iPad fans besiege Apple Stores

The launch of the new tablet computer has iPad care for large crowds on Friday morning in front of Apple stores in Germany. In Frankfurt and Hamburg, has a few hundred fans gathered iPad in the early morning hours, waiting for the opening of Apple stores. In Frankfurt, the police arrived, according to some buyers get six hours before launch to one of the approximately 500 € expensive tablet PCs. Impressions from the worldwide rush to the iPad, see our video report. Many more details can be found in our large iPad special.

In Frankfurt, about 200 were Apple fans to take one of the devices in the home, in Hamburg and Munich are willing to buy about 100 have been waiting in front of the Apple Stores. Even before the opening at 8.00 clock formed part of over a hundred feet long snakes. Many of those waiting had already obtained the night before the stores position in order to get hold of an iPad. Apple operates only in the cities of Hamburg, Munich and Frankfurt's own shops. In addition to the Apple Stores offer the Gravis branches of the device, long lines formed there is not.

Media industry hopes for new impetus

The compact device connects to the media industry especially high hopes for new impetus for their digital business. The iPad have no keyboard, but will be operated primarily on the touch screen. The price in Europe is 499-799 €. In the United States were sold in the first four weeks since the launch in early April more than one million units. The international launch has been postponed for about a month - because the U.S. demand was so high, as Apple says. In Germany, want to bring iPad including the Springer Group and the mirror of their content that.
Three million German want to buy tablet PC

500 000 units will go to the estimate later this year in Germany on the counter and causing a turnover of 300 million euros. Last year, sales of mobile touch screen computer, according to Bitkom just 20,000, which is now expected boom would thus increase sales by a factor of 25th According to a representative survey of Bitkom in collaboration with three million German Forsa considering the purchase of a tablet computer. Young people showed the greatest interest here: Among students planning one in twelve to buy such an appliance.

Besides Germany, the U.S. company brings on Friday the iPad in Australia, France, Britain, Japan, Italy, Canada, Switzerland and Spain in the business. In July to begin the sales in Belgium, Holland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Austria and Singapore.

iPad is unparalleled

Currently, Apple, with its Tablet PC nearly unrivaled. Many manufacturers want to bring a similar device on the market, the market launch but had to move some more than once. The WeTab from German suppliers neofonie is expected for September. The announced a year ago Joojoo-Tablet is currently only preorder. Even Google, Intel, Sony, HP and Asus are working on a Tablet PC without keyboard.