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Apple launches iPad mini in China, still deals with scalper element at product releases

In spite of various protocols, it’s hard to keep a good scalper down. Per the Wall Street Journal, Apple’s reservation-only system in China, put in place after a near-riot occurred for the iPhone 4S launch, led to few crowds for the debut of the iPad mini. Many of those who turned out for the iPad […]

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Apple to launch iPhone 5 in dozens of additional countries throughout December

Come Friday, the iPhone 5 will be available pretty much everywhere. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Monday announced that the iPhone 5 will debut in more than 50 countries this month, including South Korea on Friday, Dec. 7, with Russia, Brazil and Taiwan to follow a week later. Those additional countries that will gain access to […]

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Thieves snag two pallets, $1.5 million in iPad minis from JFK airport

Because Pauly wanted a new iPad mini and to make a few bucks on the side… Per the New York Post, a pair of thieves stole $1.5 million worth of Apple iPad minis from a building at New York’s JFK airport that was also the site of a famous robbery in 1978. Details of the […]

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Apple begins shipping 2012 iPod touch, iPod nano units

If you ordered a fifth-generation iPod touch or a seventh-generation iPod nano, you should be getting it soon. Per AppleInsider, customers on Tuesday began receiving word that their order for the new fifth-generation iPod touch and seventh-generation iPod nano has shipped and should arrive in the next week. Readers who received shipping notifications shared with […]

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Apple launches third-generation iPad in China

Mental note: Head to China and pick up a third-generation iPad. Per Reuters, Apple launched its Retina display-sporting iPad in China on Friday to orderly lines, a scene contrasting the company’s most recent product launches in the country which were marred with unruly crowds and scalpers. A pre-sale reservation system instituted by Chinese Apple Stores […]