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European iPad tipped for Spring release
Apple plan to make their new iPad available in Europe from 'late March' according to their own website.
The first model to be launched will be the most basic, which comes with only Wi-Fi support.
European network operators are engaged in discussions with Apple to arrange 3G coverage. This could see the more expensive versions of the device arrive as early as April.
Pricing details remain a secret, though experts predict the most basic models to cost around 500 EUR.
Apple's iBookstore may take longer to cross the Atlantic. European publishers have yet to begin discussions with the San Francisco-based giant.
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The more I read about this,
February 8, 2010 by David O'Reilly (not verified), 4 weeks 2 days ago
Comment id: 6
The more I read about this, the more I am convinced the publishers are going to sell us down the river and repeat the mistakes of the music industry.
iPad - good or evil
February 8, 2010 by Bill sambridge (not verified), 4 weeks 2 days ago
Comment id: 5
To me, the iPad looks to be offering publishers a way back into the Nett Book Agreement. They get to fix prices. Forcing the costs of luxury items up is never good, nor is it long term. Macmillan looks set to drag the publishing trade down the same path of most resistance shown by the music industry - and look how well that all turned out. I don't buy the 'more money for us means more for authors' line. If publishers spent more on new fiction and less on the latest celeb book, they'd be in a stronger position. Short sighted short term gains have caused the current mess. Macmillan looks set to ensure it's a losing trend that continues.
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