 | A moment of truth for Apple's latest gadget as customers get hold of the first Ipads • GEEKS are salivating with anticipation. On Saturday April 3rd customers, in America get their hands on Apple's Ipad, a touch-screen device (rather like a large Iphone) that lets users search online, read electronic versions of books, play computer games and more. At least 190,000 units have been ordered in America. The Ipad becomes available in other countries later. The fate of the device is likely to matter to more companies than just Apple: a variety of book, magazine and newspaper publishers are watching anxiously to see if enough customers are willing to pay for digital access to their products. The success of other technologies, such as digital-music players, was built in part on the popularity of Apple products, such as the Ipod. • A COURT in Shanghai, China, is e xpected to deliver a verdict, on Monday March 29th, in the trial of four employees of Rio Tinto, a huge Anglo-Australian mining... - mediamage |
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