iPad madness descends on nine countries (with video)

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“Apple’s international fan base greeted the iPad in nine countries Friday morning with the usual hoopla — albeit in different accents and with various degrees of self control,” Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune.

Apple Store Munich:

Elmer-Dewitt has assembled iPad launch day videos from Frankfurt, Tokyo, Paris, London, Zurich, Milan and Rome. See them here.

MacDailyNews Take: Bloodbath.

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  6. cptnkirk, it is only Friday morning now in Canada. Those videos will come later.

    Keep in mind that aside from these many thousands on lines everywhere, there are many thousands more that got their iPads on line and they are being delivered today!

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  11. They you go Microshaft, this is why Apple just breezed past you.

    You made it your sole purpose in life to be associated with work (Office) and to make people hate work needlessly (Vista) while Apple associated itself with leisure (iPods/iTunes et al) and when faced with work made it as painless as possible (OS X).

    Who wants a Baldmer netbook now?

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  12. Hey, Microsoft now has TWO great stores open to show how wonderful Microsoft software is…..

    er…..

    Wait,,,,,,,, Apple just opened up…. 5 NEW stores…

    er update… make that 6,,, no… seven…

    wait…… just wait a second…..

    OK now its 9 NEW stores around the world and I am tired of counting…..

    Just remember… no matter how many stores Apple opens up or how many iPad, iPods, etc they sell Microsoft still has the Zune… Remember that. ” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”grin” style=”border:0;” />

    Just a thought, (said grinning to one self….LOL)
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  13. Feeling sufficiently superior to the rest of us mere mortals now, are you, Sad? How exhaustingly condescending you are, sir or madam. And how truly empty your life must be if you are incapable of enjoying a moment like this with the new iPad. Been to any football games lately? Cheer exuberantly and madly for your favorite, did you?

    No? Wow. One might say that you are to be pitied, not censured, Sad. But for me . . . (and as Bill The Cat would say) . . . Phhhttttttt! (Sorry if I got any on ya’.)

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  14. Hi Sad. Not so, this will change so many things from the way young students learn from text and media vs old books with pictures to you filling out forms on the iPad not on paper that is handed to someone to type into their office data base. Even the clip board at the end of your hospital bed will be gone soon.

    “Not an essential piece of life.” How many people still go into town by horse? This changes so many things. You will tell the grand kids that you were there in 2010!

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  15. Seriously, can you really say this is happening because Apple has great marketing? Do people line up around the block for a device running Android? Palm? Windows? Could anyone have imagined this ten years ago?

    A whole new “global” generation of people who regularly line up to get into an Apple store.

    I may not have had any money to buy AAPL years ago, but I’m now making my living developing for the iPad — and I love my job! Thanks Apple!

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  16. Well it’s not surprising, it’s a great product. I love mine. I was laying in bed last night reading on it.

    The only problem I find with it is that I end up spending way more time than I mean to reading. Between the web, my ebooks and the news apps, I can blow through a couple of hours in what seems like the blink of an eye.

    Now if those folks in the other countries are looking for free iPad apps, I hope they will check out these articles:

    The 25 Best Free iPad Apps
    http://jimlynch.com/index.php/2010/04/03/the-25-best-free-ipad-apps/

    These might also interest readers:

    The 25 Best Free iPad Games
    http://jimlynch.com/index.php/2010/04/07/the-25-best-free-ipad-games/

    The Best eBook App for iPad: iBooks or Amazon Kindle?
    http://jimlynch.com/index.php/2010/04/05/the-best-ebook-app-for-ipad-ibooks-or-amazon-kindle/

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  18. I wonder what happened to ZuneTang? Right about now is when he usually chimes in to give his two cents on how Micro$quish is the superior operating system and blah blah blah. I guess like his namesake he lost in the wild somewhere. I guess with the bad news of Micro$quish being surpassed by Apple in value he probably licking his wounds.

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  20. This is all great and stuff but Steve, please PLEASE make sure that we here in Scandinavia won’t have to wait for the iPad for a whole friggin year like we did with the iPhone. It was really getting on my nerves …

    Thank you ” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”smile” style=”border:0;” />

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  24. Holy Makrel…..that was a quite a crowd; and the excitment…whooot whooot.

    Apple makes folks joyful in any language….

    MDN spot on….bloodbath!!!!

    Someone post more new store vids…..” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”smile” style=”border:0;” />

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