Wednesday, March 16, 2011

APPLE DELAYS IPAD2 RELEASE IN JAPAN

Apple said Tuesday that it was delaying next week's release of ipad2 in Japan because of earthquake and tsunami which devastated the country.

"We are delaying the launch of ipad2 in Japan while the country and our teams focus on recovery following the recent disaster," Natalie kerris , an Apple spokeswoman told AFP.

"our hearts go out to the people in Japan, including our employees and their families who have impacted by this tragedy," Kerris said.

Apple spokeswoman said that Apple's retail store in the city Sendai on Japan's Tsunami-hit north east pacific coast has been closed.

The apple ipad2 has been scheduled to go on sale in Japan and some two dozen other countries on march25. Apple does not provide a new for the start of sale sin Japan. It said availability in other countries remain unaffected.

Apple's touch screen tablet phones hit stores in US on Friday and some analyst have predicted that i could prove to be an even bigger hit than the original model released in April of last year.

"Apple has sold 3 times more ipad2s in first two days vs ipad1," Global Equity research analyst Trip choudary said.

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