read More »Apple postpones Japanese iPad 2 launch
On the back of numerous video game delays in the earthquake-struck Japan, Apple has announced that the iPad will not launch in the territory as planned on March 25th. In fact, the firm now says that the launch has been "delayed indefinitely". "We are delaying the launch of the iPad …
Read More »The good news iPad 2 sales near 1m
Sales of Apple’s iPad 2 came close to 1m units in the US over the tablet’s opening weekend, news agency Reuters is reporting. The original iPad took 28 days to hit that sales barrier upon its launch in April 2010. "Our field checks over the weekend indicate that the iPad …
Read More »EA slashes iPad 2 game prices
Third price cut since Christmas as publisher pushes ahead on mobile
Read More »iPad 2 launches in US today
Apple’s iPad 2 has arrived on US shelves today, and gaming is already making its presence known on the platform. The device was unveiled earlier this month and features a faster processor and HDMI output. It is also a third thinner than the original iPad. To mark the iPad 2’s …
Read More »Orange and T-Mobile confirm iPad 2 support
The first UK mobile networks have confirmed their intentions to stock the iPad 2. Everything Everywhere – or Orange and T-Mobile as most of us will know them – told TechRadar that its stores will be stocking the new tablet as soon as it arrives in the UK later this …
Read More »iPad 2 graphics ‘nine times faster’ than first device
Apple unveils latest tablet - 33% thinner, new 'dramatically faster' A5 chip, with HDMI output
Read More »iPad 2 launches same day as 3DS in UK
The second generation of iPad will launch in the UK on the same day as Nintendo’s 3DS. Apple confirmed the news today during one of its customary spring press conferences in San Francisco. iPad 2 lands in the UK and a number of other countries two weeks after a March …
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